RENDEZVOUS
GENEROUSLY PRESENTED BY THE HONORABLE AND MRS. HUSHANG ANSARY AND CORPORATE PRESENTING SPONSOR WEATHERFORD, RENDEZVOUS WITH HOUSTON METHODIST WAS HELD ON NOVEMBER 12, 2015, AT THE HILTON AMERICAS – HOUSTON.
Through the leadership of exceptional chairs and pioneering honorees, Houston Methodist’s biennial fundraising gala was a remarkable success, raising $2,587,401 for research, education and patient care in the system’s seven hospitals. Chairs Cam and Rod Canion and Elizabeth and Peter Wareing guided Rendezvous with Houston Methodist to its record-setting achievement, which was announced to the 1,300-plus crowd by Houston Methodist President and CEO Dr. Marc L. Boom.
Event chairs Peter and Elizabeth Wareing and Cam and Rod Canion
The gala was highlighted by recognition of four honorees who have made an indelible mark on Houston Methodist and the history of health care in our community — Emily A. Crosswell, the John S. Dunn Foundation, Occidental Petroleum Corporation and Sanford I. Weill. They were celebrated by their friends, family and closest colleagues in a video presentation introduced by master of ceremonies, FOX 26 morning anchor Melissa Wilson. The evening also featured a special interview with former Houston Astro Jed Lowrie. Honoree Sanford I. Weill, Drs. Julie and Marc Boom, Jed and Milessa Lowrie and Dr. Antonio M. Gotto Jr.
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Houston Methodist Hospital Foundation