The Cooper Institute Legacy Award Dinner Honoring Drayton McLane, Jr.

The Cooper Institute®, a nonprofit health organization founded by Dr. Kenneth Cooper and based in Dallas, will host its annual Legacy Award Dinner on November 2^nd at Globe Life Park in Arlington.

This year's event will feature an all-star lineup with event chair David Glass, Legacy Award recipient Drayton McLane, Jr., keynote speaker and Major League Baseball Hall of Famer George Brett along with moderator, Emmy® Award-winning Kansas City Royals broadcaster Ryan Lefebvre. Longtime media personality Scott Murray will once again serve as master of ceremonies. The annual Legacy Award Dinner will raise funds to support the mission of The Cooper Institute to improve global population health with a particular focus on youth and raising a healthier generation. 

The annual Legacy Award dinner celebrates the critically important mission of The Institute and honors the visionary leaders who have improved the lives and health of men, women and children across the country and around the world. Past Legacy Award recipients include Ray Hunt, Peter O'Donnell, Jr., the late Fred Meyer, Lyda Hill and Roger Staubach.

McLane is well known for his many philanthropic endeavors and community enrichment initiatives, and his dedication to service through works with The Cooper Institute, the Boy Scouts of America, Baylor University, Baylor Scott and White Health and many other worthwhile organizations.

George Brett is considered baseball royalty and was inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1999. The 13-Time All-Star had an exciting and storied career that transcended the baseball diamond. Joining Brett is longtime Royals broadcaster Ryan Lefebvre. The Emmy® Award-winning broadcaster is in his 19^th season with the Royals and his 23^rd season in Major League Baseball. Both Brett and Lefebvre will participate in a dynamic interview session as the keynote presentation on November 2^nd in Arlington.

 For more information, tickets and sponsorship opportunities, please contact Amy Johnson, Chief Development Officer, at 214.543.6533 or ajohnson@cooperinst.org. For media inquiries or interview requests, please contact Claire Kinzy at ckinzy@cooperinst.org or 972.716.7002. Additional information is also available online at www.cooperinstitute.org/legacyaward.

Center for BrainHealth Legacy Award Dinner Celebrated Lyda Hill

On Tuesday, November 11, Veterans Day, the Center for BrainHealth at The University of Texas at Dallas celebrated Lyda Hill and her dedication to America’s servicemen and women, presenting her with its highest honor, the Legacy Award. The BrainHealth Legacy Award recognizes the pioneering spirit of individuals whose vision and dedication to brain research enable the Center to explore the vast potential of the human mind.

Michael and Lindsey Wisenbaker

Dinner Chair Lynn McBee commenced the program describing Ms. Hill as “an individual who truly epitomizes the meaning of giving through serving those who have served”, saying to Ms. Hill, “You approach everything with gusto! And tonight we hope to show you the same gusto as we celebrate you and the lives you touch."

Lyda Hill, Legacy Award Dinner honoree, Lynn McBee, Legacy Award Dinner chairman

Sandra “Sandi” Chapman, Ph.D., Founder and Chief Director, Center for BrainHealth, Paul Stoffel, Gayle Stoffel

  After four of the Center’s veterans presented her with the gleaming crystal award, Ms. Hill explained that her nephew, Michael Wisenbaker, deserved a lot of the credit. An Air Force F-16 pilot and Iraq war veteran, he strongly urged her to find a solution to a truly underfunded challenge: the often overwhelming and unseen injuries of war that make the transition from military to civilian life difficult for veterans and military service members.

Ross Perot, Margot Perot, Betsy Waggoner, John Waggoner

Her quest led her to give $2 million to the Center for BrainHealth’s Brain Performance Institute to activate the Warrior Training Team, mobile units of clinicians and veterans who deliver effective, evidence-based programs that build brain resilience, achieve brain regeneration and reverse losses in cognitive function.

Debbie Francis, Advisory Board Chair, Center for BrainHealth, Jim Francis

“Lyda, having a warrior’s spirit herself, knew she had to do something…And that she has done”, said Dr. Sandra Chapman, BrainHealth Founder and Chief Director. “Lyda’s gift ignited the extension of our proven trainings to go well beyond our current Department of Defense funded research.”

Charles and Pat McEvoy

The Warrior Training Team has reached more than 500 warriors, including active duty elite special forces, veterans, and military spouses and caregivers, in Texas, Alabama, Arizona, California, Colorado, Florida, Idaho,Virginia and Washington, DC in the last year. Projections for next year are in the thousands.

Jan and Trevor Rees-Jones

“Thanks to Lyda’s gift, our brothers and sisters in arms are getting the opportunity to focus on training their brains with the same intensity that they do their bodies,” said Lt. Morgan Luttrell, US Navy SEAL (Retired). “The strategies I learned assisted me as a leader in the SEAL teams while at home training or deployed on combat missions around the world. Today I continue to apply the strategies and benefit as a husband, father, student, and an active member in society.”

 

The event was held at The Joule Hotel and was attended by approximately 250 guests, including many of our nation’s treasured veterans

Save the Date: The Cooper Institute's Legacy Award Dinner

Save the Date for

The Cooper Institute's Inaugural Legacy Award Dinner

celebrating Ray Hunt, Peter O'Donnell, Jr. and the late Fred Meyer

Friday, November 1, 2013

7:00-9:00 p.m.

Co-chairmen: Arthur M. Blank, Amb. Jeanne L. Phillips, Roger Staubach

 

The Cooper Institute Legacy Award celebrates visionary leaders who have improved the lives and health of men, women, and children across the country and around the world.

www.CooperInstitute.org/LegacyAwardDinner