TMAF's Roaring Twentieth Anniversary Gala

Bring Back the Tailcoats, it’s TMAF’s 20th Annual Gala!

Texas Medical Association (TMA) Foundation revels in the Golden Age of the 1920s and commemorates 20 years of TMAF gala celebrations. Gala co-chairs Drs. Rajam and Somayaji Ramamurthy, San Antonio, and Mrs. Kathy Swift and Dr. Bernard T. Swift Jr., DO, MPH, San Antonio, invite you to the event on Friday, May 17, 2013, at the Grand Hyatt San Antonio, in conjunction with TexMed, TMA’s Annual Meeting. Join friends and colleagues in celebrating TMAF’s 20th gala and the 1920s—a time of change and innovation in America. New technology, the discovery of vitamin E and insulin, modern fashion, radio and TV, jazz, mass produced cars and more—it all started in the 1920s!

The evening includes a VIP guest and sponsor reception, a general guest reception and silent auction; followed by an elegant dinner, live entertainment and dancing.  

Special thanks to top patrons H-E-B, CHRISTUS Health, and Texas Medical Liability Trust. See the full list of Patrons and Sponsors! 

Proceeds from the evening’s generous donors benefit TMA health improvement programs including Be Wise─Immunize, Hard Hats for Little Heads, the Physician Oncology Education Program, the Ernest and Sarah Butler Excellence in Science Teaching Awards and the Minority Scholarship Program. Other programs benefiting from the evening include TMAF’s John P. McGovern Champion of Health Award, the Medical Student Community Leadership Grants Program and local grants to County Medical Societies and Alliances in support of health improvement projects joining medicine, business and community in a shared vision of a healthier Texas.  

Eleven sponsorship levels are available, seating tables of eight, starting from $2,250 to $30,000. Individual tickets may be purchased for $175 each, or you can receive additional benefits by purchasing your VIP ticket for $225. For more information, please contact the TMA Foundation at (512) 370-1664. 

Learn more about the "Roaring Twenties"

 Slang of the 1920's-

http://local.aaca.org/bntc/slang/slang.htm

People and Fashions-  

http://www.thepeoplehistory.com/1920s.html 

Medicine- 

http://library.thinkquest.org/3205/Med.html 

http://www.au.af.mil/au/awc/awcgate/milmedhist/chapter3.htm 

 Science and Technology- 

 http://library.thinkquest.org/C005846/categories/science/science.htm 

http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1G2-3468300995.html 

http://www.1920-30.com/science/ 

General Information-  

 http://www.kidinfo.com/american_history/roaring_twenties.html 

Fun Facts and Trivia 

Literature 

Art 

1920s Timeline of Political and Social Event 

Music 

Sports 

Finance 

 Major social events-  

Henry Ford's Model T "Tin Lizzy"

Prohibition

 Women Gain Their Right to Vote

Flappersin the Roaring Twenties

Tomb of King Tut Found 

The Charleston Becomes Popular 

Alexander Fleming Discovers Penicillin

St. Valentine’s Day Massacre

Stock Market Crash of 1929 

 

 

 

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