2020 Moral Courage Award Dinner

LBJ MORAL COURAGE AWARD VIRTUAL EVENT THURSDAY, MAY 7, 2020

HMH’s annual dinner is its largest fundraising event of the year and raises critical funds to support the institution. Due to the continually evolving COVID-19 situation, we’ve made the decision to turn our 2020 LBJ Moral Courage Award Dinner into a virtual event. The online program launched the evening of May 7, 2020, in conjunction with the 75th Anniversary of V-E Day (May 8).

This year’s event celebrated moral courage from WWII to the current day, presented the 2020 Lyndon Baines Johnson Moral Courage Award to the family of the late Brigadier General Felix L. Sparks, and culminated with a virtual conversation with WWII Historian and New York Times bestselling author Alex Kershaw and Holocaust Survivor Pinchas Gutter.

We thank all of our dinner sponsors and tribute donors who extended their support to the Museum’s ongoing operations. All gifts in support of the event are fully tax deductible. Funds raised from the event will enable HMH’s dedicated to create new digital content about the Holocaust and Human Rights for educators, parents, and students.

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Dinner Chairs

=Heidi & David Gerger
=Sultana & Moez Mangalji
=Andrea & Bill White

Host Committee Chairs

=Erica & Benjy Levit

Host Committee

*listing as of April 7, 2020

Holocaust Museum Houston created the Lyndon Baines Johnson Moral Courage Award in 1994 in cooperation with the Johnson family. In 1938, as a young congressman, Johnson stretched the limits of his authority and risked his personal dreams to provide American sanctuary for threatened European Jews. It is because of these acts of moral courage that the Museum proudly named the award in his honor. The award recognizes either a single righteous act or a lifetime of morally courageous behavior.

Thank You to Our Generous Sponsors

Upstander

=Amegy Bank / Barbara & Barry Lewis
=Paula Goldstein
=Sultana & Moez Mangalji / Westmont Hospitality Group
=Shirley Toomim / Cyvia Wolff
=The Warren Family

Hero

=Joan & Stanford Alexander
=Julie & Andrew Alexander
=Fran & Mark Berg Family
=Polly & Murry Bowden / Jeri & Marc Shapiro
=Nancy & Jack Dinerstein / Betty & Michael Tapick
=Dr. Irving & Dr. Toby Gold / Dr. Judith Gold
=Punkin & Walter Hecht / BJ & Buddy Herz
=Shelly & Brian Hendry / Limor & Stuart Smith
=Nicole & Glenn Lowenstein
=Sunni & Gary Markowitz / Judy & Mark Mucasey / Dede & John Loughran
=John P. McGovern Foundation
=Memorial Hermann Foundation
=PaperCity Magazine
=The Stein Family
=Clark & Charlene Thompson Foundation
=Andrea & Bill White

Protector

=Anonymous
=Liz & Jorge Altschuler / Gail & Milton Klein
=Edie & David Amran / Morgan Stanley
=Baker McKenzie / Stacy & Lewis Gomar
=Judy & David Bell / Ellen & Dan Trachtenberg
=Laurie & Milton Boniuk
=Kaki & Larry Buck
=Charter Title Company
=Christensen Building Group LLC
=Dickson Furniture Industries / Susser Bank Holdings
=Katya Dow / Connie Kwan Wong
=Linda & Dr. Michael Eisemann / Cathy & Dr. Joseph Jankovic / Mitzi Shure & Jerry Wische
=Denise & Steve Estrin
=Joyce & Dr. Stephen Fadem / Mickey & Mike Marvins
=Kelli Cohen Fein & Martin Fein
=Sandra & Steve Finkelman
=Lily & Charles Foster / Nancy Li-Tarim & Dr. Soner Tarim
=Marla & Stewart Feldman / Nancy & Richie Freed
=Karen & Buster Freedman
=Martha & Don Freedman
=Bernard Fuchs
=Cheryl & Stephen Golub
=Lynn Gordon & Hy Penn
=Florie & Guillermo Guefen
=Lauren & Geoff Harrison / Marci Rosenberg & Ben Samuels
=HMH Docents
=Jackson Walker
=KPRC Channel 2
=Alissa & Michael Leightman / Susie & Jeff Raizner
=Diane & Alan Levin / Vicky & Michael Richker
=Mimi & Larry Levine / Dr. Jill Roth & Ben Lipson / Kay & Fred Zeidman
=Marek Family
=Edith Mincberg
=Allison & Russell Molina
=Carol & David Neider / Jeannie & Gary Wermuth
=Leslie & Russ Robinson
=Glen Rosenbaum
=Dr. Mary Schwartz & David Cech
=Lois & George Stark
=Nancy & Irving Stern
=UTHealth
=Haya & Jacob Varon

Premier Seating

=Sheila Aron
=Sue Sue & Don Aron
=Tali & Eric Blumrosen
=Briggs & Veselka Co.
=Honorable Theresa Chang & Peter Chang MD
=Cheryl & Brian Fielkow
=Ann & Kenny Friedman
=Carl Josehart & Sam Jacobson
=Mady & Ken Kades
=Diane Merrill
=Eileen Reed & Leon Fastow
=Joan Schnitzer
=Beth Wolff & Ed Wolff
=Edith & Robert Zinn

*Listing as of March 20, 2020

Pre-show Presentation generously sponsored by
Debra & Steven Cohen
Heidi & David Gerger

Questions? Contact Amanda Shagrin at lbjdinner@hmh.org