2024 Homecoming Honors Banquet - Distinguished Alumnus - Alex Harris ’89
Alex Harris ’89, owner and president of Brite Star Construction, has been a fixture in the local real estate market for decades. Harris earned his Master of Business Administration at a time when the upper-level Corpus Christi State University was transitioning to a four-year institution. Harris said his MBA was instrumental in helping him grow his real estate career from a title insurance company to a property builder and developer. Harris has built and developed more than 480 townhomes on North Padre Island and Port Aransas. He has also made a name for himself in commercial real estate and residential home building.