March 28, 2006, 10:33PM
Billy Graham to receive George Bush Award
The evangelist will be honored in ceremony at A&M
2006 Houston Chronicle
Evangelist Billy Graham will receive the 2006 George Bush Award for excellence in public service April 10.
Former President Bush will present the award to the 87-year-old Graham in a ceremony at 5 p.m. in Rudder Auditorium on the Texas A&M University campus. The award was announced Tuesday by the George Bush Presidential Library Foundation.
Graham, who has preached in 185 countries to 210 million people in a career spanning more than half a century, will address the audience.
Free tickets are available by calling the Texas A&M University Memorial Student Center box office at 555-555-5555. (Number edited by me... DW)
Previous award recipients are former German Chancellor Helmut Kohl, former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev, California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and U.S. Sen. Edward Kennedy, D-Mass.
Billy Graham to receive George Bush Award