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OAK CLIFF LIONS CLUB BILL MELTON HUMANITARIAN AWARD

The Oak Cliff Lions Club will present the prestigious Bill Melton Humanitarian Award to Jody Grant at their noon lunch meeting Wednesday, April 9 at Weiss Auditorium, Dallas Methodist Central Hospital. Grant is Chairman of Woodall Rodgers Park Foundation, which operates Klyde Warren Park, a $110 million Park that serves as the epicenter of the Arts District and connects Uptown and Downtown Dallas. Grant led the effort to develop the Park, which opened to great acclaim in October 2012, and is known as the Father of Dallas Klyde Warren Park. The Park has been transformational for Dallas, connecting Uptown and Downtown, and serving as the Front Lawn of the Arts District. It is believed to be a major catalyst in attracting businesses and residents to Uptown and Downtown thereby accelerating the revitalization of central Dallas. Grant is Chairman Emeritus of Texas Capital and the Founding Partner and Chairman of BankCap Partners, a private equity firm formed to expand the Texas Capital model outside of Texas. In 2007, BankCap started Atlantic Capital Bank in Atlanta, which replaced Texas Capital as the nations largest start up. BankCaps other portfolio banks are Xenith Bank in Richmond, Virginia and Tristate Capital Bank in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The Oak Cliff Lions Club Bill Melton Humanitarian Award is presented each year to recognize and honor a person (or persons) whose activities, contributions and service to the community, best symbolize the ideals of Lionism. Grant will be the 36th recipient of the award, which is usually given to non-Lions who have demonstrated dedication to community, profession, God and mankind that exemplifies the motto of Lions Clubs International, "We Serve." The Award was re-named by the Club Board of Directors in April 2010, to Honor the Founding President of the Award, Past District Governor and former Dallas County Treasurer Bill Melton. The Dallas Oak Cliff Lions Club was organized and chartered in April 1929. For over 80 years, Oak Cliff Lions have supported a variety of local, state, national and international charities involving youth, vision, and other worthy causes and charities. It is estimated that the Club has contributed over $1.3 million to charitable causes through the dedicated efforts of Club members. From local projects such as funding the Oak Cliff Eye Clinic facility in the 1950s in cooperation with the City of Dallas, to a major contribution to the Dallas Zoo for the Bird and Reptile House in the 1960s, a gift of $20,000 to fund the main hall of the new Oak Cliff YMCA Building on South Hampton Road in the 1970s, a $10,000 contribution in the 1990s to help launch the tactile exhibit for the visually impaired at the Dallas Zoo, in cooperation with the Metroplex Mitsubishi Dealers, and in 2006, the Club contributed $20,000 to the Lions Sight and Tissue Foundation's Mobile Eyeglass Bus Project. Oak Cliff Lions Club members have been ready and willing to meet the needs of our community. For press information, please email joannholt@gmail.com or call 469-363-7371. For more information about the Oak Cliff Lions Club, please visit www.oakclifflions.org. ###

Past recipients of the award include:

Tom Landry* Bill Hunter H. Ross Perot John Criswell Ben Lipshy* Buddy Minyard* Harold Schackman* Dr. J.L. LaManna Lillian Bradshaw* Dr. Charles Baxter*

1978 1979 1980 1981 1982

Coach, Dallas Cowboys; NFL Hall of Fame; Super Bowls Champion; Horatio Alger Award President, Dallas School Board Founder, Electronic Data Systems; Presidential Candidate; Horatio Alger Award; Linz Award Newsman, WFAA Television; "Wednesday's Child" Leader Founder, Zales Corporation

1983 CEO, Minyard Food Stores; Charitable Provider 1985 Zales Oak Cliff Manager; Community Worker; Oak Cliff Lion 1990 Chairman, Southwest Osteopath Physicians; Philanthropist 1991 Director, Dallas Public Library; President, American and Texas Library Associations

1992 Chairman, Parkland Burn Center; JFK Parkland Notable

Former Dallas Cowboy; NFL Hall of Fame; Developer, Community Leader; Horatio Alger Award Birdie Jackson* 1994 Foster Care Mother; Community Worker Dan Eddy* 1994 Retired, Salvation Army; Retired, Justice of the Peace; Oak Cliff Lion Dr. Charles 1995 Chairman/CEO, Southwestern Medical Foundation; Civic Leader Sprague* Rodger Meier* 1996 Chairman/CEO, Rodger Meier Cadillac; Civic Leader; Linz Award Ebby Halliday Ebby Halliday Real Estate; Philanthropic Leader; Horatio Alger Award; Linz 1997 Acers Award Raymond 1998 Philanthropist; Developer; World Renowned Art Collector; Linz Award Nasher* Robert S. 1999 Mayor of Dallas; President, Dallas School Board; Developer; Civic Leader Folsom Nancy Brinker 2000 Founder, Susan G. Komen Foundation; United States Ambassador to Hungary Ruth Sharp 2001 National, Texas, Dallas Philanthropic Leader; Linz Award Altshuler Suzanne Duvall 2001 Nationally Recognized Mediator Martha 2001 Methodist Minister, Educator Gilmore* Roger Staubach 1993

Rev. Stephen Swann Liz Minyard J. McDonald Williams Chris Victor Semos* Lamar Hunt* Paul M. Bass, Jr.* Dr. Wright L. Lassiter, Jr. Peter Pauls Stewart T. Boone Pickens Lindalyn B. Adams

2001 Founder, Episcopal School of Dallas 2002 President, Minyard Food Stores; Civic Leader 2003 Developer; Community Leader; Linz Award 2004 State Representative; County Commissioner; Civic Leader, Oak Cliff Lion 2005 Sports Leader; Founder, AFL; Named Super Bowl; NFL Hall of Fame 2006 Investment Banker; Medical Advocate; Linz Award 2007 Chancellor, Dallas County Community College District 2008 Founder, Thanks-Giving Square, Dallas; Linz Award 2009 Oil and Energy Entrepreneur; Civic Philanthropist; Horatio Alger Award 2010

Force behind Sixth Floor Museum, Old Red Courthouse Restoration, Historical Landmark Program; Linz Award Chairman, State Fair of Texas, Parkland Hospital Board of Managers, Dallas Ruben Esquivel 2011 County Historical Foundation, Dallas Opera, YMCA of Metro Dallas, Oak Cliff Lion President and Managing Director, Dallas Summer Musicals; President and Michael A. 2012 Founder, LARC Entertainment Group; one of four Founders of Six Flags Jenkins Amusement Parks; Winner of four Tony Awards and two Drama Desk Awards. Author of Aerobics; Founder and President, Cooper Aerobics Center; helped create Dr. Kenneth H. 2013 training for US Astronauts; trained 1970 Brazilian Soccer Team to World Cup; Cooper Leader, International physical fitness movement. *deceased

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