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Gilbert G. Aguirre

Honorary Doctor of Science from the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences




As Rancho Mission Viejo's executive vice president/ranch operations, Gilbert "Gil" Aguirre is responsible for the daily land management of the 23,000-acre mixed-use master-planned community in Southern California. Rancho Mission Viejo is the largest family-held landholding in Orange County and is the last remaining cattle ranch in the region.

In addition to overseeing all of Rancho Mission Viejo's ranching, farming, agricultural and industrial leasing, and related ranching interests, Aguirre is a member of the ranch's executive committee and has participated in all major land-development decisions for more than 40 years.

Aguirre has long been recognized as a leader in the ranching industry. He has been the managing partner of the North Folk Cattle Company for five decades, and was an owner and general manager of the historic 300,000-acre PX Ranch in North Fork, Nevada, for three decades. Today, Aguirre is an owner and managing partner of a 14,000-acre ranch near Cuyama, California. In addition to serving as president of multiple industry associations, he held a seat on the California Beef Council and was named California's Livestock Person of the Year in 2014.

Aguirre is a founder and director of Capital Bank in San Juan Capistrano, California. In 2016, he was named to the Orange County Business Journal's OC 500. He is president of the Donna O'Neill Land Conservancy, Rancho Mission Viejo's 1,205-acre preserve. He is on the boards of the National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum in Oklahoma City and the J.F. Shea Therapeutic Riding Center in San Juan Capistrano, California, which honored him with the Mark E. Aldrich Board Leadership Award.

Of all of Aguirre's contributions to the community and the cowboy way of life, his leadership of the Rancho Mission Viejo Rodeo may be the most significant. The Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association-sanctioned event is held each August and billed as "The Richest Two Day Rodeo in America." The Rancho Mission Viejo Rodeo also has generated more than $1.9 million in charitable donations. Aguirre was elected to the California Rodeo Hall of Fame in 2008.

Born in Tucson in 1935, Aguirre graduated from the UA in 1957 with a bachelor's degree in animal science. Aguirre received a lifetime achievement award from the UA in 2009 for his support of the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences. In 2013, he was named the CALS Alumnus of the Year.