Carroll and Aline Webb
- Baylor Legacy Award
Awarded to individuals who demonstrate extraordinary service and philanthropy to Baylor or to causes that fit our mission as a Christian university.
Carroll and Aline Webb’s dedication to their alma mater is demonstrated as much by their presence as it is by the generosity they’ve displayed to Baylor for decades. Their desire to serve Baylor is so strong that in 1992, the couple moved to Waco from their hometown of Dallas so they could easily help out whenever needed.
Ten years apart, they both attended Highland Park High School in Dallas and then Baylor, where both persevered through challenging circumstances as students on the way to earning their degrees.
Just three months after Carroll began at Baylor, the attack on Pearl Harbor compelled him to enlist in the Navy. In 1944, he was shipped to the Pacific to serve on a crew transport at Iwo Jima and Okinawa. The following year, he was preparing to go to Japan when the war ended. He returned to Baylor to complete his accounting degree and upon graduating in 1947 joined the prestigious accounting firm Deloitte & Touche, where he spent nearly 38 years before retiring as the managing partner of the company’s Dallas office.
Aline faced a challenge of a different sort. After she arrived at Baylor in 1951, her father suddenly died. Desiring to help her grieving mother, Aline accelerated her class schedule and graduated early. As an education and English double major, she knew she could find a good teaching job in Dallas and help support her mother. Aline graduated a year early and quickly embarked on a teaching career that would span more than 30 years.
The Webbs’ stories converged in the early 1980s. After his wife Frances died, Carroll was introduced to Aline by mutual friends at Park Cities Baptist Church. The couple married in 1982.
In their 25 years back in Waco, the Webbs have served in numerous ways, from participating on the Hankamer School of Business advisory board and leading fundraising drives to encouraging students and supporting scholarships. A longtime member of the Bear Foundation, Carroll was honored recently for raising over $1 million for the organization. Other honors include the 2006 Milton T. Gregory Distinguished Service award, given to development volunteers who go above and beyond for Baylor, and induction into the Baylor Athletics Hall of Fame. The couple’s proudest contribution to Baylor is a scholarship Carroll established with help from colleagues at Deloitte & Touche as he approached retirement—The Deloitte & Touche/Carroll L. Webb Accounting Scholarship.
