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Dr. Nancy
Green, Dr.
Richard
Mayeux, Dr.
Herbert
Pardes, Dr.
Nancy Wexler.
Photo by:
Janet
Charles
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Bal du
Printemps
Parkinson’s
Disease
Foundation
Tuesday, May
10, 2011
On Tuesday,
May 10,
2011, the
Parkinson’s
Disease
Foundation
(PDF)
held its
annual
Bal du
Printemps
Gala at The
Pierre in
New York
City.
Approximately
300
supporters
attended
this yearly
Spring gala
which raised
$600,000 for
the
Parkinson’s
Disease
Foundation
and its
research
programs.
Ernie
Anastos
and
Nick Gregory,
Fox 5 News,
served as
Master of
Ceremonies
for the
evening.
This year,
Herbert
Pardes, M.D.,
President
and CEO of
NewYork-Presbyterian
Hospital,
received the
Page and
William
Black
Humanitarian
Award.
John A.
Thain,
Chairman and
CEO of CIT
Group, Inc.
was the
Dinner
Chairman.
Page Morton
Black
and
Amy Goldman
were the
Honorary
Gala
Chairmen.
Margo
Catsimatidis,
Jill Taub
Drury,
Stephanie
Goldman-Pittel,
Stevi
Gurkoff,
Karen Burke
Goulandris,
M.D., Ph.D.,
Isobel
Robins
Konecky
and
Arlene
Levine
were the
Gala
Co-Chairs.
John K.
Castle,
John
Catsimatidis
and
Alan C.
Greenberg
were the
Corporate
Co-Chairs.
Stephen M.
Ackerman,
Howard
DeWitt
Morgan,
Domna
Stanton,
Ph.D.
and
Sandra
Feagan
Stern, Ed.D.
were the
Chairmen’s
Committee.
The black
tie evening
began with a
cocktail
reception at
6:30 p.m.
followed by
dinner and
dancing at
7:30 p.m.
Every year,
philanthropic
leaders join
together at
Bal du
Printemps
to help
raise funds
to support
PDF’s
research
programs as
well as to
honor
outstanding
members of
the
community
for their
work against
Parkinson’s.
This event
has been
cultivated
over the
years by
Page Morton
Black,
Chairman of
the
PDF
Board and
wife of the
late William
Black,
founder of
PDF.
The
Parkinson’s
Disease
Foundation
is a leading
national
presence in
Parkinson’s
disease
research,
education
and public
advocacy.
Created by
William
Black,
the founder
of Chock
full o’Nuts,
a successful
New York
coffee and
restaurant
business,
PDF
was the
first
national
not-for-profit
organization
to focus on
Parkinson’s
disease.
PDF
is working
for nearly
one million
people in
the US
living with
Parkinson’s
by funding
promising
scientific
research and
supporting
people with
Parkinson’s,
their
families and
care
partners
through
educational
programs and
services.
Since its
founding in
1957,
PDF
has
dedicated
over $85
million to
fund the
research of
leading
scientists
throughout
the world
and over $34
million to
support
national
education
and advocacy
initiatives.
For
additional
information
on the
Parkinson’s
Disease
Foundation,
please visit
www.pdf.org.
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