Oratorical Winners - Events :: Battle of Flowers Association

Manette Owen, assistant and Carol Hebdon, Chairman of the Oratorical Contest

First Place:	Student School Teacher Essay	Cassie Helfer Alamo Heights Junior School Joe Hazelwood "Robert H.H. Hugman: The River Walk"
Second Place:	Student School Teacher Essay	Mariana Wong Ed White Middle School Cathy DeVries "C.H. Guenther: Flour Power"
Third Place:	Student School Teacher Essay	Paris Shirley Alamo Heights Junior School Joe Hazelwood "Edward Steves"
Honorable Mention:	Student School Teacher Essay	Lorena Cardenas Ed White Middle School Cathy DeVries "Sunken Gardens"
Honorable Mention:	Student School Teacher Essay	Sam Rosenbloom San Antonio Academy Dr. Allen Hamilton "ellen Schulz Quillin"

First Place	Laura Driver	Texas State University Oil and the Philanthropic Legacy of Ella Fondren
Second Place	Allen Garcia	University of Texas at San Antonio The Humble Texan: M.D. Anderson
Third Place	Luis Baez	Texas State University Miss Ima and Her First Obligation
Fourth Place	Chelsea McClure Velasquez	Texas State University George W. Brackenridge: Philanthropy from Academics to Zoo
Fourth Place	Fallon Harper	Lone Star College – Kingwood Worth a Thousand Words: A Portrait of Marion Koogler McNay