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Jim Jennings '68
- ALEC Advisory Board Member
Professional Summary
Mr. Jennings ‘68 (Agricultural Journalism) is the former executive director of publications for the American Quarter Horse Association (AQHA). He retired in 2008, having worked for that association for 37 years. Since retirement, he has continued to work for AQHA on a consulting basis and currently writes the scripts for Red Steagall’s TV show “Somewhere West of Wall Street,” which appears weekly on RFD-TV. Jennings served as president of American Horse Publications (AHP) in 1995 and of the Livestock Publications Council (LPC) in 1996. He has been honored by the National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum for his writing. He has been inducted into the LPC and AHP Halls of Fame and the AQHA Hall of Fame. Jennings and his wife, Mavis, have a daughter, Jill, an agricultural journalism graduate, class of ’95, and their son-in-law, Doug Dunkel, an animal science graduate, class of ’90. Their oldest granddaughter, Ashton, a former member of the Texas A&M Equestrian Team, is an agricultural leadership graduate, class of 2019. Their other two grandchildren, Sidney and Blake, did not see the light and both of them attended Texas Tech.