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MCA Annual Awards Dinner
Honorees

The Multicultural Alliance Annual Award recognizes community leaders and organizations who display a commitment in promoting diversity, inclusion, and understanding. 

Lifetime Achievement Honorees

2011   Emily Trantham

2014   Diane Davis and Charles Hoffman

2016   Marcia Pozez Kurtz

2017   Joan Kline

2020   William 'Bill' Thornton

2022   Jackie Bzostek (Posthumously)

2023   Opal Lee

2024   Commissioner Roy Charles and Dr. Jennifer Giddings Brooks

Past Honorees

1952  Dr. M. E. Sadler 1953  Sol Brachman | 1954  James R. Record

1955  Lorin A. Boswell | 1956  Benjamin Max Mehl | 1957 Bernard J. Lunt

1958  Dr. Law Sone | 1959  Edwin Grover Schwarz, MD

1960  Mrs. W. J. Danforth & Mrs. Edgar Deen & Mrs. Henry Mack

1961  Rabbi Isadore Garsek | 1962  Reverend Dr. Robert Jones &
Msgr. Ernest Langenhorst |
1962  Fred Korth | 1963  Neville G. Penrose

 1964  Frank E. Crumley | 1965  Dr. M. J. Neeley | 1966  Rabbi Robert J. Schur

 1967  Robert E. Moreton, MD  | 1968  Walter R. Humphrey

1969  Edward R. Hudson & William A. Hudson | 1970  Clay J. Berry

1971  Arthur I. Ginsburg | 1972  Jack L. Butler | 1973  Manuel Jara

1974  Edwin W. Guinn, MD & Louis J. Levy, MD & May Owen, MD | 1975  Harry K. Werst

1976  Dr. James Moudy | 1977  Nenetta Burton Carter | 1978  Mr. and Mrs. F. Howard Walsh

1979  Frank Cohen, MD & Randall D. Nyman, MD & John M. Richardson, MD

1980  Leon H. Brachman | 1981  Dr. and Mrs. A. M. Pate | 1982  Robert F. Snakard

1983  Madlyn and Louis Barnett | 1984  Paul W. Mason | 1986  William C. Connor

1987  John V. Roach | 1988  E. M. Rosenthal | 1989  Mayor Bob Bolen

1990  Jean and William Tucker | 1991  Jane and John Justin | 1992  Walter B. Barbour 

1993 Cornelia and Bayard Friedman | 1994  Paul Ray, Sr. & Paul Ray, Jr. | 1995  Richard L. Connor

1996  Jeffrey K. Wentworth | 1997  Bob J. Crow | 1998  Rosalyn Rosenthal |1999  Van Cliburn

2000 Jake B. Schrum | 2001 David M. Beckerman & Erma C. Johnson Hadley & Rosie K. Mauk
 
2002 Mayor Kenneth Barr | 2003 Mayor Mike and Rosie Moncrief

2004 Hazel Harvey Peace & Viney Chandler | 2005 Leonard Roberts

 2006 Representative Kay Granger | 2007 Tim Sear | 2008 Rozanne and Billy Rosenthal
2009  Mary Alice and John Giordano | 2010 North Texas LEAD 
2011 Rabbi Ralph Mecklenburger | 2012 John Avila, Jr.

 2013 Bob Schieffer & Sharon Schieffer Mayes & Tom Schieffer

2014 Paul Dorman | 2015 Larry Anfin
2016 Marvin E. Blum & Arnold Gachman |  2017 M. Basheer Ahmed, MD & Robert Fernandez

2018 Judge L. Clifford Davis & Coach Robert L. Hughes

2019 Al Saenz | 2020 Deborah Ferguson | 2023 Fred Slabach | 2024 Mayor Betsy Price

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Mail check to the MCA office and note Annual Awards Dinner in the memo.

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