Distinguished honorees and a host of dignitaries, guests and artists gathered at Nashville’s Loew’s Vanderbilt Plaza hotel on Wednesday (3/25), for the TJ Martell Foundation’s inaugural Honors Gala. The event raised over $400,000 to benefit cancer, leukemia and AIDS research. Honorees for the evening included The Honorable Al Gore, former Vice President of the United States; Orrin Ingram, President and CEO of Ingram Industries; Frances Preston, former President and CEO of BMI; and Dr. Harold L. Moses, MD, Director Emeritus of the Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center and director of the Frances Williams Preston Laboratories. Among the presenters were Tennessee Governor Phil Bredesen and Nashville Mayor Karl Dean. The evening also included performances and appearances by multiple award-winning artists Lee Ann Womack, Michael Bolton, Boyz II Men, Caitlin and Will, and Academy Award-winning actor Tommy Lee Jones.

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