
Rick Tannenbaum, chairman of the MRIC; Mary J.C. Hendrix, PhD, president
and scientific director of Children's Memorial Research Center; and Pat
Magoon, president and CEO of Children's Memorial Hospital.
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On
December 8, the Medical Research Institute
Council (MRIC) which supports research
initiatives at Children's Memorial
Hospital held its 2007 Children's
Ball at the Hyatt Regency Chicago. Lisa
Lewis and Jenny Patinkin were
co-chairs for this year's ball, which attracted
a crowd of more than 1,200 guests.
The Children's Ball caps off the year-long
fundraising campaign of the Medical Research Institute
Council (MRIC) which is a principal benefactor
of the Children's Memorial Research Center,
one of a handful of free-standing centers in the
nation dedicated solely to pediatric research.
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Co-chairs Jenny Patinkin and Lisa Lewis, with the alien band and alien
guests.
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Co-chairs for 2008 Emily Emmerman and Meredith Bluhm-Wolf.
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Beth and Randy Gross. |

Bill and Joan Brodsky, Loretta and Sen. Dick Durbin.
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Ill. State Sen. Don and Teresa Harmon and Honey and Sam Skinner.
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Anne and Zach Lazar and Nancy Berberian.
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Captain Jim Lovell of Apollo 13 and Mary J.C. Hendrix, PhD.
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Marilyn Freund and David Anderson.
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Jackie Friedman, Shelly and Debbie Friedman.
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Gwen Callans and Biff Ruttenberg.
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Rick Tannenbaum, and his wife Ellen Distelheim.
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Patrick Dati, Jaqueline Jackson and Eric Himel.
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Brad Griffith and Tiffani Kim.
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Valerie Conn and Bill Budinger.
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Karen Segal and Betsey Pinkert.
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Marilyn and Larry Fields.
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Co-chair Lisa Lewis with daughter Lainey and husband Ray.
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Phoebe, Lila and Olivia Patinkin. |

Liesel Brown.
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Orren Pickell. |

JoAnn and Marshall Eisenberg.
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Ronna and Steve Zoll.
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Ron and Ellen Saslow.
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Michelle and Corey Harris.
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| Photos:
Garbo Productions |
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