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:

    • 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