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Black Tie International:
Black Alumni of Pratt Celebrate
Their 20th Anniversary
At The Four Seasons
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Black Alumni of
Pratt Celebrate
Their
20th Anniversary
At the Four Season
Restaurant
An Evening Honoring
“The Creative
Spirit”
Photos by: - NICK
HUNT /
www.PatrickMcMullan.com
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Alex von Bidder and
Dwight Johnson |
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Annette de la Renta
and Oscar de la Renta |
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Al Roker and Deborah
Roberts |
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Cynthia Lufkin and Dan
Lufkin |
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Grace Hightower and
Robert DeNiro |
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Fe Fendi and
Alessandro Fendi |
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Joyce Dinkins and
David Dinkins |
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Eleanora Kennedy and
Gillian Miniter |
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(New York, NY) The
Black Alumni of Pratt (BAP) celebrated their 20th
Anniversary with a black tie gala at New York’s Four
Seasons restaurant. Pratt Institute is one of the
top three visual art institutions of higher
education in the nation and the only one of its kind
with a Black Alumni organization.
Cynthia and Dan Lufkin with Jane
and David Walentas were the evening’s
Co-Chairs. Gayle Atkins Perkins and Malaak
Compton-Rock were the Vice-Chairs. ABC’s
Deborah Roberts and NBC’s
Al Roker, Mr. and Mrs. in private life, were
Masters of Ceremony.
Awards were presented to Annette de la Renta,
Distinguished Patron of the Arts Award by Oscar
de la Renta; Lee Daniels, Creative Spirit Award
by Grace Hightower; Naeem Khan and Ranjana
Khan, Creative Spirit Award by Linda Fargo;
Marisa Acocella Marchetto, Distinguished Alumna
Award by Cynthia Lufkin; Peter Max, Pinnacle
Alumni in Art and Design Award by President Bill
Clinton through a video presentation assisted by
Dr. Thomas F. Schutte, President of
Pratt Institute.
During
the break for the first course, jewelry designer
Kenneth Jay Lane took to the podium in a move
that astonished everyone to announce, “When I was
honored by Pratt, I gave nothing. I apologize. So, I
would like to give $100,000 to the Black Alumni of
Pratt.”
Leading the applause were: former New York City
mayor David Dinkins and his wife Joyce;
Robert DeNiro; Maria Cuomo Cole; Fe
and Alessandro Fendi; Gayle and
Charles Atkins; Gillian and Sylvester
Miniter; Eleanora and Michael Kennedy;
Mica Ertegun; Carolyne Roehm; Amy
Fine Collins; Marcia and Richard
Mishaan; Prudence Solomon and Jerry
Inzerillo; Muffie Potter Aston; Alex
von Bidder; Lisa and David Schiff;
Felicia Taylor; Moises de la Renta;
Becca Cason Thrash; Silvano Marchetto;
Somers and Jonathan Farkas; Stewart
Lane and Bonnie Comley; Heather
Randall; Rene Slyer; Casey Ribicoff;
Eric Javits, Jr.; Eliza Reed Bolen;
Zaheen Khan; Alva Chinn; EdMundo
Huerta; Alexis Clark and Lola
Ogunnaike.
BAP was founded in 1990 to identify and advance
scholastic and professional opportunities for Pratt
alumni and talented, yet needy Pratt students of
African and Latino descent. What started as a small
group of humble Black alumni has evolved into an
organization that has raised millions of dollars to
support students who are in financial need.
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