| 2004 Women’s Health Summit
“A Conversation With Olympia Dukakis”
Academy Award winner, Olympia Dukakis, will receive The Anne
Morrow Lindbergh Award for Aging With Grace and Distinction
at the 2004 Women’s Health Summit on October 21, 2004.
Ms. Dukakis will also deliver the keynote address; and because
of her charming and casual manner, “A Conversation with
Olympia Dukakis” is sure to be interesting and very
enlightening.
Olympia Dukakis, award winning actress, director, producer,
teacher, and activist has a career spanning over 40 years.
She received an Academy Award in the Best Supporting Actress
category, the New York Film Critics Award, the Los Angeles
Film Critics Award and Golden Globe Award for her work in
the film Moonstruck.” Most recently, she has written
a bestselling memoir, Ask Me Again Tomorrow. She has received
two Obie Awards, for Bertolt Brecht’s “A Man’s
a Man,” and Christopher Durang’s “The Marriage
of Bette and Boo” at Joseph Papp’s Public Theatre.
Other notable appearances at the Public include Sam Shepard’s
“Curse of the Starving Class,” “Titus Andronicus,”
“Electra,” and “Peer Gynt.”
Ms. Dukakis starred in the 2001 world premiere of Timberlake
Wertenbaker’s “Credible Witness” at the
London’s Royal Court Theatre.
If you plan on attending this year’s Women’s
Health Summit, you are in for a great treat. Not only will
film star Olympia Dukakis give the keynote address, but, Patsy
Fourticq, Suzanne McCrary, Mary Lee Merrett, and Sharon Michael
Owens will be presented with The Spirit of Anne Morrow Lindbergh
Award. These women have given to Baylor College of Medicine,
the arts, the business community, social causes, and to the
city of Houston in countless ways. We have all benefited from
their generosity and hard work, and each is truly worthy of
this honor.
The two chairs, Sidney Faust and Cora Sue Mach, have planned
a unique and entertaining day. At intermission, between the
morning forum and the luncheon, specialtybooths will line
the ballroom foyer at the Westin Galleria. On the journey
to successful aging, guests will visit “Ports of Call,”
which will include: The Tower of Strength, The Villa of Serenity,
The Isle of Pilates, The Temple of Yoga, The House of Books,
The Museum of Cosmetic Arts, The Smart House…A Trip
to the Future, The Chocolate Chalet and The Pyramid of Vision.
Attendees will be invited to visit each booth and have their
“passport” for the day stamped. This special passport
will be used in a drawing for a wonderful door prize.
The morning seminars will feature E. Fred Aguilar, M.D.,
a renowned plastic surgeon with a nationwide reputation; and,
Dianne Dunkelman, founder and president of Speaking of Women’s
Health, which is a nonprofit organization dedicated to educating
women in ways to make informed decisions about their health,
well being, and personal safety. Proceeds from the day will
assist in funding second-year geriatric fellows at the Huffington
Center on Aging. Both individual tickets and tables of ten
are available for purchase. For more information, please call
Carolyn Stubbs at 713-798-3802. – Carolyn Stubbs
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