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The luncheon committee included chairs Penny and John Butler, Tegan and John Baker, Elizabeth Winston Jones and Sam Jones, Klinka and John Lollar, Sandra and Adams McHenry, Melinda and Michael Perrin, Mary Leslie and Craig Plumhoff, and Liz and Robert Rigney. President George H.W. Bush and Mrs. Barbara P. Bush were honorary hosts of the luncheon. Thanks to everyone who supported the luncheon and made it such a great success. View photos from the luncheon. About the Honorable and Mrs. James A. Baker, III  Susan Garrett Baker has made a life-long commitment to helping the homeless, particularly as a founding member of the National Alliance to End Homelessness, an organization that she also co-chaired. The organization investigates and implements programs and policies that provide long-term solutions to this national crisis. Previously, Mrs. Baker was a board member of Families for the Homeless, a bipartisan group of concerned families with ties to presidential administrations, Congress, and the media. With a paramount interest in the well-being of children, she and several friends founded the bipartisan Parents’ Music Resource Center, which compelled major recording companies voluntarily to label violent and sexually explicit music for the benefit of concerned parents and consumers. In Houston, Mrs. Baker has served on the board of Neighborhood Centers, Inc., and the Advisory Board of the Houston Food Bank. She has also been a board member of the Enterprise Foundation, a non-profit that assists with the creation of low-income housing. In 1999, Mrs. Baker was one of five organizers for a Gathering of Friends, an ecumenical conference held in the Holy Land over Christmas to celebrate the 2000th birthday of Jesus of Nazareth. The conference focused on forgiveness and reconciliation issues. She has recently published a book, “Pass It On,” that tells her life story. Mrs. Baker will share the Kezia DePelchin award with her husband, James A. Baker, III. They are the parents of eight grown children and 17 grandchildren.
James A. Baker, III, served in senior government positions under three U.S. presidents: Gerald Ford, Ronald Reagan, and George H. W. Bush. His positions included being the nation’s 61st secretary of state, 67th secretary of the treasury, chairman of the President’s Economic Policy Council, and White House chief of staff to President Reagan and President Bush. After graduating from Princeton University, Mr. Baker served as a lieutenant in the U.S. Marine Corps. Following active military duty, he earned his law degree from The University of Texas School of Law and then he joined the Houston law firm of Andrews & Kurth, where he worked for 22 years. His political activities began in earnest when he led presidential campaigns for Presidents Ford, Reagan, and Bush over the course of five consecutive presidential elections. Mr. Baker has traveled the world on behalf of the presidents he served and continues to travel as an envoy not only for America but also for organizations such as the United Nations. Among the many awards he has received are the Presidential Medal of Freedom, Princeton University’s Woodrow Wilson Award, and Harvard University’s John F. Kennedy School of Government Award. The honor Mr. Baker will receive, the “Kezia DePelchin” award, recognizes this outstanding leader’s commitment to the well-being of all citizens of the world. Currently a senior partner in the law firm Baker Botts, Mr. Baker is the honorary chairman of the James A. Baker III Institute for Public Policy at Rice University and serves on the board of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute. |
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