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62nd
Annual Achievement Day Dinner
and Celebration
Thursday, March 2, 2006
Hyatt Regency Crown Center
Patron and General Reception
6:00 pm
Dinner 7:00 pm
Event Chairs:
Charles and Patty Garney
Fred '56 and Shirley '56
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Mark your calendars for Thursday,
March 2 to attend the ultimate
celebration of William Jewell
College - Achievement Day. Join
us as we celebrate the achievements
of four accomplished alumni who
exemplify the value of a William
Jewell College liberal arts education.
The honorees for Achievement Day
2006 are (more information about
all of our Achievers will appear
in the next edition of Cardinal
Connection):
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| - Steve Hemphill '78 |
Former U.S. Senior
Consul-Justice; Department of State;
U.S. Embassy, Baghdad |
| - David Powell '80 |
Vice President - Non-Managed
Assets, Occidental Oil and Gas |
| - Don Marolf '87 |
Physics Professor, University
of California at Santa Barbara |
| - David Israelite '90 |
President and CEO, National Music
Publishers' Association |
To make this year's Achievement Day dinner
an evening to remember, acclaimed documentary
filmmaker Ken Burns will be the featured
special guest speaker, and honorary chairman
for the event is the legendary Buck O'Neil,
Chairman of Kansas City's Negro Leagues
Baseball Museum.
Varying ticket options are available,
including a special Patron Ticket which
offers an exclusive reception attended
by Mr. Burns. A variety of ticket options
and table prices with other special benefits
are also available.
Last year's Achievement Day dinner was
attended by well over 500 alumni, friends,
and members of the local community. Tickets
are sure to sell fast for this year's
celebration. For more information about
tickets or the overall celebration, visit
the William Jewell web site at www.jewell.edu,
click "Alumni & Friends"
then click "Events" and then
"Achievement Day." You may also
contact Susan Tideman at 816-415-7550
or tidemans@william.jewell.edu.
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The
New York Times calls Achievement
Day featured speaker Ken Burns "the
most accomplished documentary filmmaker
of his generation." Burns has
produced a string of landmark television
series for Public Broadcasting,
including "The Civil War,"
"Baseball," "Thomas
Jefferson," "Lewis and
Clark: Journey of the Corps of Discovery,"
and his most recent, "JAZZ,"
a 10-part series examining this
most American of art forms. His
films are the highest-rated series
in the history of American Public
Television and have received nearly
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television award imaginable:
the Emmy Award, Grammy Award, Peabody,
and the duPont-Columbia Award, just to
name a few. Burns is a spellbinding speaker
who enthralls audiences with a fascinating
view of America. Through his presentation,
"Sharing the American Experience,"
Burns explores fundamental questions about
the soul of the nation and helps us understand
how our historical and cultural roots
shape who we are as Americans.
Buck O'Neil, Chairman
of Kansas City's Negro Leagues Baseball
Museum, was recently selected as Kansas
City's best ambassador and is featured
prominently in Ken Burns' documentary
"Baseball." O'Neil became
the first black coach ever hired by
a major league team when he was signed
by the Cubs.
During his baseball playing days,
O'Neil was an excellent clutch hitter,
posting a career batting average of
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.300-plus seasons at the
plate. Following his baseball career,
O'Neil moved into Major League Baseball
as a scout for the Chicago Cubs. He is
credited for signing Hall of Fame players
Ernie Banks and Lou Brock to their first
pro contracts. O'Neil has worked as a
Kansas City Royals scout since 1988 and
was named "Midwest Scout of the Year"
in 1998.
O'Neil gained national prominence with
his compelling narration of the Negro
Leagues as part of Ken Burns' PBS documentary
on baseball. Since then he has been the
source of countless national interviews,
including appearances on "Late Night
with David Letterman" and the "Late,
Late Show with Tom Snyder."
Today Buck O'Neil serves as Board Chairman
of the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum (NLBM)
in Kansas City. On November 21, it was
announced that O'Neil was one of 39 Negro
Leagues and pre-Negro Leagues candidates
who are being considered for induction
into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.
A 12-member voting committee will meet
in Tampa, Fla. in February 2006 to cast
ballots for induction. Candidates whose
names appear on at least 75 percent of
the ballots will receive the nod for induction.
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