The Benefit Dinner provides you with an opportunity to not only help bridge the financial gap that many students face with rising tuition costs, but also to hear one of the nation’s leading personalities or entertainers.
The 2012 Benefit Dinner featuring Condoleezza Rice was our second best year ever, following George W. Bush in 2010. It was also the 12th year in a row that we have raised more than $1 million for scholarships.
Freed-Hardeman University is pleased to announce that the speaker for the 49th Annual Benefit Dinner will be former first lady Mrs. Laura Bush. The event will take place December 6, 2013. If you have questions or concerns, please email your thoughts to the Vice President for University Advancement, Dave Clouse, at dclouse@fhu.edu.
| Level | | Dinner Tickets | | Seat Location | | Photo Pass |
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| General Admission: $150/person | | 1 | | Balcony | | N/A |
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| Silver: $600 - $1,199 | | 2 | | 2 Priority Balcony | | N/A |
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| Gold: $1,200 - $2,999 | | 4 | | Main Floor | | N/A |
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| Diamond: $3,000 - $4,999 | | 4 | | Main Floor | | 2 people |
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| Crystal: $5,000 - $9,999 | | 8 | | 4 Main Floor | | 2 people |
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| Platinum: $10,000 - $19,999 | | 10 | | 4 Main Floor
| | 2 people
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| | | | | 6 Balcony | | |
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Corporate: $20,000-$49,999
| | 10 | | 6 Main Floor
| | 6 people
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| | | | | 4 Balcony
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Underwriter: $50,000-$99,999
| | 20 | | 6 Main Floor
| | 6 people
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| | | | | 14 Balcony
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Naming Sponsor: $100,000+
| | 20 | | 6 Main Floor
| | 6 people
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| | | | | 14 Balcony
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For information about other sponsorship opportunities, please contact dclouse@fhu.edu
Previous Benefit Dinner Speakers
| 2012 | | Condoleezza Rice | | 1988 | | Edwin Newman |
| 2011 | | Bob Newhart | | 1987 | | Paul Harvey, Jr. |
2010
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| George W. Bush
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| 1986
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| Arkady Shevchenko
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2009
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| Mike Huckabee
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| 1985 |
| Gerald Ford
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2008
| | Tim Conway
| | 1984 | | Howard K. Smith
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2007
| | Tom Brokaw | | 1983 | | Paul B. Faulkner
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| 2006 | | Cal Ripken, Jr. | | 1982 | | Zig Ziglar
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| 2005 | | Barbara Bush | | 1981 | | James A. Lovell
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| 2004 | | Walter Cronkite | | 1980 | | Art Linkletter
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| 2003 | | Bill Frist | | 1979 | | Paul Harvey |
| 2002 | | Regis Philbin | | 1978 | | Willard Collins |
| 2001 | | Norman Schwarzkopf | | 1977 | | Ira North
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| 2000 | | George Bush | | 1976 | | Thomas B. Warren
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| 1999 | | James Earl Jones | | 1975 | | Don Gardner
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| 1998 | | Elizabeth Dole | | 1974 | | Clifton Ganus
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| 1997 | | Fred Thompson | | 1973 | | George Benson
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| 1996 | | Sam Donelson | | 1972 | | George Bailey
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| 1995 | | Archie Manning | | 1971 | | Abe Plough
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| 1994 | | Tom Landry | | 1970 | | Chester H. Lauch
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| 1993 | | Mary Lou Retton | | 1969 | | James O. Baird
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1992
| | Merlin Olsen | | 1968 | | Ira North
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| 1991 | | Willard Scott | | 1967 | | Jimmy Allen
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| 1990 | | Gene Stallings | | 1966 | | V.P. Black
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| 1989 | | Jerry Clower | | 1965 | | Jim Bill McInteer
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