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MySweetCharity Photo Gallery Alert: 2025 J. Erik Jonsson Ethics Award Luncheon

Jun 6, 2025 5:30 PM by Jeanne Prejean

When it was announced that Cynt Marshall would be the 2025 J. Erik Jonsson Ethics Award recipient, a certain amount of zeal accompanied the news. Anyone who had ever experienced a Cynt Moment just knew they were in good hands and would walk away with a renewed enthusiasm for embracing the very essence of SMU's Cary M. Maguire Center for Ethics and Public … [Read more...] about MySweetCharity Photo Gallery Alert: 2025 J. Erik Jonsson Ethics Award Luncheon

DHS 2024 History Maker Luncheon Celebrated Honorees Looking To The Future Inspired By The Past

Jan 28, 2025 5:30 PM by Jeanne Prejean

With a chill in the air, North Texans were briskly heading to fundraising luncheons on Thursday, November 22, as the countdown for Thanksgiving got underway. While The Salvation Army Of North Texas held its “Doing The Most Good Luncheon” at the Hilton Anatole, the Dallas Historical Society’s (DHS) History Maker Luncheon saluted a wide variety of leaders and organizations at The … [Read more...] about DHS 2024 History Maker Luncheon Celebrated Honorees Looking To The Future Inspired By The Past

J. Erik Jonsson Ethics Award Luncheon Move To A Bigger Venue Due To Honorees Ashlee And Chris Kleinert Draw

May 28, 2024 5:30 PM by Jeanne Prejean

In 1964, when the late Erik J. Jonsson was sworn in as Dallas major, Ashlee Hunt and Chris Kleinert were just toddlers. It would be years later that Ashlee and Chris would meet on a blind date and magic happened ... not just for their family, but for “doing good for Dallas.” So, the overwhelming requests to attend the J. Erik Jonsson Ethics Award Luncheon honoring Ashlee and … [Read more...] about J. Erik Jonsson Ethics Award Luncheon Move To A Bigger Venue Due To Honorees Ashlee And Chris Kleinert Draw

Dallas Historical Society’s Centennial Champagne Reception Toasted 100 Years Of Memories

Jan 31, 2023 5:30 PM by Jeanne Prejean

While North Texas newcomers may love the lower taxes and the bargains on estates, they may want to be forewarned that there’s something in the air that can be more irritating than COVID, influenza and RSV rolled into one. It’s that dang seasonal allergy. It was more than evident at the Dallas Historical Society’s Centennial Champagne Reception and Open House on Thursday, … [Read more...] about Dallas Historical Society’s Centennial Champagne Reception Toasted 100 Years Of Memories

2022 J. Erik Jonsson Ethics Awardee Michael Sorrell Discussed The Ethics Of Convenience

May 11, 2022 9:30 AM by Jeanne Prejean

Before the first guests arrived for the 2022 J. Erik Jonsson Ethics Award reception beginning at 11 a.m., much activity was already underway on Tuesday, April 12. Outside SMU’s Martha Proctor Mack Grand Ballroom, the latest cold front was knocking at the door. On the adjacent terrace, the high top tableclothes were flowing in the wind. Plan B was put into place with a couple … [Read more...] about 2022 J. Erik Jonsson Ethics Awardee Michael Sorrell Discussed The Ethics Of Convenience

RESCHEDULED: ChildCareGroup’s The Great Adventure Hunt

Jan 19, 2022 9:30 AM by Jeanne Prejean

ChildCareGroup CEO/President Tori Mannes has been as busy as a COVID testing site. Not only did she take a deep breath and cancel the CCG's 120th Anniversary Celebration last week, she dealt with the non-profit's fav brain teaser fundraiser The Great Adventure Hunt that was scheduled for this Friday (aka January 21). But being the daughter of Dr. Gail Thomas, Tori wasn't … [Read more...] about RESCHEDULED: ChildCareGroup’s The Great Adventure Hunt

Awards For Excellence Luncheon Recognized Those Embracing The Importance Of The Past

Jan 16, 2020 1:30 PM by Jeanne Prejean

The Dallas Historical Society adjusted its annual Awards For Excellence Luncheon at the Fairmont on Thursday, November 21, to streamline the presentation of the Dallas History Makers. Gone was the VIP reception. Instead, the awardees were part of the pre-luncheon reception in the lobby outside the Regency Ballroom with portraits of the recipients by Holt Haynsworth. Looking … [Read more...] about Awards For Excellence Luncheon Recognized Those Embracing The Importance Of The Past

Nancy Strauss Halbreich Accepts 2019 J. Erik Jonsson Ethic Award With A World-Class Grace

Apr 24, 2019 1:30 PM by Jeanne Prejean

As the Texas Rangers were kicking off the last season at Globe Life Park against Chicago Cubs on Thursday, March 28, the SMU campus was filling with Lexuses, Mercedes and all types of high brows. It’s too bad the Rangers didn’t have Nancy Strauss Halbreich batting. In addition to being SMU’s 2019 J. Erik Jonsson Ethics Awardee, she literally proved to be the MVP at the annual … [Read more...] about Nancy Strauss Halbreich Accepts 2019 J. Erik Jonsson Ethic Award With A World-Class Grace

Dallas Mayor Mike Rawlings Stars At ‘Grow The Grove’ Fundraiser For Cristo Rey Dallas College Prep School

Feb 4, 2019 5:30 PM by Glenn Hunter

There was a full house at Sixty Five Hundred on Saturday, November 17, when guests turned out to celebrate the Cristo Rey Dallas College Prep school and one of its biggest champions, Dallas Mayor Mike Rawlings. The fundraiser, called "Grow The Grove: The Cocktail Party," was an homage not only to the Catholic school in the Pleasant Grove area of southeast Dallas, but to … [Read more...] about Dallas Mayor Mike Rawlings Stars At ‘Grow The Grove’ Fundraiser For Cristo Rey Dallas College Prep School

Moody Coliseum Scores High Marks As The Setting For Bobby Lyle’s Receiving The J. Erik Jonsson Ethics Award

Apr 20, 2018 1:30 PM by Jeanne Prejean

When the announcement was made that the J. Erik Jonsson Ethics Award Luncheon was being moved from SMU’s grand ballroom to Moody Coliseum a couple of weeks before the presentation to Bobby Lyle on Thursday, March 29, a few eyebrows were raised. Perhaps it was long ago memories of proms being held in high school gyms that triggered images of metal folding chairs around bare … [Read more...] about Moody Coliseum Scores High Marks As The Setting For Bobby Lyle’s Receiving The J. Erik Jonsson Ethics Award

Trinity River Audubon Center’s Scissor-tails And Cocktails Top Donors To Be Rewarded With A Bubbl Dallas Roundtrip Perk

Mar 29, 2018 1:30 PM by Jeanne Prejean

Despite a recent memory-making afternoon, former head mistress of the formerly known Trinity River Trust  Gail Thomas was in her garden burying a beautiful bird — “It’s the most beautiful bird I’ve seen” — in her backyard garden. The winged beauty had suffered an “air disaster" hitting the Thomases’ window. Gail was heartbroken that her home was the cause of the death of … [Read more...] about Trinity River Audubon Center’s Scissor-tails And Cocktails Top Donors To Be Rewarded With A Bubbl Dallas Roundtrip Perk

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