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750
guests attended a benefit evening of comedy and music for
the Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research
the Saturday before last at the Waldorf. The event was called “A
Funny Thing Happened on The Way To Cure Parkinson’s.” Many
of the star’s friends from the entertainment world joined
New York’s business, social and financial leaders to raise
more than $4 million for research.
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Michael
J. Fox, Tracy Pollen, and Sam Fox
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Among those joining Fox and his wife Tracy Pollan were Jimmy
Kimmel, John Mellencamp, Sarah Silverman, Wanda Sykes, Colin
Quinn, Ellen Barkin, Donny Deutsch, Amanda Peet, Ron Perelman,
Maggie Rizer, Silda and Eliot Spitzer, and Elaine
Irwin-Mellencamp.
Since its founding five years ago (November 2000), The Michael
J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research (MJFF) has established
a highly effective campaign to accelerate and expand funding
of research worldwide to find a cure for Parkinson's disease.
By the end of 2005, the Foundation will have funded more than
$65 million in research in three primary areas: detecting and
preventing Parkinson’s disease, restoring dopamine neurons
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Colin Quinn
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Sarah
Silverman
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Jimmy
Kimmel
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Donny
Deutsch and the girls
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Dylan
Lauren
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Penny
Peet and Amanda Peet
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Wanda
Sykes
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Jimmy
Kimmel and Sarah Silverman
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Maggie
Rizer and Ron Perelman
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Elain
Irwin-Mellencamp, John Mellencamp, and Jimmy Kimmel
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They
honored Albert Hadley and John Stark at the Opening Night Gala of the International Designer Showhouse last month, which
benefited the American Hospital of Paris Foundation.
Christine Schwarzman, as chair of the evening, welcomed 200 guests
to the gorgeous showhouse at 9 East 67th Street, owned by real
estate mogul Janna Bullock.
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John
Stark and Albert Hadley
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Interior designers
including Jason Bell, Gael de Brousse, John Landrum Bryant,
Deborah Buck, Tim Clarke, Beverly and Rebecca Ellsley,
Marilyn Katz, Rona Landman, Barbara Lane and Nicholas Lapp, Steven
M. Park, Gary Paul, James Kiernan Pine, Andrew Raquet, Odile de
Schiétère, and Marianne Villard showed
off their work to the crowd of excited admirers that perused all
five
floors of the
beautifully remodeled townhouse.
Among the guests were Thom Filicia, Michel Witmer, Debbie
Bancroft, Diana Quasha, Yung Hee Kim, Denise and Larry Wohl, and Melissa
Berkelhammer.
Philip Gorrivan’s fifth floor space was titled “ne
pas deranger s.v.p” (“Do Not Disturb”), designed
with the lady of the house in mind, to her a place to escape to
and surround herself with luxurious materials like cashmere, satin
and mink. The focus of the room was a shiny pink satin custom-made
chair with embroidered brown geometric patterns modeled after the
1930s designer Andre Arbus.
In contrast, Charlotte Moss’ Billiard room was fit for the
man of the house, designed as a gathering space for a gentleman
and his friends and, a room for a connoisseur - a lover of art,
furniture, great wines and beautiful objects. The room also features "Digby's
Tent" one of the new fabrics in Charlotte’s collection.
Later on, over at The Pierre for the opening night dinner guests
included Steven Schwarzman, Victoria Anstead, Andrew Fox,
Caroline Hirsch, Rene Meyer, Andrew Raquet, Michael Apa, David
Kleinberg,
Harry Heissmann, Doug McIntrye, Dr. Patricia Adams, Diana Nonino,
Grace and Christopher Meigher, Helena Lehane, John Fondas, Iris
and Carl Apfel, John Bossard, Lauren Day, and Bob Roberts, Michael
Kay, Chris Royer, Nadia Fakhoury, Spencer Hays, Marlene Hays, Rona
Landman, Robin Sacks, Robert Rufino, Steven Park, Hetty Park, Somers
and Jonathan Farkas, Cynthia Frank, Greg Calejo, and Tim
Clarke. Chairman of the American Hospital of Paris Leif
Rosenblatt, and
President and CEO of the American Hospital of Paris Foundation
Lynda Gould presented the official honors to Albert Hadley and John
Stark. |
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Janes
Pine, Diana Nonino, and Hernan Arriga
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Janna
Bullock, Yung Hee Kim, and Denise Wohl
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Lauren
Day and Bob Roberts
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Andrea
Stark and Debbie Bancroft
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Zoe
Bullock, James Pine, Eugenia Kuznetsov, and Janna Bullock
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Iris
and Carl Apfel
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Thom
Filicia, Cynthia Frank, and Michel Witmer
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Victoria
Anstead and Diana Quasha
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L.
to r.: Somers Farkas and Helena Lehane; Lynda Gould, Albert
Hadley, Leif Rosenblatt, Christine Schwarzman, Charlotte
Moss, and John Stark.
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Roger
Webster and Melissa Berkelhammer
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Charlotte
Moss and Michel Witmer
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Lisa
Wassong, Lynda Gould, and Dominique Lange
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couple Mondays ago at Cipriani's 42nd Street, WNYC, New York
Public Radio hosted
its Gala 2005. WNYC Radio's American Standards music host Jonathan
Schwartz presented Adam Guettel and
the cast of The Light in the Piazza who performed
excerpts from the Tony Award-winning musical.
