A look back at Distinguished Alumni, Dan Bobst’s life as a Texas A&M University-Commerce student and how that education helped him start his own company, TrendHR, which has made it onto the Inc.5000 list of America’s fastest growing private companies for the past seven years. Mr. Bobst also gives back to the university through the Lions Apprentice Challenge, his family’s endowment, and gifts to the Lions Basketball Team. The Distinguished Alumni Citation was first awarded in 1967. Since then, this award has been given to a host of graduates that have achieved illustrious careers in many different walks of life. Distinguished Alumni are selected from a large pool of outstanding graduates from Texas A&M University-Commerce and/or East Texas State University.