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Nicole
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Patsy
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Evelyn
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Roberto
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Last month, the Society of Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer
Center presented their 2005 Awards For Excellence to three outstanding
New Yorkers at a gala black-tie dance dinner dance held at Sotheby's
New York, With 325 guests they raised $900.000 to support The Society’s
patient care, research and education programs at the Center.
David H. Koch received the Award for Excellence in Corporate Leadership
for his contribution as a member of Memorial Sloan-Kettering’s
Boards of Overseers and Managers, for his exceptional accomplishments
in the world of business, and above all for the role he has played
in the fight against cancer—including his farsighted support
for Memorial Sloan-Kettering’s immunology program.
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David
and Julia Koch
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Dr. George J. Bosl received the Award for Excellence in Medicine
for his work as a gifted clinician and researcher who holds the Patrick
M. Byrne Chair in Clinical Oncology at Memorial Sloan-Kettering
and heads the Department of Medicine. Dr. Bosl’s many achievements
include clinical investigations that have led to improved treatments
for a range of cancers. In addition, he is now helping to guide the
development of the Center’s initiatives in aging and cancer.
James G. (Jamie) Niven received the Award for Excellence in Philanthropy
for his over 35 years of unwavering commitment to Memorial Sloan-Kettering
and its mission. Mr. Niven was a founding member of The Society's
Special Projects Committee and since 1978 he has served as a member
of the Memorial Sloan-Kettering's Boards of Overseers and Managers.
The Chairmen were: Constance Casey, Kitty Sherrill, and Mary
Davidson.
They greeted their guests during the cocktail reception, which was
held on the auction house’s 10th floor, amidst incredible Latin
American Art and Old Master Paintings, including Matteo Rosselli’s “The
Resurrection” and Antonio Canaletto’s “Venice,
View of the Grand Canal from Palazzo Balbi to the Rialto Bridge.”
Among those present and playing important roles for the evening:
the Society’s president Coco Kopelman, Associates
Committee Chair Alexis Waller. Veronica
Hearst, Jamee Gregory, Caroline Roehm,
Gail
Hilson, Karin May, Kathy Thomas and Joanne de Guardiola. |
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Kathy
and Andrew Thomas
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Roman
and Helena Martinez with Steve Sherrill
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Libby
and Thomas Fitzgerald
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Former
Award winner Evelyn Lauder was a center of attention
in a navy blue crinoline full-skirted ball gown by Oscar
de la Renta, which was covered with silver and gold shiny
thread and silver beads sewn in the pattern of shooting stars. “Because
I was born on August 12th, the night of the year when there are
the most shooting stars,” she explained. Another former winner, Pat
Buckley, there with her husband William F. Buckley,
Jr. was in a vintage black Bill Blass dress
with a matching jacket.
Among the honorees families present were Julia Koch, Fernanda Niven,
and Jamie’s daughters Eugenie Niven and Fernanda
Niven, Jr. and Dr. Bosl’s daughter Christine Bosl.
The 7th floor was transformed into a ballroom, decorated with sheer hand cut
organza multi-colored panels. Tables were decorated with tangerine, peach, soft
pink, raspberry red or fuschia Bengaline tablecloths and organic hand-blown glass
vessles filled with tulips. The menu consisted of: lobster salad with tropical
fruit and vanilla bean vinaigrette, grilled aged filet of beef with wild mushrooms,
white sage polenta, asparagus tips and oven roasted tomatoes. Dessert was called “Apple
and Chocolate Beggars Purse.”
During and after the dinner, the dancing began on a white Lucite dance floor.
Among the guests were: Sotheby’s Betsey and Bill Ruprecht, Perri
Peltz and Eric Ruttenberg, Arie Kopelman, Patsy Warner, Dr. Bijan and Vera Safai,
James D. Robinson, Margo Langenberg, Stephen Sherrill, John Waller, Dr. Thomas
and Mrs. Fahey, Leslie and Peter Jones, Dr. Murray Brannan, Heather and Tom Leeds,
Nicole and Derek Limbocker, Andrew Thomas, Jeanette Loeb, Peter Gregory, Donald
and Muffy Miller, Sara and Charles Ayres, Marvin Davidson, Helen Marx, Dr. Robert
Kurtz, Alexia Hamm and Baird Ryan, Leonard Lauder, Chappy Morris and Melissa
Stanley, Roberto de Guardiola, Larry and Denise Wohl, Anne, Eliza and Jack Nordeman,
Lisa and Chris Errico, Roman and Helena Martinez, Libby and Thomas Fitzgerald,
Adrienne and Gigi Vittadini, Liz Waterman, Dailey and Gordon Pattee, Eleanor
and Morgan Dejoux, Ritchey Howe, Richard Beattie, Nick Acquavella, Nicole Garwood,
Richard Naum, Barbara McLaughlin, Armene Milliken and Jacques
Leviant. |
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James
D. Robinson and Veronica Hearst
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Kitty
Sherrill, Mary Davidson, Harold Varmus, and Constance Casey
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Alexis
and John Waller
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Caroline
Roehm, Pat Buckley, and Margo Langenberg
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Eugenie,
Jamie, and Fernanda Niven
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Coco
and Arie Kopelman with Dr. Bijan and Vera Safai
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Dr.
Robert Kurtz, Christine Bosl, and Dr. George
Bosl
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| Photographs
by Mary Hilliard |
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