About the Event
Held each year, the CHRISTUS Spohn Health System Foundation hosts the CHRISTUS Spohn Lyceum to raise money to support the world-class care provided each day at CHRISTUS Spohn. This premier event attracts business leaders and individuals to raise funds and awareness for health care initiatives that impact the well-being of South Texans. The proceeds have previously benefitted the Interventional Radiology Department and the Level II Trauma Center at CHRISTUS Spohn – Shoreline, the Dr. Hector P. Garcia Memorial Family Health Center, the Emergency Medicine and Family Medicine Residency Programs, Mother and Baby Services, and many other programs.
The Lyceum has a rich tradition of having influential speakers and leaders at the event beginning in 1989 with the 56th Secretary of State, Henry Kissinger. Other past CHRISTUS Spohn Lyceum speakers include:
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- 2019: Former U.S. Senator, Alan Simpson
- 2018: Author, Walter Isaacson
- 2017: Apple Computer Inc., co-founder Steve Wozniak
- 2016: Pulitzer Prize-winning historian and author, David McCullough
- 2015: Political commentator, Charles Krauthammer
- 2014: Former Mexican President, Vicente Fox
- 2013: Former Secretary of State, Condoleezza Rice
- 2012: Former British Prime Minister, Tony Blair
- 2011: Former President, George W. Bush
- 2010: Former Arkansas Gov., Mike Huckabee
- 2009: Businessman and financier, T. Boone Pickens
- 2008: Author, James Bradley
- 2007: Former college football coach, Lou Holtz
- 2006: Author, Mitch Albom
- 2005: Pulitzer Prize-winning commentator, George Will
- 2004: Former Commander of U.S. Central Command Gen., Tommy Franks
- 2003: Publishing executive, Steve Forbes
- 2002: Former Mexican President, Ernesto Zedillo
- 2001: Former First Lady, Barbara A. Bush
- 2000: Former Secretary of State and White House Chief of Staff, James Baker III
- 1999: Former President, George H. W. Bush
- 1998: Former British Prime Minister, Margaret Thatcher
- 1997: Former Statesman and retired Gen., Colin Powell
- 1996: Political commentator, James Carville and Mary Matalin
- 1995: Former Vice President, Dick Cheney
- 1994: Dr. William Bennett
- 1993: Former Diplomat, Dr. Jeane J. Kirkpatrick
- 1992: American Humorist, Art Buchwald
- 1991: Author and commentator, William Buckley Jr.
- 1990: Broadcaster, Walter Cronkite
- 1989: Former Secretary of State, Dr. Henry Kissinger