March 28, 2011 - 5:30 PM
Hutton Hotel, Nashville
The Honors Gala is a high-profile black tie affair that brings together business, medical, sports and entertainment industry leaders and celebrities to raise awareness and funds for innovative cancer research. The evening includes a cocktail reception and auction followed by dinner and awards presentations plus outstanding musical performances.
2011 Honorees include:
Lifetime Humanitarian Award - K.S. “Bud” Adams, Jr., Founder, Owner, Chairman of the Board,President and CEO - Tennessee Titans
Spirit of Nashville Award - Mayor Karl Dean
Lifetime Medical Achievement Award - Dr. William Schaffner, Chairman of the Department of Preventive Medicine and Professor of Infectious Diseases Department of Medicine Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Tony Martell Lifetime Entertainment Achievement Award - Rascal Flatts
Proceeds benefit the T.J. Martell Foundation, the music industry’s largest foundation that funds innovative medical research focused on finding cures for leukemia, cancer and AIDS at ten top research hospitals in the United States.
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