San Antonio luncheon to honor former U.S. Sec. of State Rex Tillerson

Judy Woodruff to lead A Conversation With a Living Legend interview at MD Anderson benefit

MD Anderson News Release November 15, 2019

marks the 10th year of A Conversation With a Living Legend? in San Antonio with a luncheon honoring former U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson in an interview with ¡°PBS NewsHour¡± anchor and managing editor Judy Woodruff. The event is scheduled 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. Nov. 18 at the Marriott Rivercenter, 101 Bowie St.

Barbara and Alan Dreeben, Paige and Marc Sachs, Lisa and Kelly Sechler and Allison and Josh Zeller are co-chairs of the event, with fundraising nearing a $750,000 goal. Proceeds will support
MD Anderson¡¯s Moon Shots Program?, a collaborative effort to accelerate the development of scientific discoveries into clinical advances that save patients¡¯ lives.

Honorary chairs include Peggy and Lowry Mays and Charline and Red McCombs. Mary and Bob Worth, Clint and Jessica Worth and Jordan and Brian Arriaga are immediate past chairs; founding chairs are Kim and Clyde Johnson IV and Paula and Clyde Johnson III.

A Conversation With a Living Legend?, a signature MD Anderson benefit event, has raised more than
$40 million across the country in cities such as Houston, Dallas, Las Vegas, Atlanta and Washington, D.C., with approximately $4 million raised in San Antonio. This year, businesses and individuals throughout the San Antonio area have offered generous support of MD Anderson¡¯s mission to end cancer through a variety of sponsorship levels:

Title Sponsor: Lewis Energy

Presenting Sponsors

  • Barbara and Alan Dreeben
  • Mays Family Foundation 
  • Frost Bank, Kelley and Pat Frost, Jimmie Ruth and Dick Evans, Nancy Loeffler
  • Red McCombs Automotive
  • W. Darrell Willerson Jr., M.D.
  • Worth & Associates / Worth Family

Secretary of State

  • Claire and John Alexander
  • Margery L. Block
  • Norma and Harry Longwell
  • Silver Eagle Distributors LP
  • The Gambrinus Company

CEO

  • Food Safety Net Services
  • Eleanor and Scott Petty
  • The Renick Trust
  • Valero
  • Rene and Marty Wender
  • Sachs-Sechler-Zeller

Engineer

  • Ruth and Edward Austin
  • C.H. Guenther & Son
  • Friends of the Dreebens
  • Gary Woods

Eagle Scout

  • Argo Group
  • Beth and Randy Baetz
  • Phyllis and Jamie Browning
  • Michele and Randy Cadwallader
  • Sally and Rhew Dooley
  • Michelle and John Engler
  • Laura and Lew Moorman 
  • Luther King Capital Management
  • Marti Obrien
  • Dru and Marvin Pipkin
  • Sue and Dudley Snyder
  • Sterling and Dubrof Group / Morgan Stanley
  • Whataburger
  • Karen Lee and David Zachry

Texan

  • Avalon Investment and Advisory / Kim and Lance Lubel
  • Courtney and John Beauchamp
  • Weezie and Malcolm Chesney
  • Julian Gold
  • Tena and Jim Gorman
  • Olive Anne and Tres Kleberg / Courtney and Mark Watson
  • Jet Linx
  • Kim and Clyde Johnson IV /Paula and Clyde Johnson III
  • Amelita and David Mauze
  • Jane and Joe McFarlane
  • Nelson Wood Gosdin - Merrill Lynch Private Wealth Management
  • Norton Rose Fulbright
  • Rosenthal Pauerstein Sandoloski Agather LLP
  • RSM US LLP
  • Kathy and Dick Schlosberg
  • Jocelyn and Joe Straus Jr.
  • UT Health San Antonio
  • UT Health San Antonio MD Anderson Cancer Center
  • Texas Capital Bank
  • Ann Brennand Watson
  • The Zoch Family