The University of Mobile (UMobile) will bring emeritus professor of neurosurgery and conservative motivational speaker Benjamin S. Carson Sr. to Mobile for the 10th annual University of Mobile Leadership Banquet on April 30.
The annual banquet raises financial support for the UMobile Fund. Carson’s appearance marks the 10th Leadership Banquet which brings a speaker of national prominence to the Mobile area who uses his or her influence to open doors of opportunity for the next generation of leaders.
Accomplished surgeon
Carson, a renowned pediatric neurosurgeon, completed the first and only successful separation of Siamese twins joined at the back of the head in 1987 and was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President George W. Bush, the highest civilian honor possible, in 2008.
In 2001, Carson was named by CNN and Time magazine as one of the nation’s 20 foremost physicians and scientists. That same year he was selected by the Library of Congress as one of the 89 “Living Legends.”
Previous banquet speakers have included Bush, former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, Heisman Trophy winner Tim Tebow, retired Col. Oliver North, former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, former Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives Newt Gingrich, former Georgia Gov. and retired U.S. Sen. Zell Miller, New York Times best-selling author Andy Andrews and former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush.
For information about sponsorships and tickets, visit umobile.edu/banquet2015, call the UMobile development office at 251-442-2906 or email advancement@umobile.edu.
(UMobile)
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