The 28th annual A Conversation With a Living Legend^® in Dallas, benefiting The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, honored architect, artist and engineer Santiago Calatrava, Ph.D. The luncheon event at the Hilton Anatole featured an interview led by Judy Woodruff, anchor and managing editor of “PBS NewsHour.” This year’s event, led by chair Su-Su Meyer of Dallas and a steering committee of North Texas business and community leaders, raised more than $677,000 to support MD Anderson’s Moon Shots Program™, a comprehensive effort to significantly reduce cancer deaths and transform cancer care.

Calatrava, originally from Valencia, Spain, is internationally known for award-winning design projects including the Bac de Roda Bridge in Barcelona, Spain; the Stadelhofen Railway Station in Zurich, Switzerland; the Lyon Saint-Exupéry TGV station in Paris, France; the City of Arts and Sciences in Valencia; the Sundial Bridge in Redding, California; and the World Trade Center Transportation Hub and St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church in New York. Projects in Dallas include the bridges over the Trinity River and “Wave,” Calatrava’s first large-scale, permanently installed sculpture in the United States, at Southern Methodist University’s Meadows Museum.

Woodruff has covered politics and other news for more than four decades at CNN, NBC and PBS. For 12 years, she served as anchor and senior correspondent for CNN, anchoring the weekday program “Inside Politics.” At PBS from 1983 to 1993, she was the chief Washington correspondent for “The MacNeil/Lehrer NewsHour.” From 1984 to 1990, she anchored PBS’ weekly documentary series “Frontline with Judy Woodruff.” After working as NBC News White House correspondent from 1977 to 1982, she served as “Today” chief Washington correspondent for one year.

Since A Conversation With a Living Legend^® originated in North Texas in 1990, the event has raised more than $16 million for MD Anderson. In total, more than $35 million has been raised to support life-saving work at MD Anderson from similar events in Washington, Las Vegas, Atlanta, Houston and San Antonio.