Jim Willerson

Sport: Swimming
Inducted: 2009
Hometown: San Antonio, Texas

• Three-year letterman
• Helped UT capture the 400-yard freestyle relay championship at the 1961 Southwest Conference meet
• Graduated Phi Beta Kappa and received the UT Academic Award as the student-athlete with the highest grade point average
• Former president of The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston and currently the president of the Texas Heart Institute