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Annual Gala
Humanities Prize
W. Richard West
Western Heritage Award
Glen Campbell
Event Co-chairs
Mary Kay and Boyd Hight
Master of Ceremonies
Pat Sajak
Auctioneer
Chuck Dreyer
Dance Band
J. Sterling Productions
The Autry National Center’s
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6 pm |
Silent Auction, Cocktail Reception |
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8 pm |
Dinner, Live Auction |
With excitement about the opportunities that lie ahead, the Autry National Center seeks the resources to support the extraordinary merger of the Southwest Museum of the American Indian and the Museum of the American West. Proceeds from the Gala will augment the Centers efforts to serve the Los Angeles community through collection preservation, educational programming, and the exploration of new ideas emerging from the Center’s collections.
2004 Humanities Prize
W. Richard West
W. Richard West
2004 Humanities Prize
W. Richard West, Jr., a citizen of the Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes of Oklahoma and a Peace Chief of the Southern Cheyenne, is founding director of the Smithsonian's National Museum of the American Indian (NMAI). West has devoted his professional life and much of his personal life to working with American Indians on cultural, educational, legal, and governmental issues.Before becoming director of the NMAI, West was a partner in the Washington, D.C., office of Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson, and subsequently in the Indian-owned Albuquerque law firm of Gover, Stetson, Williams & West, P.C. He served as general counsel and special counsel to numerous Indian tribes and organizations. In that capacity, he represented clients before federal, state and tribal courts; various executive departments of the federal government; and Congress.
2004 Western Heritage Award Honoree
Glen Campbell
Glen Campbell
2004 Western Heritage Award
Becoming a bona fide living legend isn’t as easy as Glen Campbell makes it look. First, you have to have a solid foundation of talent on which to build—like being one of the hottest guitar players in the world. Then you have to record songs that will stand the test of time— standards such as “By the Time I Get to Phoenix” and “Wichita Lineman.” Having twelve albums and five singles certified Gold, and five albums certified Platinum, including a Double Platinum awarded in 1992 for Wichita Lineman, is also a major plus.And it certainly doesn’t hurt to have a witty, bantering stage style that draws fans like college students to Daytona Beach, or a hit television show viewed by 50 million people every week for three years.
When you put it all together, the result is a career that spans 40 years and fans that cross generational and international lines. In other words: Glen Campbell.
