The Fairmont Chicago

The stage is set

Table place settings

MBC President Bruce DuMont
welcomes guests

NBC 5 anchor Allison Rosati,
MBC President Bruce DuMont,
Cheryl Pearson McNeil of Nielsen
and Warner Saunders

Warner Saunders with
former co-anchor Joan Esposito

Veteran Chicago anchor Diann Burns
with Warner Saunders

Anchor Cheryl Burton of ABC 7
joins celebration of Warner Saunders

Veteran WGN broadcaster Mary Dee with
fellow TV icon Warner Saunders

Allison Rosati with FOX 32's
Robin Robinson

Illinois State Representative Art Turner
with wife Rosalyn and Bruce DuMont

Warner Saunders with
Mike Adamle of NBC 5

NBC 5's Frank Whittaker, Brant Miller and
Sandy Isaacson with Warner Saunders

Warner Saunders speaks with
Clarice and Mark Durham, the son and wife of
the late Radio Hall of Famer Richard Durham

Documentarian Rose Economou of
Columbia College Chicago and Warner Saunders

NBC 5's Anna Davlantes, Mike Adamle,
and Daryl Hawks with Marianne Marciano

Cheryl Pearson McNeil of Nielsen

Mary and Bob McCann and
Cheryl Pearson McNeil of Nielsen with
MBC President Bruce DuMont

A surprise video salute to Warner Saunders
from President Barack Obama

Warner Saunders watches the message
from President Obama

Quintin and Diane Primo, Honorary Co-Chairs
of A Salute to Warner Saunders

Larry Wert, President, Central and Western
Region, NBC Local Media

NBC 5's Allison Rosati and Brant Miller
emceeing the Salute

Illinois State Representative Art Turner
(D-Chicago)

Hermene Hartman,
Founder and Publisher, N'DIGO

Dillon Smith,
Former Editorial Director, NBC 5

Chicago Tribune Syndicated Columnist
Clarence Page

Allison Rosati and Brant Miller

Rev. Jesse Jackson, Sr.,
Founder, RainbowPUSH Coalition

Warner Saunders' closing reflections

Warner Saunders with Rev. Willie Barrow
of Operation PUSH

Judge Lee Preston and wife Fran

NBC 5 Co-Anchors
Warner Saunders and Allison Rosati

Bob McCann of Nielsen with wife Mary

Hermene Hartman and Dr. Wayne Watson,
President of Chicago State University

Warner Saunders and wife Sadako

Larry and Julie Wert

Marion Brooks of NBC 5 and
John Rogers of Ariel Investments

Clarice Durham with
U.S. Senator Roland Burris (D-IL)

Stella Foster of the Chicago Sun-Times
and Cook County Board President
Todd Stroger

Illinois Secretary of State Jesse White

Former Illinois Senate President Emil Jones
with Warner Saunders

Warner Saunders and wife Sadako with
Rev. Jesse Jackson, Sr. and daughter Sanita

Bob Sirott with wife Marianne Marciano and
MBC President Bruce DuMont

Renee Ferguson of NBC 5 with husband
and marketing executive Ken Smilke

Bob Sirott of NBC 5 and wife
Marianne Marciano listen to
Warner Saunders' closing reflections

Warner Saunders laughing along with the
crowd during Clarence Page's speech

Former Illinois Senate President
Emil Jones watches a speech

Brant Miller and Allison Rosati listen to
Warner Saunders' closing reflections

Allison Rosati and Brant Miller with
Warner Saunders as he finishes his reflections

Bob Sirott, Allison Rosati, Brant Miller
and Warner Saunders

NBC 5's Deborah Brown and
Warner Saunders

Warner Saunders with
Cheryl Pearson McNeil of Nielsen

Warner Saunders with Illinois State
Representative Art Turner (D-Chicago)

Warner Saunders and Larry Wert

Warner Saunders with wife Sadako Saunders and son Warner Saunders, Jr.

A Salute to Warner Saunders DJ and
Radio Hall of Famer Herb Kent of
WVAZ-FM with Warner Saunders

Dillon Smith and Warner Saunders

NBC 5's Bob Sirott, Darryl Hawks,
Allison Rosati, Larry Wert and Deborah Brown
with Warner Saunders

The team from Marks|Plier Creative
Marketing Group with Warner Saunders