Twelfth Annual Texas Independence Day Dinner
he Texas State History Museum Foundation honored two outstanding Texan icons - Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison and Bob Schieffer - with the History-Making Texan Award. The award was presented at the Foundation's annual gala held on Wednesday, February 24, 2016 at the Bullock Texas State History Museum in Austin, Texas .
More than 350 business, political, and community leaders from around the state attended the event, Speaker and Mrs. Joe Straus, former ambassadors, and many current and former state legislators. Other Texas notables included in the program were Foundation Board President Jeff Bonham (Austin), Kaylee Hartung (Austin), and author Stephen Harrigan. Jane Barnhill of Brenham was the chair of the event, and the honorary co-chair was Jan Bullock of Austin.
Click here to see photographs from the 2016 Gala.
More than 350 business, political, and community leaders from around the state attended the event, Speaker and Mrs. Joe Straus, former ambassadors, and many current and former state legislators. Other Texas notables included in the program were Foundation Board President Jeff Bonham (Austin), Kaylee Hartung (Austin), and author Stephen Harrigan. Jane Barnhill of Brenham was the chair of the event, and the honorary co-chair was Jan Bullock of Austin.
Click here to see photographs from the 2016 Gala.
Thank you to the 2016 Dinner Committee!
Jane Barnhill, Chair, Jan Bullock, Honorary Chair
Sarita Hixon, Shannon Janek, Karen Johnson, Debbie Raynor, Louise Griffeth,
Margaret Perkins, Julie Oles, Therese Moncrief, Pam Leshin
Sarita Hixon, Shannon Janek, Karen Johnson, Debbie Raynor, Louise Griffeth,
Margaret Perkins, Julie Oles, Therese Moncrief, Pam Leshin
Thank you to the 2016 Sponsors!
Lone Star Supporter
U.S. Trust Bank of America Private Wealth Management, Mark Benson
Sam Houston Sponsors
Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Blakemore
Charla Borchers Leon
Bud Light / Silver Eagle Distributors
Buena Vista Foundation
CenterPoint Energy, Inc.
H-E-B
Sarita and Bob Hixon / Julie and Pat Oles / Karen and Karl Rove / Lindsay and Ford Smith
IBC Bank
Ambassador and Mrs. Lyndon L. Olson
Friends of 1836
Mary Anderson Abell / Peggy Carr
Association of Electric Companies of Texas / Oncor
Atmos Energy
John and Jane Barnhill
Michelle K. Brock
Jan Bullock and Robert Green / Kimberly and Jim Taylor
Vivien and H. Scott Caven
Dian Graves Owen Foundation
ExxonMobil
Frost
Louise and Guy Griffeth
Kelly Hart / Dee Kelly Foundation
Laurence and Susan Hirsch
Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison
Tamara and Richard King IV / Pam and Richard Leshin
Mel and Annette Klein / Regina Rogers
Locke Lord LLP
Luther King Capital Management
Margaret and Jim Perkins
Spoetzl Brewery
St. David's HealthCare
Strake Foundation
Judy and Charles Tate
Texas Christian University
Museum Supporters
Herndon Family Foundation
Barbara and Gerald D. Hines
Mr. and Mrs. John H. Massey
Margot and Ross Perot
Susanne and J. Thomas Schieffer
Mike and Mary Terry
Special Friends
Ramona and Lee Bass
Mark and Ellen Bivins
Jon and Rebecca Brumley
Mrs. Helen K. Groves
Bonnie Harding
Mrs. Eugene McDermott
Mike A. Myers
Christine A. Plonsky
Jean and John Roach
The Honorable Margaret Spellings
The University of Texas System
In-Kind Sponsors
Freeman
Four Seasons Hotel
The Garden Gate
U.S. Trust Bank of America Private Wealth Management, Mark Benson
Sam Houston Sponsors
Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Blakemore
Charla Borchers Leon
Bud Light / Silver Eagle Distributors
Buena Vista Foundation
CenterPoint Energy, Inc.
H-E-B
Sarita and Bob Hixon / Julie and Pat Oles / Karen and Karl Rove / Lindsay and Ford Smith
IBC Bank
Ambassador and Mrs. Lyndon L. Olson
Friends of 1836
Mary Anderson Abell / Peggy Carr
Association of Electric Companies of Texas / Oncor
Atmos Energy
John and Jane Barnhill
Michelle K. Brock
Jan Bullock and Robert Green / Kimberly and Jim Taylor
Vivien and H. Scott Caven
Dian Graves Owen Foundation
ExxonMobil
Frost
Louise and Guy Griffeth
Kelly Hart / Dee Kelly Foundation
Laurence and Susan Hirsch
Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison
Tamara and Richard King IV / Pam and Richard Leshin
Mel and Annette Klein / Regina Rogers
Locke Lord LLP
Luther King Capital Management
Margaret and Jim Perkins
Spoetzl Brewery
St. David's HealthCare
Strake Foundation
Judy and Charles Tate
Texas Christian University
Museum Supporters
Herndon Family Foundation
Barbara and Gerald D. Hines
Mr. and Mrs. John H. Massey
Margot and Ross Perot
Susanne and J. Thomas Schieffer
Mike and Mary Terry
Special Friends
Ramona and Lee Bass
Mark and Ellen Bivins
Jon and Rebecca Brumley
Mrs. Helen K. Groves
Bonnie Harding
Mrs. Eugene McDermott
Mike A. Myers
Christine A. Plonsky
Jean and John Roach
The Honorable Margaret Spellings
The University of Texas System
In-Kind Sponsors
Freeman
Four Seasons Hotel
The Garden Gate