Huffington Award Luncheon
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Online ticketing for the Huffington Award Luncheon is now closed. A limited number of tickets are available on the day of event. To purchase on-site tickets, go directly to the registration area outside the Grand Ballroom, 4th Floor, Hilton Americas-Houston.
The Huffington Award Luncheon recognizes an individual who has been a major force on the international stage. Named for the Houston oilman and former ambassador who played a leading role in creating Asia Society Texas Center, the Roy M. Huffington Award for Contributions to International Understanding is the highest honor bestowed by the Texas Center.
Rex W. Tillerson, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Exxon Mobil Corporation, has been selected for 2014 and will be in conversation with Andrew H. Card, Jr., the 21st White House Chief of Staff.
Former recipients include President George Bush and First Lady Barbara Bush; Jon Huntsman, Jr.; Mr. and Mrs. George Strake; Robert Mosbacher, Sr.; Mayor Bill White; Washington SyCip; Gordon M. Bethune; and The Honorable Lee Kwan Yew of Singapore.
Schedule
Guests check-in outside the Grand Ballroom on the fourth floor of Hilton Americas-Houston.
VIP Reception: 10:30 am (only for table sponsors and VIP ticket holders)
Registration: 11:30 am
Luncheon: 12:00 pm
Tickets and Tables
Online ticketing for the Huffington Award Luncheon is now closed. A limited number of tickets are available on the day of event. To purchase on-site tickets, go directly to the registration area outside the Grand Ballroom, 4th Floor, Hilton Americas-Houston.
Sponsors
Current Sponsors
Presenting Sponsors
Exxon Mobil Corporation
David E. Harvey Builders, Inc.
Founders
Texas Monthly
Benefactors
Nancy Allen
Baker Hughes Incorporated
Deloitte & Touche LLP
Henrietta Holsman Fore | Holsman International
Ambassadors
Anadarko Petroleum Corporation
Aramco Services Company
CB&I Inc.
Eagle Global Advisors
Fluor
Freeport McMoRan
Gensler
Nabors
James K.B. Nelson
Occidental Petroleum Corporation
Satake USA Inc.
United Airlines
Welltec Inc.
Chairmen
Muffet Blake
Cameron International
Cogan & Partners, LLP
Deborah and William Colton
FosterQuan, LLP
Gilbane
Glen Gondo
Terry Huffington
Marathon Oil Corporation
Marek Family Foundation
PricewaterhouseCoppers LLP
Texas Capital Bank
UT MD Anderson Cancer Center
Vinson & Elkins, LLP
Wells Fargo Bank
Marion and David Young
Official Magazine
Texas Monthly
About the Honoree
A native of Wichita Falls, Texas, Rex Tillerson earned a bachelor of science degree in civil engineering at the University of Texas at Austin before joining Exxon Company, U.S.A. in 1975 as a production engineer.
In 1989, he became general manager of Exxon Company USA’s central production division, responsible for oil and gas production operations throughout a large portion of Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, and Kansas.
In 1992, Mr. Tillerson was named production advisor to Exxon Corporation. Three years later he was named president of Exxon Yemen Inc. and Esso Exploration and Production Khorat Inc., and in January 1998 became vice president of Exxon Ventures (CIS) Inc. and president of Exxon Neftegas Limited. In those roles, he was responsible for Exxon’s holdings in Russia and the Caspian Sea as well as the Sakhalin I consortium operations offshore Sakhalin Island, Russia.
In December 1999, he became executive vice president of ExxonMobil Development Company. Mr. Tillerson was named senior vice president of Exxon Mobil Corporation in August 2001, and was elected president of the corporation and member of the board of directors on March 1, 2004. He assumed his current position on January 1, 2006.
Mr. Tillerson is a member of the executive committee and a former chairman of the American Petroleum Institute. He is also a member of the Society of Petroleum Engineers and a trustee of the Center for Strategic and International Studies. He is a member of the National Petroleum Council, a member of the Business Roundtable, a member of the Business Council, an honorary trustee of the Business Council for International Understanding, and a member of the Emergency Committee for American Trade. In 2013, Mr. Tillerson was elected to the National Academy of Engineering.
Mr. Tillerson is the vice-chairman of the Ford’s Theatre Society, immediate past national president of the Boy Scouts of America, and a former director of the United Negro College Fund. He is also a member of the Chancellor’s Council, Development Board, and the Engineering Advisory Board for the University of Texas at Austin, where he was named a distinguished alumnus in 2007. In 2011, he received an honorary doctorate engineering degree from the Worcester Polytechnic Institute.
Related Link
Jon Huntsman Receives Huffington Award