{"id":48458,"date":"2023-03-25T20:56:23","date_gmt":"2023-03-26T01:56:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/?p=48458"},"modified":"2023-03-25T20:56:24","modified_gmt":"2023-03-26T01:56:24","slug":"sam-pack-to-receive-honorary-doctorate-from-tarleton-state-university","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/sam-pack-to-receive-honorary-doctorate-from-tarleton-state-university\/","title":{"rendered":"Sam Pack to Receive Honorary Doctorate from Tarleton State University"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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STEPHENVILLE, Texas \u2014 Honorary doctorates of humane letters are wonderful and distinctive. So is Tarleton State\u2019s spring recipient, Sam Pack, owner and operator of six Five Star dealerships (Pack Automotive Group) in the Dallas-Fort Worth market.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Although an illness forced a change of plans after he started classes at Tarleton in 1956, it never diminished his belief in the power of education or his desire to make life better for others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cSam is a dedicated and enthusiastic friend,\u201d said Tarleton President James Hurley. \u201cHe gives tirelessly of his time, selflessly of his energy and generously of his resources. His commitment to the good of all is unquestioned. It will be my honor to confer his degree at our May commencement.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In addition to his North Central Texas dealerships, Pack co-owns six more in Tulsa. In 2018 he cofounded Triton Automotive Group, a collection of like-minded dealers (16 shareholders, representing 200 dealerships).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

His business and community leadership earned him the national 1988 TIME Dealer of the Year tribute, one of the auto industry\u2019s most coveted honors. Only one other Texas dealer has received this award, and none since Pack.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Texas Automobile Dealers Association in 2005 recognized him as an industry Legend \u2014 only the second person in the association\u2019s 93-year history so named. And he was one of five dealers inducted into Ford\u2019s inaugural Top Volume Dealers Hall of Fame in 2016.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAn honorary doctorate is Tarleton\u2019s highest recognition,\u201d said Dr. Diane Stearns, Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs, \u201cand it is fitting that one goes to Sam Pack. He models the university\u2019s core values of excellence, integrity and respect. His love for all people is inspirational.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pack supports more than 300 nonprofits, service organizations and community events through Sam Pack Cares, the charitable arm of Pack Automotive. In 2003 he received the Ford Motor Company Salute to Dealers Award, presented by Edsel Ford II, for his commitment to improve communities and the lives of individuals in them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He has given liberally to Tarleton, too, donating to the university\u2019s food pantry, the President\u2019s Circle and the Dr. James and Kindall Hurley Scholarship Endowment. Then there\u2019s the Tarleton State University Pack Automotive Group Intern Program, providing Texans with learning opportunities that inspire career success.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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