The other notable missing potential "honoree" is the Kansas Board of Regents, which announced a highly restrictive social media policy for all staff and professors in late December following a controversial tweet by a journalism professor at the University of Kansas this past fall.
She will be honored for her 'renowned artistic and philanthropic contributions' at a tribute dinner and star-studded concert on Wednesday, Nov. 9, 2011, at the Mandalay Bay Convention Center in Las Vegas, where some of her songs will be performed by notable artists and friends of the honoree.
The Great Characters debuted in 2009, and previous honorees have included other notable figures from history, including musicians, artists, political leaders and the scientist Albert Einstein.
This year's Rubenstein honoree was joined by past notable advocates, including Rob Friedman, Rudy Baldoni, Richard Bertea, Peter Desforges, Paul Fruchbom, Mike Helin, Paul Marx, Julian Movsesian, Charles Ruck, Henry Walker and Joseph Ueberroth.
Among the magazine's 2013 honorees are a slew of notable names within the African-American community, including political power couple the Obamas, pop-culture power couple Beyonce and Jay-Z and television powerhouse Shonda Rhimes.
But he and most of the other 1970 championship honorees had vacated their celebrity row seats by the last two minutes of Milwaukee's 83-67 victhey, the notable exception being Dick Barnett.
Festival Director and Programmer, Roger Durling, is something of a local notable, as Santa Barbara residents frequently comment that he really "knows how to pick 'em," when it comes to Festival Honorees, spotlight films and the many panels and workshops scheduled throughout the festival.
The honoree was Joni Mitchell.
