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Black Tie International: Cooper Union Celebrates 150th
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Cooper Union President George
Campbell Jr., Annie Leibovitz
(art honoree), Cooper Union
Chairman Ronald Drucker.
Photo by: Leo Sorel
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COOPER UNION CELEBRATES ITS 150TH
ANNIVERSARY
AT SEVENTH ANNUAL URBAN
VISIONARIES
AWARD DINNER
AND SILENT ART AUCTION
November 2, 2009
Yoko Ono; Terry J. Lundgren;
Cesar Pelli; Shirley Ann Jackson,
Ph.D.;
Leslie M. Hewitt; and Thom
Mayne Honored For Their Outstanding Contributions
to City Life
Proceeds From The Evening
Support The Cooper Union
And Its Hallmark Tradition
Of Full-Tuition Scholarships
For Every Admitted Student
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On
Monday, November 2, 2009 at 6:30 p.m. at 7 World
Trade Center,
leaders from the art, architectural, science, and
academic communities will celebrate
The Cooper Union For The Advancement of Science and
Art’s 150th anniversary
at the college’s seventh annual
Urban Visionaries Award Dinner
and
Silent Art Auction.
Urban Visionaries
awards are bestowed upon distinguished individuals
whose outstanding contributions to city life
exemplify the spirit of innovation and creative and
civic values championed by
The Cooper Union.
This year’s honorees are:
Yoko Ono,
Visual Art;
Terry J. Lundgren,
Urban Citizenship;
Cesar Pelli,
Architecture;
Shirley Ann Jackson,
Ph.D.,
Engineering & Science;
Leslie M. Hewitt
(A’00),
Emerging Talent;
and
Thom Mayne,
The Lafayette Medal.
The benefit, expected to raise
$500,000, will include a cocktail reception and
silent art auction of small works donated by
contemporary artists and architects including
honorees
Ono, Mayne and Hewitt;
Christo and Jeanne-Claude;
Jenny Holzer; Stephen Doyle; Neal Slavin; and
Seymour Chwast,
followed by
dinner and the awards presentation.
Corice Canton Arman;
Clo and Charles S. Cohen;
and Anita and Neal Slavin
will serve as Dinner Chairs.
On the evening of
November 2, in celebration of The Cooper Union’s 150th
anniversary and the Urban Visionaries, the Empire
State Building Company will use special lighting to
recognize this milestone occasion. The Cooper Union
formally opened on November 2, 1859
Please see
below for ticket information.
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WHAT:
The Cooper Union For The Advancement
of Science and Art
celebrates its 150th Anniversary at its
Urban Visionaries Awards Dinner
and Silent Art Auction.
Honorees include Terry J.
Lundgren;
Yoko Ono;
Cesar Pelli;
Shirley Ann Jackson, Ph.D.;
Leslie M. Hewitt
(A’00); and Thom Mayne.
WHERE:
7 World Trade Center a/k/a 250
Greenwich Street, New York, NY 10007
WHEN:
Monday, November 2, 2009
TICKETS:
To purchase tickets, visit
http://www.cooper.edu/urbanvisionaries/Welcome.html.
Click on the “Participation Form” link to the left
and download the form.
Fax the completed
form to 212-353-4327 or mail it to:
Urban Visionaries
Award Dinner & Silent Auction
The Cooper Union for the Advancement
of Science and Art
30 Cooper Square, 8th Floor
New York, NY 10003
Single tickets range
from $500-$5,000; tables of 10 from 5,000 - $50,000,
with an opportunity to host an artist.
INFO: For further
information, please call 212.353.4106 or e-mail
uv@cooper.edu.
The Cooper Union
for the Advancement of Science and Art is a
distinguished private college of art, architecture
and engineering founded in 1859 by Peter Cooper, an
inventor, industrialist and philanthropist. Since
its founding, all admitted students have received
full-tuition scholarships.
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