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Chelsea Clinton to be Honored at the
New-York Historical Society’s Annual
Strawberry Festival
New York, NY, – The New-York Historical
Society will present Chelsea Clinton with the
History Makers Medal
on Tuesday, May 8, as it holds its annual
Strawberry Festival benefit luncheon. The event, celebrating
women in philanthropy, will take place from noon to 1:30
p.m. at the New-York Historical Society, 170 Central Park
West at 77th Street.
Lesley Stahl, 60 Minutes News
Correspondent, will make special introductory remarks and
Dolley Madison biographer Catherine Allgor will make keynote
remarks in commemoration of the bicentennial of the War of
1812.
Ms. Clinton joins a list
of outstanding women who have been honored at the Strawberry
Festival. Past recipients of the distinguished service award
include Hillary Clinton,
Kirsten Gillibrand,
Michelle Obama, Anna Quindlen, Lesley Stahl, Christine Quinn
and Wendy Wasserstein.
Chelsea Clinton has worked at McKinsey & Company and Avenue
Capital and studied at Stanford, Oxford and Columbia
Universities. She is currently pursuing a doctorate at
Oxford, working at New York University and working with the
Clinton Foundation and the Clinton Global Initiative. Her
recent professional and academic work, including her
publications, has focused on questions of how to improve
access around the world to relatively low-cost, high-quality
health care services for both acute and chronic needs, and
on more holistic questions of empowerment and equal rights
(in areas including health and the arts), particularly with
concern to children. Chelsea Clinton currently serves on
the boards of the Clinton Foundation, the School of American
Ballet, Common Sense Media and the Weill Cornell Medical
College. She and her husband Marc live in New York City.
The first recorded
gathering of the New-York Historical Society's Strawberry
Festival was on June 15, 1856, in Washington Square Park,
where guests enjoyed a stimulating lecture and a strawberry
feast. Proceeds from the Strawberry Festival support the
major exhibitions and education programs of the New-York
Historical Society. Strawberry
Festival tickets range from
$500 for a Friend ticket to $25,000
for luncheon Co-Chairs, which
includes seating for ten guests at the “History Maker”
table. For tickets or more
information, please call Barbi Zakin at
212-744-0799 or e-mail
barbiz@aol.com. Media
RSVP is required.
The New-York Historical Society reopened on November 11,
2011, following a three-year, multi-million-dollar
renovation project. Its transformed landmark building on
Central Park West includes the new DiMenna Children’s
History Museum, the only museum for children dedicated to
American history.
About the New-York Historical Society
The New-York Historical Society, one of America’s
pre-eminent cultural institutions, is dedicated to fostering
research and presenting history and art exhibitions and
public programs that reveal the dynamism of history and its
influence on the world of today. Founded in 1804, the
New-York Historical Society has a mission to explore the
richly layered history of New York City and State and the
country, and to serve as a national forum for the discussion
of issues surrounding the making and meaning of history.
The New-York Historical Society is recognized for engaging
the public with deeply researched and far-ranging
exhibitions, such as Alexander Hamilton: The Man Who Made
Modern America; Slavery in New York; Nature
and the American Vision: The Hudson River School at
the New-York Historical Society; Grant and Lee in War
and Peace; Lincoln and New York; The Grateful
Dead: Now Playing at the New-York Historical Society;
Nueva York; and Revolution! The Atlantic World Reborn.
Supporting these exhibitions and related education programs
is one of the world’s greatest collections of historical
artifacts, works of American art and other materials
documenting the history of the United States and New York.
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