Simon Benson Awards Dinner

April 7, 2009, Oregon Convention Center

Keynote Speaker, Rosalynn Carter

Honoring:

Fariborz Maseeh '80 MS '84

Special recognition of former Simon Benson Award recipients

Presenting Sponsors:

 

 

 

 

Supporting Sponsors:
Ames Foundation
Gerding Edlen Development
Jeannine Cowles
Maybelle Clark Macdonald Fund
Miller Family Holdings
Stevens Printing
Peter and Julie Stott


Media Sponsors:
KOIN Local 6
Oregon Business Magazine

Named after one of Oregon's first philanthropists, the Simon Benson Award was created in 1999 to honor the region's contemporary pioneers of philanthropy.

The annual Simon Benson Awards Dinner offers an opportunity for the community to publicly honor these invaluable citizens with a gala awards ceremony.

Proceeds from the event benefit the Fund for PSU, which includes scholarship support for students. Register online, call (503) 725-8212 or email events@pdx.edu for more information.

Sponsor information:

Faculty and staff ticket information, here.

 

Past Simon Benson Award Speakers and Recipients

2008 Speaker: John Glenn Recipients: Gwen Burns Family, Samuel C. Wheeler
2007 Speaker: Magic Johnson Recipients: Robert K. '63 & Jane K. Morrow '65 MS '77, Robert G. & Sharon L. Miller
2006 Speaker: Queen Noor of Jordan Recipients: Gary '67 & Barbara Ames '68, Ken & Marta Thrasher '90
2004 Speaker: Walter Cronkite Recipients: Thomas B. & Caroline P. Stoel, Patricia L. Wessinger
2003 Speaker: Madeleine Albright Recipients: Elizabeth H. Johnson, James F. Miller
2002 Speaker: Rudolph Giuliani Recipients: Jeannine B. Cowles, Ernest C. Swigert
2001 Speaker: Bob Dole Recipients: Peter & Julie Stott, Duncan & Cindy Campbell
2000 Speaker: Mario Cuomo Recipients: Mary & Maurie Clark, Don Frisbee
1999 Speaker: Colin Powell Recipients: Paul Bragdon, Jean Vollum