AHF's 2010 Fall Luncheon
Monday, September 13, 2010
Noon
Wynfrey Hotel, Birmingham
Guest speaker
Chief Legal Correspondent for CBS News Jan Crawford
in honor of
Edgar Welden
Robert R. Meyer Foundation
with special recognition of
The Rev. Fred Lee Shuttlesworth
Jan Crawford
Jan Crawford
Jan Crawford is the chief legal correspondent for CBS News and a recognized authority on the Supreme Court. Her 2007 book, Supreme Conflict: The Inside Story of the Struggle for the Control of the United States Supreme Court, gained critical acclaim and became an instant New York Times Best Seller.
Jan Crawford began her journalism career at the Chicago Tribune in 1987, joining the legal affairs beat in 1993 after graduating from the University of Chicago Law School. The newspaper awarded her its highest award in 2001 for her role on a team of reporters covering the presidential election of 2000 and the legal battles over the White House. She won the same prize for her 13-part series on the post-civil rights South, a project that brought her back to her native Alabama.
Crawford graduated from the University of Alabama in 1987. She frequently speaks about the court to universities, law schools, legal organizations and civic groups across the country. She is a member of the New York Bar. She and her family live in Washington, D.C.
Edgar Welden
Edgar Welden
Edgar Welden will be honored this year as the 2010 Alabama Humanities Award recipient. He initiated and has personally funded the Jenice Riley Memorial Scholarships benefitting current kindergarten through sixth-grade teachers in social studies projects. He is the current chair of the Alabama Sports Hall Of Fame and Museum and president of the Bryant-Jordan Student Athlete Foundation, which provides more than 100 scholarships annually to Alabama high school seniors. He is founder and president of the Birmingham Athletic Partnership, a nonprofit organization dedicated to assisting Birmingham public schools athletic departments and related organizations. The list of organizations he has helped is endless and his charitable deeds are countless. Past honorees at the luncheon have included U.S. Sen. Richard Shelby, Red Blount, Harper Lee, U.S. Sen. Howell Heflin, Emory Cunningham and Jack Warner.
Robert R. Meyer Foundation
AHF will honor the Robert R. Meyer Foundation as the winner of the Charitable Organization in the Humanities Award. This award is presented at the discretion of the board of directors to a corporation or foundation that has provided vital support to further the AHF mission. Previous winners include Alabama Power Company, The Daniel Foundation of Alabama and Jim Wilson & Associates.
2010 Jenice Riley Memorial Scholarships
The awards luncheon will recognize six elementary school teachers who will receive the 2010 Jenice Riley Memorial Scholarship. The $1,000 awards are awarded to teachers to enhance their teaching abilities by purchasing classroom materials for a special project, offering a class field trip or attending a seminar or institute in the subject areas of history and civics.
Generously funded by Edgar and Louise Welden of Birmingham, the scholarships honor the memory of Jenice Riley, the late daughter of Gov. Bob Riley and his wife Patsy, whose dedicated passion for teaching and devotion to community helped ensure a quality education for our state's youth. A member of the Riley family will present the scholarship awards.
This year's recipients will be awarded their scholarships at a patron's reception held prior to the luncheon. They include:
Takisha Durm, a sixth-grade teacher at PACE Alternative Education in Huntsville
Cheryl Evans Hall, a third-grade teacher at Lacey’s Spring School
Diane Henderson, a fourth-grade teacher at East Lawrence Middle School in Trinity
Mary Elizabeth Lee, a sixth-grade teacher at New Market Elementary School
Gerri McDonald, gifted programs at Perdido Elementary/Middle School
Beverly Robinson, a fourth-grade teacher at Crossville Elementary School
Ticket Information
Tickets for this year's luncheon are $50 each, or $150 for a patron ticket. A patron ticket includes an invitation to the reception honoring the Jenice Riley Memorial Scholarship recipients prior to the luncheon. Complimentary valet parking, preferred luncheon seating, and a commemorative gift are also included in the patron ticket price.
Tables of 10 may be purchased for $500; patron tables may be purchased for $1,500.
Please click here to download a ticket request form and mail it to:
Alabama Humanities Foundation
Attn: Paul Lawson
1100 Ireland Way, Suite 101
Birmingham, Alabama 35205
Or contact Paul Lawson at (205) 558-3992 or plawson@ahf.net to R.S.V.P. for the luncheon and purchase a ticket.
Please R.S.V.P. by September 6.
Business attire is requested.
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