Mayor Johnson honors five Dallas leaders with first-ever Mayor’s Distinguished Service Awards

Mayor Eric Johnson on Thursday honored five Dallas residents by presenting them with the first-ever Mayor’s Distinguished Awards.

The Mayor’s Distinguished Service Award honors the notable service and significant contributions of Dallas residents to the City of Dallas. The award now becomes the highest honor — other than the Key to the City — that can be awarded to civilians by the mayor, who is the “official head of city government” under the Dallas City Charter.

The five honorees are:  

United States Representative Eddie Bernice Johnson, Lyda Hill, Dallas philanthropist Hon. Kay Bailey Hutchison, former United States Senator and Permanent Representative to NATO, David Kunkle, former Dallas police chief, and  Dr. Harry Robinson Jr., founder of the African American Museum of Dallas.