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The
table settings in the Milstein Hall of Ocean Life. 7:35
PM. Photo: JH.
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Last night at the American Museum of Natural History, they held their
annual Founders Dinner with cocktails in the Theodore Roosevelt Rotunda,
followed by dinner by dinner in the Milstein Hall of Ocean Life where
the great whale flies permanently above the guests.
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President
of the AMNH Ellen Futter and her daughter
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The point of
the dinner is to honor those who have helped shape the museum’s legendary history. This black tie gala included the
unveiling of the museum’s new Founder Corridor – the
hallway between the Alceley Hall of African Mammals and the Rotunda
on the second floor.
The Corridor will feature the names of the original
founders as well as those whose generous support has sustained the
founders’ vision of an institution committed to furthering
research and education.
Opening remarks were made by Theodore Roosevelt IV,
great-great-grandson of the first Theodore, the 26th President of
the United States. Lewis Bernard, chairman of the
board of trustees gave a presentation of the museum’s history,
and the museum’s president Ellen Futter talked
about the museum’s future, as well as announcing the launch
of a fund-raising program with a goal of raising $850,000,000 for
an enormous program of development and building.
The museum is and has long been a mecca and a haven for millions of
children
of all ages as well as those of us who’ve never lost the childhood curiosity
and wonder about life. Its “founders” demonstrate an extra-special
dedication because unlike its sister across the Park, the AMNH is about the natural
universe that preceded the ego and the politics of the human condition. Any daytime
(and especially the weekend) when its hallowed halls are rife with sounds of
children’s voices of delight and enthusiasm and the patter of their energetic
feet, is the affirmation of this timeless truth. |
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Pamela Miller
and Bob Zimmerman
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Catherine,
Andrew, and Ann Sidamon-Eristoff
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Dick
Gilder and Ellen Futter
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L.
to r.: Linda Debow and Claire Potter; Norma
Hess, Fred and Irene Klingenstein, and Ellen Futter.
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Boker
Doyle
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Lewis
Bernard, Linda Cahill, Ed Koch, and Gary Zarr
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Ann
Sidamon-Eristoff with
Paul and Irma Milstein
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Ellen
Futter and Richard Parsons
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Myles
Gordon and Helane Kaplan
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Charles
and Sally Morgan
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Sandy
Rose and Lewis Bernard
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Constantine
and Ann Sidamon-Eristoff
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Jonathan
Rose, Ellen Futter, Lewis Bernard, and Diana Rose
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Karen
and Richard LeFrak with Melinda Blinken
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Jeremy
Diamond and Alex Lebenthal with Ellen Futter
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Roland
Betts and Connie Spahn
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Connie
Spahn, Lois Betts, and Candace Beinecke
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Lynn
Sherr and friend
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Charlie
Dana and Norman Dana
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Milstein
Hall of Ocean Life.
7:35 PM.
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