WNYC Public Radio is the nation's most-listened-to public radio
station, reaching over 1.1 million listeners each
week. Comprising 93.9 FM, AM 820, and wnyc.org, WNYC produces in-depth
news coverage,
extends New York's cultural riches to the entire country, and brings
the best offerings from affiliate networks National Public Radio,
Public Radio International, and the BBC.
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Jerry
Della Femina and Judy Licht
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David
Garland and Adam Guettel
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Laura
Walker and Bryn Cohen
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Beth
Fertig and Soterias Johnson
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Billie
Tisch and Senator Roy Goodman
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Dean
Capello and Orlando Bagwell
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Anne
Kramer and Kurt Anderson
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Alex
Villari, Senator Roy Goodman, and Kathy St. John
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Barbara
Bantivoglio, Harold Tanner, and Joanne Matthews
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Dean
Capello, Elena Park, Richard Chase, and Lois Chase
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Mary
Rodgers Guettel and Henry Guettel
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Harold and Nicki
Tanner with Alan and Elaine Weiler
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Irvin
Mayfield, John Schaeffer, and Ronald Markhum
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Jonathan
Schwartz
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The
cast of "The Light in the
Piazza"
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Oscar
and Karen Brand
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Aaron
Lazar, Kelli
O'Hara, Jonathan Schwartz, Victoria Clark, and Adam Guettel
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Vickie
Adams, Cynthia Vance, and Laura Walker
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Teddie
Greenbaum, Robert Greenbaum, and Billie Tisch
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John
Rose, Vickie Adams, Cynthia Vance, and Laura Walker
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Terri Mullan
and Tami Rosen
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Neyda
Martinez (Bronx Leadership Academy) with her students
Katherine Laureano and Alina Rodriguez |
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Adrianna Garza
and Bob Moritz |
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Highbridge
Voices children's choir provided
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Junior
Achievement of New York, Inc. (JANY) rolled out the red carpet in downtown New York at its 4th Annual Leadership
Awards
Gala at the World Financial Center Winter Garden. The theme was “Together
We Change Lives” and it infused an evening of festivities
led by emcee, CNBC anchor Ron Insana. The economic
well being and future of children in New York City and Long Island
was very
much the central focus.
This year’s
honorees were: David L. Shedlarz; Volunteer Leader Adrianna
Garza, Community Relations Senior Associate Pricewaterhouse-Coopers,
Alumni Leader Terri Mullan, Administrator and Executive Assistant
Goldman Sachs; Educator (Long Island), Rich Berglin, Teacher,
Hampton Bays Elementary School, Educator (New York City) Neyda
Martinez, Teacher, Bronx Leadership Academy, and Student Leader,
Lisa Kong, John Dewey High School.
Mr. Shedlarz has been Chairman of the JANY Board of Directors for
the past three years and Vice Chairman of Pfizer Inc. Mr. Shedlarz
has been a member of the JANY board for over 13 years and also
serves on the JA Worldwide Board of Directors.
The JANY Annual Leadership Gala Awards recognize ordinary individuals
who have made extraordinary contributions to the growth of
JANY’s
mission to inspire young people be successful. Honorees include
business leaders, educators and students who best exemplify
the JANY values of integrity, respect and innovation while
fulfilling
and reflecting the mission principles.
JANY’s current board chairman, Phil Lynch, CEO, Reuters
America, praised his predecessor as one of the country’s
top leaders in business. “David’s business acumen
is a great asset to JANY,” said Lynch. “The JANY
Board has pledged to do our utmost to build on his efforts
to help children learn to succeed as they move from the classroom
to the business world.”
More than 500 guests including Fortune 500 CEOs and leaders
from corporations, government, and the media industry attended.
Business
and corporate leaders involved with JANY include executives
from Pfizer Inc., American Express, Accenture, Lazard, Andersen & Company,
Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP, PricewaterhouseCoopers,
Citibank N.A., Credit Suisse, Reuters America Inc., KMPG, and
Ernst & Young LLP. |
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Joanne
Zaiac, John Keogh, David Shedlarz, Phil Lynch, Maura Markus,
Ron Insana, and Doug Schallau
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JUNIOR
ACHIEVEMENT OF NEW YORK is the local franchise of JA Worldwide,
the world’s largest
organization dedicated to educating young people about business,
economics and entrepreneurship.
For more than 76 years, JANY has been providing its financial education programs
free of charge to students in New York City and Long Island. The mission of Junior
Achievement of New York, Inc. (JANY) is to inspire young people to be successful.
Providing children with positive adult role models, who illustrate ways to build
self-confidence, develop skills and find avenues of success, is a hallmark of
Junior Achievement.
Junior Achievement of New York now delivers K-12 curriculum to more than 94,000
students in the NYC and Long Island area with the help of more than 3,900 business
volunteers. Today, 145 JA local area offices reach four million students annually
in the United States and more than 2.6 million students in affiliates in 97 countries
worldwide. For more information about Junior Achievement of New York, its programs
and volunteer opportunities, visit www.jany.org. |
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