The very idea of women in elegant silk gowns having to wear cloaks and fur wraps in April may have seemed as foreign as having a submarine race along the Trinity, but that's exactly what happened for The Sweetheart Ball on Saturday, April 20. Despite 2024 Chair Heather Washburne's creating a fabulous version of The Bahamas' Lyford Cay Club complete … [Read more...] about MySweetCharity Photo Gallery Alert: 2024 The Sweetheart Ball
Jeanne Whitman Bobbitt
Baylor Scott And White Dallas Foundation Celebrated A “Boone” For Graduate Medical Education
The topic on the lunch table for the Baylor Scott and White Dallas Foundation Board’s quarterly meeting on Tuesday, May 9, was the all-too-real challenge of Graduate Medical Education (GME). With 15,000 applicants for the 34 fellowship programs available at Baylor University Medical Center, only 89 will become fellows. And the need for physicians is growing due to a growing … [Read more...] about Baylor Scott And White Dallas Foundation Celebrated A “Boone” For Graduate Medical Education
Sweetheart Ball Tea Featured New Members, Fundraiser Details And Focus On Heart Disease
The weather couldn't have been more ideal on Monday, October 17, for the 2023 Sweetheart Ball tea. Taking place at Ola Fojtasek's Volk Estate home, the decision was made to hold the presentation by UT Southwestern's heart disease specialists in the home because of the upper 60-degree temperature chilling with brisk breezes made the outside terrace not so user friendly. On a … [Read more...] about Sweetheart Ball Tea Featured New Members, Fundraiser Details And Focus On Heart Disease
JUST IN: Four New Members Join The 41-Year-Old Sweetheart Ball Committee
2023 Sweetheart Ball Chair Amy Prestidge has just announced the new members of the organization that raises funds for UT Southwestern Medical Center. The new members include Jeanne Whitman Bobbitt, Diane Byrd, Claire Emanuelson and Lori Jones. Since being established in 1981 by Laura Bayoud Hunt, the Sweetheart Ball’s one-night, black-tie gala has provided … [Read more...] about JUST IN: Four New Members Join The 41-Year-Old Sweetheart Ball Committee
2022 J. Erik Jonsson Ethics Awardee Michael Sorrell Discussed The Ethics Of Convenience
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
From “Tiniest Texans” To Jim Hinton’s Closing Remarks Filled Baylor Scott And White Dallas Foundation’s Board Program
Some may have thought the Baylor Scott and White Dallas Foundation went a little overboard by going ahead and offering three choices for its winter quarterly meeting on Tuesday, December 7. But with the rumbling of COVID’s latest variant — Omicron — arising on the scene, the precautions were well in place to safeguard board members and staffers alike. For the Foundation … [Read more...] about From “Tiniest Texans” To Jim Hinton’s Closing Remarks Filled Baylor Scott And White Dallas Foundation’s Board Program