University of California Athletics

Rogers is the 2013 recipient of the Hall of Fame Service Award, given for outstanding long-term contributions to Cal Athletics and presented to an individual for demonstrating exemplary leadership and setting a standard for excellence in enhancing the student-athlete experience. A rower during his undergraduate days at Cal, he received the Dean Witter Trophy for loyalty, proficiency and spirit for Cal crew his senior year. He was also named a Cal All-University Athlete in 1963 and rowed in the U.S. Olympic Trials in 1964. Rogers went on to a very successful business career, which included serving as chairman and CEO of Dreyer's Ice Cream for 30 years and as chairman of Levi Strauss & Co. and the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco. Rogers is a long-time contributor to the rowing program at Cal and the team's boathouse is named in his honor (T. Gary Rogers Rowing Center). A member of the Chancellor's Executive Advisory Council and the UC Regents Investment Advisory Group, he is a recipient of the Bear of the Year Award, the Wheeler Oak Award and has received a Trustees' Citation. He also serves on the High Performance Olympic Committee for US Rowing.