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Photography by Vicky Pink - On Friday, October 18, 2013, Houston Style Magazine was on hand at the Westin Galleria Hotel for Texas Southern University’s 2013 President’s Gala. More than 700 guests attended the elegant affair that honored distinguished TSU alumni and the community during homecoming weekend. Melanie Lawson served as emcee Ricky Anderson, Winfred Frazier, Dale Long, Alice Mendoza, Perry Miller; and Gerald Womack were honored along with community partners Keith Davis, Reverend William A. Lawson and his wife Audrey Lawson, CenterPoint Energy, Port of Houston Authority, TSU’s University Urban Academic Village; and Roosevelt and Marlene Petry. Special guest included U.S. Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee and U.S. Congressman Al Green with musical performances by Natalie Foreman, Vincent Powell, Regina Belle, Howard Hewitt and Chris Walker. The event raised more than $200,000 in scholarships for students at Texas Southern University. Some spotted at the sold event included TSU President and First Lady Drs. Docia and John Rudley, Georgia Provost, Constable Ruben Davis, Connie Cochran, Anita and Gerald Smith, Ben Hall, Judge Zinetta Burney, Renee Logan, Dr. Thomas Freeman, Rev. James Dixon, Phyllis Bailey, Eileen and Kase Lawal, Terry Williams, James Harris, Rhonda Skillern-Jones, Kendrick Callis, Eva Pickens, Laura Allen, and James Douglas.
