Jewish Herald-Voice (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 84, No. 13, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 9, 1992 Page: 4 of 24
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JEWISH HERALD-VOICE
Harry and Macey Reasoner with Peggy and Bill Barnett.
Eleanor Tinsley with Bill and Peggy Barnett.
■ E. William Barnett with Mayor Robert Lanier.
Elyse and Mayor Robert Lanier with Arthur Schechter.
Board member, gave the invoca-
HA PPENING
leri and Marc Shapiro with Peggy and Bill Barnett.
□
On June 9, the American Jewish
Committee (AJC) Institute of
Human Relations Award was
presented at a dinner at the
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The culmination of the evening
was the presenting of the Institute
of Human Relations Award to Bill
Barnett by Mayor Robert Lanier.
Mayor and Elyse Lanier served as
honorary chairmen of the eve-
ning; Mayor Lanier was himself
the 1989 recipient of the Institute
Award.
Barnett thanked the AJC for
the honor but gave credit to his
wife Peggy as the real human re-
lations expert in the family.
Rabbi Robert Sharff of Jewish
Community North, who is an AJC
tion, and the benediction was
munity. His professional anddelivered by Reverend Claude E.
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American Jewish Committee 1992 Institute of
Human Relations Award dinner honoring
E. William Barnett, managing partner of Baker & Botts
Ellen and Alan Gover, were in Is-
rael, their remarks were delivered
by J. Kent Friedman, Southwest
Regional president of AJC. The
• Grovers expressed their friend-
ship and affection for the Barnetts.
Harry Reasoner, managing
partner of Vinson & Elkins, be-
gan the evening with a glowing
testimonial not only to Bill Bar-
nett, but also to the work of the
American Jewish Committee and
its Institute of Human Relations.
Gibson Gayle Jr., senior partner
at Fulbright and Jaworski, used a
communal contributions make Payne, D.D., rector of St. Martin's
him a role model. Episcopal Church and pastor to
The evening was one of a gentle the Barnett family.
Westin Galleria, to one of Hous- roast from some of Barnett's The Institute of Human Rela-.
ton's respected and admired many friends and colleagues. Tes- tions promotes intergroup and
members of the legal profession, i timonials were given by the co- interreligious cooperation, op-
E. William Barnett, managing chairmen of the evening includ- poses all forms of discrimina-
partner of Baker A Botts. ing Laura Lee and Jack Blanton, tion, works to advance human
Arthur Schechter, AJC presi- Martha and Gibson Gayle Jr., rights everywhere, and joins with
dent, commented that Barnett Macey and Harry Reasoner and like-minded groups for public
has served as mentor to many Jeri and Marc Shapiro. policy planning. □
aspiring attorneys in the com- Since the dinner coordinators,
Jane Siegel
Jane Siegel recently was named
second vice president/financial
■ consultant and
c was appointed
1 to the Chair-
a man’s Council,
■ according to
I Shearson Leh-
■ man Brothers.
4 The Chair-
j man's Council
is comprised of the top 20 per-
cent of Shearson s domestic sales
. force. Siegel, who is also a certi-
fied financial planner, is located
in the Houston/Transco Tower .
Office at 2800 Post Oak Boule-
vard, 51st floor, Houston.
Siegel has been in the financial '
services industry for eight years.
She joined Shearson in 1984 as a
financial consultant. □
wry sense of humor to describe
Barnett's career and public,
service.
Marc Shapiro, president and
CEO of Texas Commerce Bane-
shares, described Barnett as "one
who does all he can do to con-
tinue to improve this community
and to see that fairness prevails
both inside and outside the
courtrooms in Houston. And, all
of us in this room tonight and
thousands more in our commu-
nity are the beneficiaries of his
concern."
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