Robert S. Folsom Leadership Award
For more information, please email FolsomAward@mhd.com
About the Robert S. Folsom Leadership Award
The Robert S. Folsom Leadership Award, founded in 2005, is presented annually by Methodist Health System Foundation to recognize individuals whose service, commitment, and excellence in community leadership emulate former Dallas Mayor Robert S. Folsom. The Folsom Leadership Award dinner is the largest single fundraising event for Methodist Health System Foundation. The event has raised more than $22 million over the past 20 years to benefit Methodist Health System’s programs and services including building Charles A. Sammons Tower, establishing the Life Shines Bright pregnancy program, renovation of the Methodist Medical Center Dallas labor and delivery floor, supporting neuro services, funding graduate medical education, and the Linda and Mitch Hart Breast Center at Methodist Dallas Medical Center among many others.
Past Robert S. Folsom Leadership Award Recipients:
- 2025 - Caren Prothro
- 2024 - James W. Keyes
- 2023 - Mary and Rich Templeton
- 2021 - Linda & Mitch Hart
- 2019 – Mike S. Rawlings
- 2018 – Royce West
- 2017 – David B. Miller
- 2016 – R. Gerald Turner, PhD
- 2015 – Jack Lowe, Jr.
- 2014 – Bobby B. Lyle
- 2013 – Mark Craig
- 2012 – Michael M. Boone
- 2011 – Trevor Rees-Jones
- 2010 – Pat and Emmitt Smith
- 2009 – Norman Brinker
- 2008 – Laura Bush
- 2007 – Troy Aikman
- 2006 – Nancy Ann Hunt
- 2005 – Robert S. Folsom
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About Robert S. “Bob” Folsom (1927 – 2017)
For more information, please contact Methodist Health System Foundation at (214) 947-4555 or FolsomAward@mhd.com.