NEW-YORK HISTORICAL SOCIETY
TO KICK OFF ITS SIXTH ANNUAL
WEEKEND WITH HISTORY
EVENT
WITH A
GALA BLACK-TIE DINNER ON
FRIDAY, APRIL 8
Ron Chernow to Receive the
2011 American History Book Prize
WHAT:
Presentation
of the $50,000 American History Book Prize at the
gala black-tie dinner that opens Weekend With History,
the exclusive, high-level annual gathering organized by the
Chairman's Council of the New-York Historical Society.
WHO: Roger Hertog,
Chairman of the
Historical Society, will present the 2011 award to author
Ron Chernow in recognition of his book
Washington: A Life (Penguin Press, 2010)
WHERE: Metropolitan Club
1 East 60th Street
WHEN: Friday, April 8, 2011
6:00 pm: cocktails in the Great Hall
7:00 pm: dinner in the West Lounge
HONORARY CO-CHAIRS: Akhil Reed Amar, Joyce Appleby,
Debby Applegate, Sven Beckert, Thomas Bender, David Blight, Douglas
Brinkley, Ric Burns, David Cannadine, Robert A. Caro, Ron
Chernow, Andrew Delbanco, Eric Foner, Henry Louis Gates,
Jr., Doris Kearns Goodwin, John Steele Gordon, Harold Holzer,
Daniel Walker Howe, Kenneth T. Jackson, Edward P. Jones,
David Kennedy, Jill Lepore, Pauline Maier, Steven Mintz,
David Nasaw, Cokie Roberts, Simon Schama, Stacy Schiff,
Benno C. Schmidt, Russell Shorto, Peter Silver, Jean Edward
Smith, Lesley Stahl, Robert A.M. Stern, Richard Sylla, Sean
Wilentz, Gordon Wood