Roy Spence (born October 10, 1948) is the chairman and co-founder of the advertising agency

GSD&M GSD&M is an American advertising agency headquartered in Austin, Texas. It was founded in 1971 by graduates of University of Texas at Austin – Roy Spence, Judy Trabulsi, Tim McClure and Steve Gurasich, and others, as AdVantage Associates. Afte ...

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Early life

Spence was born in Brownwood,

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, to Roy Milam Spence Sr. and Ruth Griffin. He attended Brownwood High School, where he was a member of the 1965 Class 3A state championship football team. He then went on to enroll at the

University of Texas at Austin The University of Texas at Austin (UT Austin, UT, or Texas) is a public research university in Austin, Texas. It was founded in 1883 and is the oldest institution in the University of Texas System. With 40,916 undergraduate students, 11,075 ...

, and went on to found GSD&M in 1971.

Awards

In 2004, Roy Spence received the Distinguished Alumnus Award from the University of Texas.

Publications

In 2006, the

University of Texas Press The University of Texas Press (or UT Press) is a university press that is part of the University of Texas at Austin. Established in 1950, the Press publishes scholarly books and journals in several areas, including Latin American studies, Texan ...

published Spence's book ''The Amazing Faith of Texas''. In 2009, Spence, along with Haley Rushing, authored ''It's Not What You Sell, It's What You Stand For'', a book about purpose-based brand management.

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References

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