On
Thursday, April 24, the American Museum of Natural History
(AMNH) held its 18th Annual Spring Environmental Lecture
and Luncheon at the museum. Lynn Sherr, correspondent
for ABC News 20/20 moderateda panel that included Dr.
Jeremy Jackson, William E. and Mary B. Ritter Professor
of Oceanography at Scripps Institution of Oceanography, featured
in Leonardo DiCaprio's new documentary, The 11th Hour; Dr.
Jane Lubchenco, Wayne and Gladys Valley Professor of Marine
Biology and Distinguished Professor of Zoology at Oregon State University;
and Sam Waterston,actor and member
of the board of Oceana. Suzanne Cochran, Veronique Pittman,
Mary C. Solomon, and Constance Spahn served
as event co-chairmen.
Guests includedMuseum president Ellen
V. Futter, Laura Baudo Sillerman, Natasha Ziff, Julie Anderson,
Devon Briger, Susan Rudin, Ann Tenenbaum, Judy Weston, Jane Williams,
Laura Blankfein, Meredith Brokaw, Nancy A. Garvey, Jane Hartley,
Katheryn P. Kempner, Stacy R. Lane, Mrs. Henry B. Middleton, Gillian
Miniter, Valerie S. Peltier, Lisa Pevaroff-Cohn, Robert Pittman,
Susan S. Wallach, Peggy Brim Bewkes, Kathryn Collins, Lucy C. Danziger,
Kirsten Feldman and Peggy Anderson, Karen Klopp,
Ellen Breslow Newhouse, Sibyl R. Golden, Norma W. Hess, Holly Lipton,
Phyllis Mailman, Bethany Millard, Liz Peek, Fiona Rudin, Catherine
Sidamon-Eristoff, Diana L. Taylor, Mrs. Charles A. Dana, Jr., Jodie
Eastman, Sanford B. Ehrenkranz, Dayssi Olarte de Kanavos, Erica
Karsh, Nicole Miller, Nancy Offit, Sarah O'Hagan, Alison
Overseth, Nancy C. Paduamo, Suzanne F. Peck, Sara Lee Schupf, Lydia
Biddle Thomas, Barbara Tober, Claude Wasserstein, Dr. Janet J.
Asimov, Barbara and Bertram Cohn, Mrs. Benjamin
M. Rosen, Pat Rosenwald, Nancy Biddle, Susan Cohn, Elaine Conway,
Meera Gandhi, Holly Heston Rochell, Renee Rockefeller, and Laura
B. Whitman.
Panelist Dr. Jeremy Jackson, Sam Waterston, Dr. Jane Lubchenco, moderator
Lynn Sherr, and Museum president Ellen V. Futter.
Chair Mary Solomon, Lynn and panelist Sam Waterston, and chairs Constance
Spahn and Suzanne Cochran.
