PRESIDENT and MRS. ROBERT B. SLOAN Invite You To The聽
HBU Spirit of Excellence Gala
Presented by
The Joella & Stewart Morris Foundation
November 11, 2021
HOUSTON BAPTIST UNIVERSITY CAMPUS
Featuring
Keynote Speaker Tim Tebow
Benefitting
MORRIS FAMILY CENTER FOR LAW & LIBERTY
Celebrating
HOUSTON BAPTIST UNIVERSITY LEGACY AWARD
The Joella & Stewart Morris Foundation
SPIRIT OF EXCELLENCE AWARD
Esther Wong
PRESIDENT鈥橲 AWARD
Colonel Newton Cole 鈥 Barbara Taylor-Cox 鈥81 & Ray Cox 鈥81
Thank you to our Friends of the Gala
Nichole & Benny 鈥86 Agosto 鈥 Betty Beard 鈥 Ann E. Bradshaw 鈥 Lucy & Willie Carl 鈥 Cemex – Scott Ducoff 鈥 Judy & Bob Craig 鈥 Linda & Archie Dunham 鈥 Elaine & Marvy Finger 鈥 Rhonda & Michael Graff 鈥 Judy & Geren Graham 鈥 Ronald Harrell 鈥 Lisa & Al Hartman 鈥 HBU Alumni Association Advisory Board 鈥 Houston鈥檚 First Baptist Church 鈥 Martha & Jim Hunt 鈥 Cyndi & Keith Jacobson 鈥 Becky & Steve Kerns 鈥 Dr. Allene Lucas 鈥 McGriff, Seibels & Williams, Inc. 鈥 Memorial Hermann 鈥 Walter P Moore 鈥 Becky & Malcolm Morris 鈥 The Joella & Stewart Morris Foundation 鈥 Melissa & Matt Morris 鈥 Judi 鈥94 & Mark Pyburn 鈥 Jan & Jerome Smith 鈥 Sherry & Jim Smith 鈥 Alex & Randy 鈥84 Sorrels 鈥 Strake Foundation 鈥 Tellepsen Family 鈥 Cindy & Dan Wilford 鈥 Dena & Jay Williams 鈥 Dr. Diane 鈥93 & Stanley Williams
HBU President Robert Sloan on Each SOE Honoree 聽
From the founding, sustaining, and flourishing of Houston Baptist University, Dr. Stewart Morris and his family have been profoundly significant during the 60-plus years of HBU. The Joella & Stewart Morris Foundation is the recipient of the first Houston Baptist University Legacy Award for all the family has done and continues to do at HBU. Dr. Morris, your lasting influence, your determination, and your personal sacrifices for the University have been deep and wide and profound.
The Spirit of Excellence Award is one of the University鈥檚 highest honors, and we present it to Esther Wong. She has inspired and encouraged us. Esther鈥檚 mother, Julia Tan, left a legacy that she has continued through her own philanthropy, supporting so many Christian causes. We are grateful Esther chose HBU to honor her mother through the establishment of the Spahr-Tan Center for International Education.
What a privilege it is to present the President鈥檚 Award to Barbara Taylor-Cox 鈥81 and Ray Cox 鈥81. When I think of all the things you have done for HBU, the list would be many pages long. All of us who know you, know of your wonderful and steadfast love for the University. And, all of us know you give God thanks for your deep and inspiring Christian witness.
It was such an honor to be able to award the President鈥檚 Award to Colonel Newt Cole at an event in the fall. I have a deep respect for his ministry as an Air Force Chaplain, minster at Tin Cup, and mentor to young pastors. He had such an impact for the cause of Christ in this world and his legacy will continue at HBU through the Linda & Colonel Newton V. Cole Endowed Scholarship for Christian Thought. (Colonel Newton Cole: September 7, 1928 鈥 March 30, 2021
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