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Thursday, January 12, 2012 • 15
EyeSight Foundation Honors Kline
he EyeSight Foundation of Alabama hosted a fall reception and dinner at Park Lane honoring Dr. Lanning B. Kline. Dr. Kline, a longtime trustee, received the Visionary Award, the foundation’s highest service honor. Emeritus Trustee Allen Rushton, a former recipient of the award, along with Jim Davis, first chairman of ESFA, presented the award. Some 130 guests attended. Among those celebrating included Dr. Kline’s wife Ricki Kline, Mike Callahan, Hartwell Davis with Martha, Felix and Betts Drennen, Ruth and Marvin Engel, Dr. Marty Cogen, Billy and Millie Hulsey, Bill and Betty Jordan, Morris Hackney, Hal and Judy Abroms, Koko and Stan Mackin, Brian Spraberry, Shirley Hamilton, Torrey and Armand DeKeyser and Carly Hines. ESFA trustees, UAB officials, community leaders and several of the Klines’ friends and family members also attended. A video presentation featured several Birmingham individuals touched by Dr. Kline, including Patty McDonald, a patient who credits Dr. Kline with changing her life through vision treatment. Speakers at the reception included board chairman Steve Yoder and UAB School of Medicine Dean Dr. Ray Watts. Dr. Kline is chairman and professor of the UAB Department of Ophthalmology. Tables were decorated in white with purple, red and yellow flowers surrounded by photographs. Music was provided by the Goodfellas Established from proceeds from the sale of the Callahan Eye Foundation Hospital to UAB, ESFA is a charitable grant-making foundation. It recently surpassed $50 million in award grants during its 14-year history. ❖
Dr. Lanning Kline, right, was honored at the EyeSight Foundation’s recent reception and dinner. With him are Hal Abroms and Judy Abroms. Photos special to the Journal
Above: Among those at the EyeSight Foundation’s fall reception and dinner for Dr. Lanning Kline were, from left: Emeritus Trustee Billy Hulsey, Betty Jordan, former trustee Bill Jordan and trustee Morris Hackney. Below: Others there included from left: Gail Andrews, Patty McDonald and Steve and Louise Yoder.
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