FWOPERA
Cherry BLOSSOM
Ball
Honoring Rae & Ed Schollmaier
The distinguished honorees at the 2006 Fort Worth Opera
Ball were Ed and Rae Schollmaier.
Rae and Ed Schollmaier have
given many years of both financial and personal support to the Fort Worth Opera.
In addition to their work with the opera, the couple has been active in many civic
and volunteer efforts, including Cook Children's Hospital and the
Foundation of the American Academy of Ophthalmology. Ed Schollmaier is
a trustee of Texas Christian University.
Ed Schollmaier graduated from the University of
Cincinnati in 1956 and attended Harvard Graduate School of Business
Administration, where he earned his MBA in 1958. He joined Alcon
Laboratories in Pennsylvania in 1958 as a medical representative, and
joined the home office in Fort Worth in 1961. As president of Alcon from
1972 to 1997 and chief executive officer for the last 20 years of that
term, he oversaw broadening of the company's product line, expansion of
research and development, and sales that grew from $25 million to over $2
billion.
The Fort Worth Opera is grateful for the support it has
received from Rae and Ed Schollmaier, and is proud to recognize them as
honorees of this year's Fort Worth Opera Ball .
DOMO ARIGATO to
Rae and Ed Schollmaier from Fort Worth Opera!
