AWC 2009 Newsmakers
Honored at May Luncheon

The 2009 Newsmakers Awards Luncheon, “Shaping Our Legacy,” welcomed more than 200 guests from various facets of the community to honor five women who have made significant
contributions to Tulsa.

This year’s Newsmakers recipients were: Phyllis Dotson, community volunteer; Peggy Helmerich, philanthropist; Sister M. Therese Gottschalk, president and CEO of St. John Health System; and Lee Anne Zeigler, executive director of the Tulsa Foundation for Architecture.

The luncheon also honored Glenda Silvey, former television
news anchor and current public affairs specialist for the University of Oklahoma-Tulsa, as the Saidie Lifetime Achievement Award winner.

Additionally, two Oklahoma State University students,
Allison Broyles and Cortney Hicks, were presented with Rising Star Communicator scholarships at the luncheon.

Click here to learn more about our 2009 award recipients.

The Newsmakers committee would like to thank the local organizationswho contributed more than $20,000 in sponsorships to help benefit scholarships and Resonance Center for Women’s Girls Unlimited program through their support of the Newsmakers luncheon.

PRESENTING SPONSOR
Phyllis and George Dotson

HEADLINERS
The Helmerich Foundation
Anne and Henry Zarrow Family Foundation

PUBLISHERS
BOK
The Charles & Lynn Schusterman Family Foundation
Cherokee Nation Enterprises
ONEOK

EDITORS
D.J. Morrow Ingram
Indian Health Care Resource Center of Tulsa Inc.
OU-Tulsa
Schnake Turnbo Frank | PR
St. John Health System
Williams

WRITERS
GTR Newspapers
National MS Society, Oklahoma Chapter
Ruth K. Nelson Revocable Trust
RVA Market Research & Consulting
Scissortail Group PR
Sharon King Davis
The University of Tulsa

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