B U LLOCK TE X AS STATE H ISTORY M USEU M

T WE LF TH AN N UAL GAL A

Texas Independence Day

1836-2016

Texas Independence Day Dinner

Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison

Bob Schieffer

TH E TE X AS STATE H ISTORY M USEU M FOU N DATION

INVITES YOU TO TH E T WE LF TH AN N UAL

FE B RUARY 24 , 2016

BOB B U LLOCK TE X AS STATE H ISTORY M USEU M

AUSTIN , TE X AS

7: 00 PM RECE P TION

8 : 00 PM TE X AS IN DE PE N DE NCE DAY DIN N E R

B L ACK TIE

WITH TH E PRESE NTATION OF TH E

H ISTORY- MAKING TE X AN AWARD

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Served as anchor and moderator of Face the Nation for 14 years

CBS News’ chief Washington correspondent for 33 years

Won eight Emmys and two Sigma Delta Chi awards

Selected as Broadcaster of the Year by the National Press Foundation

Inducted into the Broadcasting and Cable Hall of Fame

Recipient of the Anti-Defamation League’s Hubert Humphrey First Amendment Award

Selected as the outstanding journalist of the year by the New York-based Respect for Law Alliance, Inc.

Designated as a Living Legend in 2008 by the Library of Congress

Honored with the naming of the Bob Schieffer College of Communication by his alma mater Texas Christian University

Provided leadership as a public servant for two decades, including in the U.S. Senate

Served as Ranking Member on the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation and the Appropriations Subcommittee for Commerce, Justice and Science

Forbes Magazine's World's 100 Most Powerful Women, 2005

Inducted into the Texas Women's Hall of Fame

Outstanding Alumna, University of Texas, 1995

Women's Foreign Policy Group Inaugural Congressional Leadership Award

U.S. Hispanic Chamber of Commerce Lifetime Achievement Award, 2012

Woodrow Wilson Award for Public Service, 2003

Honored with the establishment of the Kay Bailey Hutchison Center for Energy, Law and Business at the University of Texas

Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison

Bob Schieffer

Underwriters of the Texas Independence Day DinnerFebruary 24, 2016List as of January 11, 2016

LON E STAR SU PPORTE R

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

FRIE N DS OF 1836

Mary Anderson Abell / Peggy Carr

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

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

St. David's HealthCare

Strake Foundation

Judy and Charles Tate

Texas Christian University

Spoetzl Brewery

M USEU M SU PPORTE RS AN D

SPECIAL FRIE N DS

Herndon Family Foundation

Barbara and Gerald D. Hines

Mr. and Mrs. John H. Massey

Margot and Ross Perot

Mike and Mary Terry

OFFICE RS

Jeff Bonham, Austin, President

Robert B. Barnes, Austin, President-Elect & Treasurer

Richard L. Leshin, Corpus Christi, Vice President

Shannon Janek, Austin, Secretary

Jane Barnhill, Brenham, 2016 Gala Chair

TRUSTE ES

G. Hughes Abell, Austin

Mark Benson, Houston, TX/Newport Beach, CA

Bruce Blakemore, Dallas

Charla Borchers Leon, Victoria

Michelle K. Brock, Midland

Jan Felts Bullock, Austin

Susan Combs, Austin

Tim Crowley, Austin

Patricia Hamilton Dewhurst, Houston

Louise Griffeth, Dallas

Sarita Hixon, Armstrong

Karen Johnson, Lakeway

Richard King IV, Austin

Truett Latimer, Houston

Brian McLaughlin, Midland

Therese Migala Moncrief, Fort Worth

Carla Moran, Lubbock

Julie Jones Oles, Austin

Kay Woodward Olson, Waco

Margaret Perkins, Tyler

Texas State History Museum Foundation Board & State Preservation Board

Deborah Raynor, Dallas

Karl Rove, Austin

Jimmy Westcott, Dallas

E X- OFFICIO

Victoria RamirezDirector, Bullock Texas State History Museum

John SneedExecutive Director, State Preservation Board

Jacqui SchraadExecutive Director, Texas State History Museum Foundation

ADVISORY BOARD

John Crain, Dallas

Dealey Decherd Herndon, Austin

Pam Willeford, Austin

STATE PRESE RVATION

BOARD M E M B E RS

The Honorable Greg AbbottGovernor, Chairman

The Honorable Dan PatrickLieutenant Governor, Co-Vice Chairman

The Honorable Joe StrausSpeaker of the House, Co-Vice Chairman

The Honorable Kelly HancockTexas Senate

The Honorable Charlie GerenTexas House of Representatives

Iris H. MoorePublic Board Member

2005

President and Mrs. George H. W. Bush Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson

2006

Mr. Walter Cronkite Dr. Michael DeBakey

2007

Governor and Mrs. William P. Clements Jr. Mr. Herb Kelleher

2008

Governor Dolph Briscoe Mr. Darrell K Royal

2009

Mr. Van Cliburn Lieutenant Governor Bill Hobby

2010

President George W. and Laura Bush

2011

Mrs. Barbara Smith Conrad Dr. Denton A. Cooley Mr. Gerald Hines

2012

Secretary James A. Baker III Ambassador Robert S. Strauss

2013

Mr. Eugene F. Kranz Mr. George P. Mitchell

2014

Mrs. Ruth Collins Altshuler Mr. Ross Perot

2015

Dr. John Mendelsohn King Ranch

Past Recipients of the History-Making Texan AwardHistory-Making Texan Awards recognize living Texas legends whose contributions to the state and the nation have been truly historic and exceptional in scope and nature. Honorees are selected for extraordinary accomplishments within their field and community.