• Skip to main content
  • Skip to secondary menu
  • Skip to primary sidebar
  • Contact
  • FAQ
  • Advertising

My Sweet Charity

An Ongoing Conversation For the Good Of Dallas

  • Home
  • Photo Gallery
  • Event Calendar
  • Fundraisers
  • Health
  • Heroes
  • Contact

The 85th Linz Award Will Be Presented To Forrest Hoglund

Feb 11, 2014 3:30 PM by Jeanne Prejean

Forrest Hoglund (File photo)
Forrest Hoglund (File photo)

It’s always gratifying to see a deserving person get an award. That’s what’s going to happen on Tuesday, April 8, at the Omni Dallas Hotel, when Forrest Hoglund is presented with the 85th Annual Linz Award.

Just as previous Linz Awardee Walt Humann achieved his honor by heading up the expansion of Central Expressway and the development of DART, Forrest earned this distinction for the “successful leadership as chairman of the $185 million campaign to build the Perot Museum of Nature and Science.”

Under his leadership, the money was not only raised a year ahead of time, but not one cent was borrowed.

In addition, Forrest, wife Sally and the entire Hoglund brood have become well-known for the Hoglund Family Foundation’s support of non-profits.

Organized by the Junior League of Dallas’ Sustaining Members, this year’s event will be chaired by Sandy Ammons-Kirkpatrick. Tickets for the luncheon are available by contacting Bonnie Weikel.

Here’s a little history lesson for newcomers: The Linz Award is presented by The Dallas Morning News and, ironically, the Zale Corporation. The reason for inserting “ironically” is because it was originally created in 1924 by Simon Linz, who was president of Linz Brothers, a jewelry store founded in 1887. It was also 1924 that the first Zales Jewelers opened in Wichita Falls. Eventually, Linz Brothers was sold to Houston’s Gordon brothers, who ran Gordon Jewelry. In 1989, the Gordon collection of jewelry stores was sold to Zale’s.

Filed Under: Announcement, Awards, Community, Events, Fund raiser, FYI, Heroes, History, Luncheon, Museum, Philanthropy, Really!!!!! Tagged With: Forrest Hoglund, Linz Award, Perot Museum of Science & Nature

Reader Interactions

Comments

  1. Harriet Kelly GIbbe says

    Feb 12, 2014 8:45 AM at 8:45 AM

    Forrest and Sally are both so deserving (and fun to work with!) I had the privilege of shooting a video documentary of their success story a few years ago and am still awed by what they have accomplished as individuals, as a couple, as a family and through their foundation. Their generosity, humor, honesty, commitment and vision have brought new life and energy to Dallas, Houston and the world in which they live.

  2. Paige Flink says

    Feb 12, 2014 11:13 AM at 11:13 AM

    Forrest Hoglund is the epitome of the Linz Award. He cares for people across all spectrums and has worked to make this community a better place. The Perot Museum will have a century of impact on children in this community and I am thrilled he is being honored!

Primary Sidebar

We cover the people, organizations and activities that make the North Texas area unique thanks to philanthropic and nonprofit endeavors. We limit our coverage to only news that directly impacts and benefits the area, but we do it with an "honest but friendly" hand.

MySweetCharity does not cover activities or news of a controversial nature.

Materials on this site are © copyrighted. Images contained on this website are not within the public domain. To republish, please send request to [email protected] for permission.

Disclaimer: We are provided gratis invitations from organizations without any expectations on their part of any coverage.

Subscribe for Email Updates

  • This field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged.

Search

Follow MyTweetCharity on Twitter
Follow MySweetCharity on Facebook

MySweetCharity

Resources

  • After-School All-Stars North Texas
  • Baylor Scott & White Health
  • Callier Center
  • Children's Health
  • Community Partners of Dallas
  • Dallas CASA
  • Dallas Film Society
  • Dallas Symphony Orchestra
  • Equest
  • Family Gateway
  • Girl Scouts of Northeast Texas
  • Goodwill Industries of Dallas
  • Housing Crisis Center
  • Leukemia Texas
  • North Texas Giving Day
  • Southwest Transplant Alliance
  • Suicide and Crisis Center of North Texas
  • Texas Women's Foundation
  • The Dallas Institute of Humanities and Culture
  • The Dallas Opera
  • The Family Place
  • The Magdalen House
  • Trinity Park Conservancy

Categories

Archives

MySweetCharity sponsorships

  • Callier Cares Luncheon
  • Cattle Baron's Ball
  • Celebrating Women
  • Community Partners of Dallas
  • Crystal Charity Ball
  • Day At The Races
  • Equest
  • Healing Hands Luncheon
  • KidneyTexas
  • Mad Hatter's Tea
  • North Texas Giving Day
  • Texas Women's Foundation Annual Luncheon
  • Women's Auxiliary of The Salvation Army Dallas Fashion Show And Luncheon
Copyright © 2010-2021 My Sweet Charity · Website Design by Shauna Callaghan