 Tomiko Fraser Hines, Lupus Foundation of American Board chair Karen Evans, Julian Lennon, Mercedes Yvette and Kelly Jean Drury
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The Butterfly Gala Seventh Annual Awards Dinner were held on Wednesday night at the Andrew W. Mellon Auditorium in Washington, D.C. Government officials, business leaders, renowned researchers, and individuals with lupus came together to celebrate and honor leaders for their efforts to advance lupus as a significant public health problem.
This year's honorees are Ted Turner, Chairman, Turner
Enterprises, Inc.; Sen. Daniel K. Inouye (D-Hawaii); Human Genome
Sciences (HGS) and GlaxoSmithKline (GSK). Accepting the awards on behalf
of the companies are H. Thomas Watkins, President and Chief Executive
Officer, HGS, and Deirdre Connelly, President, North American
Pharmaceuticals, GSK.
CNN Anchor and Special Correspondent Soledad O'Brien served as the Master of Ceremonies. The gala featured a special performance of the song "Lucy" by singers/songwriters Julian Lennon and James Scott Cook. Last year, Lennon and Cook released the song "Lucy" to honor Lucy Vodden, a childhood friend of Lennon's, who recently passed away after a long battle with lupus, and Cook's grandmother, Lucy Cook, who has been living with lupus for years. Vodden was the subject of a drawing that Julian created which inspired his father to write the classic Beatles song, "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds.
— Photographs by James R. Brantley
Honoree Ted Turner and Lupus Foundation of America President Sandra Raymond
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Sen. Richard Shelby (R-Ala.) and Annette Shelby
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Rep. Jim Moran (D-Va.), former New York Republican Rep. Susan Molinari and Lupus Foundation of America's VP for Government Relations Julie Venners
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Honoree Sen. Daniel Inouye (D-Hawaii)
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Annette Shelby and Debbie Dingell
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Julian Lennon sings "Lucy"
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Master of Ceremonies Soledad O'Brien and Lauren Bohn
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Rebecca Rogers, James Scott Cook and Charis Cook
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Kristin Rascona and Krista Blackburn
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Lupus Foundation of America national spokesperson Kelly Jean Drury and Clay Drury | 
Lupus Foundation of America national spokespersons Mercedes Yvette and Tomiko Fraser Hines |
Annette Shelby, honoree Ted Turner, Elizabeth Dewberry and Debbie Dingell
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Grace McLaughlin and Mike McLaughlin |
Lupus Foundation of America Vice-President for Marketing and Communications Mary Crimmings, Dal Gallagher and Aiden Gallagher
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Peter Schwab and Dick Winston
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Lucy's family: Ross Bodden and Fran O'Donnell
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Tina Ring, Jonathan Ring and David Ring | 
Ed Phillips and Terra Phillips |
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