Dallas Holocaust Museum/Center for Education and Tolerance Honors Roger Staubach with 2010 Hope for Humanity Award for Humanitarian Efforts

DALLAS, Nov. 11, 2010 /PRNewswire/ -- Roger Staubach, the football legend who has devoted much of his career and personal life to community service and organizations in support of  children and youth, will receive the 2010 Hope for Humanity Award from the Dallas Holocaust Museum/Center for Education and Tolerance at a special dinner tonight.

Staubach was instrumental in landing Super Bowl XLV for North Texas and serves as Chairman of the local host committee, a volunteer role.

Staubach will be honored at the Dallas Holocaust Museum/Center for Education and Tolerance's annual Hope for Humanity Dinner during a special themed program L'Dor V'Dor (meaning "from generation to generation" in Hebrew), An Evening Honoring Roger Staubach. The program includes selected scenes from the Brundibar opera, with The Children's Chorus of Greater Dallas and the University of Texas at San Antonio Lyric Theatre as featured performers.  

Dallas Holocaust Museum/Center for Education and Tolerance Hope for Humanity Award honorees are dedicated to the improvement of the North Texas community and to the mission of promoting tolerance, education and understanding and to reducing prejudice.

"Roger is a natural leader and a person of character, courage and compassion," said Thomas S. Halsey, Chairman of the Board of the Dallas Holocaust Museum/Center for Education and Tolerance. "The qualities he has demonstrated in his professional life—as an award winning athlete, a successful businessman and in service to his country—and in his personal life are ones which we all admire greatly. These, along with his commitment to his community…make Roger an ultimate Upstander."

Staubach is Executive Chairman of Jones Lang LaSalle Americas, a financial and professional services firm. As Chairman of the North Texas Super Bowl XLV Host Committee, Staubach is now helping steward one of the region's most ambitious undertakings ever—the 2011 Super Bowl at Cowboys Stadium on February 6.

"Discrimination is a disease of our time, and we must never rest when faced with an opportunity to teach tolerance, the value of hard work and the love neighbor and country," Staubach said. "The mission of the Dallas Holocaust Museum/Center for Education and Tolerance and my personal life purpose go hand-in-hand. I tried to instill in my children and grandchildren the importance of every human life."

SOURCE Dallas Holocaust Museum

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