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| President Ingeborg Rennert and Chairman of the Board Baron Robert de Rothschild of the American Friends of the Open University honored Dr. Paul LeClerc, President of The New York Public Library, at a gala celebration on last Monday night at the Plaza. Two hundred attended and they raised $400,000 for the university’s 43,000 students, its educational programs and scholarships. Guests included: Ingeborg and Ira Rennert, David Avital, Dr. Patricia Cayne, Elaine Wolfensohn, Larry and Kim Heyman, Lauren and Ezra Merkin, Dalia and Larry Leeds, Eddie and Rebecca Sugar, Nina and Mitch Davidson, Barbara and Donald Tober, Gail and Ephraim Propp, Malcolm Thomson, Judy and Stanley Zabar, Danielle Levine, Dan and Marlene Arbess, Fanya Gottesfeld Heller, Marilyn and Larry Friedland, William and Elyssa Friedland, Rochelle and David Hirsch and the Commissioner Ray Kelly. Dr. LeClerc received the coveted Yigal Allon Award, named in honor of the late Deputy Prime Minister of Israel and former Minister of Education. A renowned Voltaire scholar, Dr. LeClerc became President and Chief Executive Officer of The New York Public Library (NYPL) on December 1st, 1993. The Library is broadly recognized as one of the preeminent libraries in the world, with collections now numbering some 55 million items with 90 branches, spread over 130 square miles of New York City. The New York Public Library serves a more varied set of constituencies and has the broadest mission of any library in the nation. |
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Ira Leon and Ingeborg Rennert with Dr. Paul LeClerc and Dr. Judith Ginsberg |
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| “We are delighted to honor an individual who is dedicated to literature and learning and to making both available to as many people as possible. This is a mission in common with the Open University of Israel. Paul LeClerc exemplifies the principles on which both institutions are based,” said Mrs. Rennert, President of the American Friends. The Open University of Israel is Israel’s largest university. The highly ranked institution affords the military during the years of compulsory service, the large immigrant population, the disabled, the indigent, and the Yeshiva student, the opportunity to study via long-distance learning. The Open University demonstrates that the Internet is the classroom of the 21st century. Co-Chairs of the event included Baron de Rothschild, Malcolm Thomson, Patricia D. Cayne, Elie Wiesel, and Elaine Wolfensohn. |
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| Television anchor Rosanna Scotto celebrated her 50th birthday at a big party for family and friends and fellow anchors, in Southampton this past Friday. The Channel 5 news anchor’s birthday actually falls on April 27 so this party was a big surprise for the girl who proves that 50 is the new 35. |
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| Last Tuesday night Christie’s hosted a cocktail party from 7 to 9 at the maisonette of the late Pat and Bill Buckley. This was a kick-off (which is what they now call the party before the party) for the upcoming Fall Antique Show, the opening night of which will benefit the Society for the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center. |
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| “The Feather Game” was the sixth solo exhibition of artist Hunt Slonem with Marlborough Gallery. It also marks the second decade that his work has been represented by the gallery. This particular exhibit comprises 22 paintings. A native of the State of Maine, Mr. Slonem studied at the Skowhegen School of Painting and Sculpture. He has exhibited in the United States and abroad. In 2000 he was honored with a retrospective at the Centro Recoleta in Buenos Aires. His work and life were celebrated last year in the book “Pleasure Palaes: The Art & Homes of Hunt Slonem.” After the opening, there was a party hosted by the artist at his Manhattan loft. |
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