Dalzell, McDougal to Lead Advisory Committee

COLLEGE STATION, Tex. – Realtor David Dalzell of Abilene has been elected chairman of the Advisory Committee for the Real Estate Center at Texas A&M University. D. Marc McDougal, a Lubbock Realtor, is the new vice chairman.

Committee members are appointed by the governor for six-year terms. Both the chair and vice chairmanship are rotated among the nine members.

Members represent various segments of the real estate industry and the public. Their expertise helps set the research agenda. They also approve the Center’s budget.

Dalzell, the owner of Dalzell Realtors, was appointed to the committee in 2001 to represent the real estate brokerage industry, and he served as vice chairman during the past year.

Dalzell started in the real estate business in 1977. He was named salesperson of the year in 1987 by the Abilene Board of Realtors and Realtor of the Year in 1988. In 2004, he was chairman of the Texas Association of Realtors (TAR).

Dalzell has served in numerous offices and committees for his local association, TAR and the National Association of Realtors (NAR). He was president of the Abilene Board in 1986, served two terms as a TAR regional vice president, president of the Texas Chapter of CRBs in 1985, and six years as a TAR-PAC trustee. He has served on both the TAR legislative management team and executive committee.

Currently, Dalzell is in his fourth term as an NAR director. He is on the board of directors of the West Central Texas Workforce Commission and on the Southwest Region Advisory Board of Fannie Mae.

Dalzell taught real estate for five years at Cisco Junior College and 12 years at Abilene Christian University. Since 1986, he has been a senior instructor for the Realtor Institute of TAR.

McDougal was appointed to the Advisory Committee last September to represent the commercial properties industry.

A graduate of South Plains College, McDougal is president of McDougal Realtors, where he has worked since 1988.

McDougal is a member of the Lubbock Board of Realtors and the West Texas Homebuilders Association, where he has served on the board of directors. Since 1984, he has been a member of the Lubbock Apartment Association, serving both as president and vice president.

In addition to his involvement in professional organizations, McDougal has served in a number of civic positions in Lubbock, including mayor, city council representative and Lubbock County Republican chair.

McDougal is also a member of the City of Lubbock Traffic Commission, Red Raider Club, Leadership Lubbock, Lubbock Centercorp Board of Directors and METTS Board.

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