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november | page 19 | 2010 Honoree John Prendergast, Helen Colin Achieving Awareness at Holocaust Dinner H olocaust Museum Houston presented the 2010 Lyndon Baines Johnson Moral Courage Award to John Prendergast, who has committed his life to stopping cruelty and human-rights infractions throughout Africa. The momentous night, chaired by Heidi and David Gerger, drew a crowd of 700 to the Hilton Americas–Houston for the seated-dinner event, which was also a fund-raiser for HMH's educational programs and free-admission policy. NBC correspondent Janet Shamlian and museum chairman Michael Goldberg presented the award to Prendergast. The poignancy of his work was underscored when Holocaust survivor Helen Colin took the stage, remarking that such a tragedy might have been averted were there more people like the night's honoree. The merciful many: Mayor Annise Parker and Kathy Hubbard, artist Dallas Hill, Dan Dubrowski (a college roommate of Prendergast) with wife Bevin Bering Dubrowski, survivor Naomi Warren, Kelli Cohen Fein and Martin Fein, Consul General of Israel Asher Yarden, and U.S. Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee. Seth Vaughan kim coffman, anthony rathbun Jonathan Lack, Stephen Lack Hans Molzberger, Michael Collins Michael Goldberg Carol Goldberg Paul-David Van Atta Mayor Annise Parker Bill Morgan, Asher Yarden Bevin Bering Dubrowski & Dan Dubrowski Cindi & Franklin Rose Elyse Kalmans, Naomi Warren Lewis Kalmans Janet Shamlian Chairmen Heidi & David Gerger Martin Fein & Kelli Cohen Fein Melvyn & Cyvia Wolff