The Robert H. Dedman Award For Ethics and Law Dinner

This award was established in 2001 to honor the late Robert H. Dedman for his commitment to ethics.  The DFW Chapter of the Texas General Counsel Forum continues the annual tradition of honoring a corporate attorney in the Dallas/Ft. Worth Metroplex who has demonstrated the highest ethical standards during his or her career.   

   Previous Honorees:
  

2001 - Robert H. Dedman, Sr., Founder & Chairman of the Board, ClubCorp., Inc.


  

2002 - Erle Nye, Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive, TXU Corp.
 

2003 - Charles Matthews, Vice President & General Counsel, Exxon Mobil 

    

2004 - Guy H. Kerr, Senior Vice President/Law and Government, Belo Corp.

 2005 - J. McDonald Williams, Chairman Emeritus, Trammell Crow Company

 2006 - Ronald Taylor, Vice President and General Counsel, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Texas
   
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 2007 - Anne H. McNamara, Former Senior Vice President and General Counsel, AMR Corp. and American Airlines
 
  
     
 
 
 2008 - Robert D. Graham, Vice President, Contran Corporation




2009 - Elaine E. Whitbeck, Senior VP, CLO, GC & Corp. Secretary, Alcon Laboratories, Inc.