As one of the nation's leading eclectics and former professional athlete, Tommy Hawkins has enjoyed an incredible career as a two-year Notre Dame basketball All-American, a 10-year veteran National Basketball Association player and player representative with the Los Angeles Lakers, a popular luncheon and dinner guest speaker and college lecturer, a pioneering Golden Mike and Emmy Award-nominated radio and television broadcaster, a public relations executive and Los Angeles Dodgers Vice President of Communications.
A civic leader, Hawkins' community involvement includes serving on the Boards of Directors of the Los Angeles Center Theater Group, Los Angeles Sports Council, Los Angeles Friends of Recreation, Children's Burn Foundation, Friends of Jazz at UCLA and was named Ambassador to the Los Angeles Unified School District's Adopt A School Program.
His numerous awards include being inducted into the Chicago Sports Hall of Fame, Illinois Basketball Hall of Fame and the Los Angeles Athletic Club Hall of Fame. He has also been honored as a "Treasure of Los Angeles, Notre Dame Alumnus of the Year," Franciscan Communicator of the Year and received the National Newspaper Publishers Association's Russwrum Award.
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Tommy Hawkins, former Notre Dame and Los Angeles Lakers basketball star, former VP of the Los Angeles Dodgers, radio & TV broadcaster and popular personality has written a new book … poetry that is!
Whomever you are, wherever you are, whatever your convictions, welcome to the eclectic world of Tommy Hawkins. "Life's Reflections: Poetry for the People" (ISBN #978-0615-564-302), designed as a colorful coffee table book, can best be described as an eclectic collection of vernacular poetic narratives, full of insights and surprises.
Each narrative is accompanied by a captivating painting or photograph that illustrates his words … including works by famed artists Leroy Neiman and Ernie Barnes among others.
Tommy promises readers won't be bored. In fact, everyone will enjoy his unique indulgence into rhyme, meter, metaphor, symbolism and free verse. It is his hope that "Life's Reflections: Poetry for the People" will be a dynamic, entertaining and uplifting experience for life. The wide spectrum of areas covered, include love, women, sports, psychiatry, travel, music, family, relationships, the 1960s and much more.
A native of Chicago, Illinois, Tommy Hawkins has enjoyed an incredible career as a college basketball All-American at Notre Dame, 10 years in the NBA playing ball with the Cincinnati Royals and Los Angeles Lakers (he played with Wilt, Jerry, Elgin, Oscar and many others), an Emmy Award-nominated radio and television broadcaster, event host and motivational speaker as well as a public relations vice president with the Los Angeles Dodgers for 18 years.
Hawkins will be making numerous personal appearances speaking to groups, organizations and civic clubs locally and nationally in 2012. For more information pleaser contact public relations representative Bob Mazza at 310-994-4847.
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