Roger Staubach, the football legend who has devoted much of his career and personal life to community service and organizations in support of children and youth, will be the recipient of the 2010 Hope for Humanity Award from the Dallas Holocaust Museum/Center for Education and Tolerance.
“Roger has been the ultimate role model in the way that he balances all parts of his life,” said Doug Brooks, Chairman of the Board of Brinker International, a personal friend of Staubach’s and Honorary Chair of the event. “He has achieved world-class success as an athlete and businessman with leadership and team play as his guideposts. As a humanitarian and philanthropist, Roger and his wife, Marianne, have a never-ending thirst for helping others and supporting great causes for individuals and groups in our community.”
Staubach will be honored at the Museum’s annual Hope for Humanity Dinner on Thursday, November 11, at the Fairmont Hotel during a specially-themed program, L’Dor V’Dor (meaning “from generation to generation” in Hebrew), An Evening Honoring Roger Staubach.
Hope for Humanity Award honorees are dedicated to the improvement of the North Texas community and to the mission of promoting tolerance, education and understanding and to reducing prejudice. Past recipients have included Bill Lively, founder of SMU’s Tate Lecture series and arts supporter; author and art expert Robert M. Edsel; U.S. Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison; State Senator Florence Shapiro; and Raymond Nasher.
“Roger is a natural leader and a person of character, courage and compassion,” said Thomas S. Halsey, Chairman of the Board of the Dallas Holocaust Museum/Center for Education and Tolerance. “The qualities he has demonstrated in his professional life-as an award winning athlete, a successful businessman and in service to his country-and in his personal life are ones which we all admire greatly. These, along with his commitment to his community through countless hours of volunteer service and his work with charities, particularly those embracing children and youth, make Roger an ultimate Upstander in our community. There is no finer role model than Roger Staubach, and we are extremely pleased to have the opportunity to honor him with our 2010 Hope for Humanity Award.”
Staubach was very moved by his selection as this year’s Hope for Humanity honoree, saying: “The education and spiritual development of children are priorities for Marianne and me. We are devoted to supporting causes that provide learning and character-building opportunities for young people. Discrimination is a disease of our time, and we must never rest when faced with an opportunity to teach tolerance, the value of hard work and the love neighbor and country. The DHM/CET mission and my personal life purpose go hand-in-hand. I tried to instill in my children and grandchildren the importance of every human life.”
Serving as Honorary Chairs for the 2010 Hope for Humanity Dinner are Elaine Agather, Chairman of Chase Dallas; Troy Aikman, NFL Hall of Fame Quarterback and Fox Sports Analyst; Gerard Arpey, Chairman, President and CEO of AMR Corp./American Airlines; Douglas Brooks, Chairman, President and CEO of Brinker International; Bennett Glazer, Chairman and CEO of Glazer’s Companies; Ray Hunt, Chairman, President and CEO of Hunt Consolidated Inc.; and the Honorable Florence Shapiro, Texas State Senator.
Elaine Agather said of Roger: “There is no man with more admirable values than my friend Roger Staubach. He is a true American Hero as evidenced by the grace, honesty and giving spirit he has instilled in his five children. He is the real deal and Dallas is very lucky to have Roger and Marianne Staubach in our community!”
Douglas Brooks said of Roger: “Roger has been the ultimate role model in the way that he balances all parts of his life. He has achieved world-class success as an athlete and businessman with leadership and team play as his guideposts. As humanitarians and philanthropists, Roger and his wife, Marianne, have a never-ending thirst for helping others and supporting great causes for individuals and groups in our community.”
Staubach is Executive Chairman of Jones Lang LaSalle Americas, a financial and professional services firm specializing in real estate. But to the rest of the world, he is known as the legendary quarterback of the Dallas Cowboys and member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame. As Chairman of the North Texas Super Bowl XLV Host Committee, Staubach is now helping steward one of the region’s most ambitious undertakings ever-the 2011 Super Bowl at Cowboys Stadium on February 6-which includes an ambitious educational program called SLANT 45.
In addition to his Super Bowl XLV responsibilities, Staubach works to support a number of charities, among them The Children’s Cancer Fund, the United States Naval Academy Foundation, Boys and Girls Clubs of America, Fellowship of Christian Athletes, Happy Hill Farms, and the Salvation Army, to name a few. There are dozens of stories about Staubach’s service to humanity that, by design, only he and a few others know about because that’s the way he believes service is rendered: quietly, routinely, humbly.
Graduating from the United States Naval Academy with a bachelor of science in engineering, he was drafted by the Dallas Cowboys in 1964, but chose to fulfill his military obligation before officially joining the team as a second string quarterback in 1969. By this time, Staubach had a growing family, and he wasted no time planning his life after football by launching his real estate career in the off season. A recipient of the Heisman Trophy during his time at Navy, he was a six-time NFL Pro-Bowl player who led the Cowboys to two Super Bowl victories over a 10-season career (1969-1979). He was inducted into the Cowboys Ring of Honor in 1983 and the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1985.
The Hope for Humanity dinner is a major fundraising event for the Museum. Table sponsorships range from $50,000 to $3,000. For information, call Maria MacMullin, Director of Development, 214-741-7500.
