Texas A&M University
Mays served on the Texas A&M Board of Regents from 1985-1991. He was reappointed to the Board of Regents in 2001, and served as Chairman of the Board of Regents from 2003 - 2005. He was also a chair of the Presidential Library Committee and a member of the Committee on Buildings and Physical Plant, and is the Board's special liaison to the Texas A&M Foundation. His latest term on the Board of Regents expired on February 1, 2007.
Mays has donated a substantial amount of money to the school to improve the business department. In 1996, A&M rewarded him by renaming their business school, now Mays Business School, in his honor.
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