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18th Annual Simon Benson Awards Dinner

On November 9, 2017, nearly 1,500 guests supported Portland State University at the 18th Annual Simon Benson Awards Dinner.

January 24, 2018

Jessica Hewitt (left) and Monique Barton (right) from Bank of America pose with Keynote Speaker Captain “Sully” Sullenberger.

Mechanical Engineering student Rihana Mungin speaks about her transformational PSU experience.

Barre Stoll (left) receives the 2017 Simon Benson Award for Alumni Achievement from Portland State President Rahmat Shoureshi.

Pete Nickerson (center) received a 2017 Simon Benson Award for Philanthropy. He is pictured with (l-r) his son, Lukas, daughter-in-law, Robin, and guests Ashton and Chan Simpson.

Oregon’s first female governor, Barbara Roberts, shares a smile with PSU President Rahmat Shoureshi.

Future pilot Emmett, son of PSU Academic and Career Advisor Ari Douangpanya, meets his hero Captain Sully.

Dorothy Lemelson, pictured with her sons Robert (left) and Eric (right), received a 2017 Simon Benson Award for Philanthropy.

(left to right) Erika Miller, Alice Wiewel, PSU Governing Board Chair Rick Miller, and former PSU president Wim Wiewel show their support.

Bank of America President Roger Hinshaw shares the importance of their PSU partnership as the presenting sponsor of the Simon Benson Awards Dinner for the past six years.

Held in the Oregon Convention Center's Portland Ballroom, the gala, presented by Bank of America, once again raised more than $ 1 million for PSU.