Oklahoma Foundation for Excellence
Academic Awards Banquet and Ceremony
Join us Saturday, May 16, for the Oklahoma Foundation for Excellence Academic Awards Banquet and Ceremony in Tulsa honoring five outstanding educators and 100 top public high school seniors.
"Mission Possible!" is the theme for this year's banquet, which will feature a keynote address by Pulitzer Prize-winning historian David Hackett Fischer. He is a professor of history at Brandeis University and the author of such books as "Washington's Crossing." David L. Boren, founder and chairman of the Oklahoma Foundation for Excellence, will serve as emcee for the statewide tribute honoring "the best of the best" in Oklahoma's public schools.
The gala event, which is attended by nearly 1,000 people, will also feature musical entertainment by the Oklahoma Summer Arts Institute Orchestra. Admission is $50 per person.