New-York Historical Society Weekend with History Gala
Jim Dale, Gordon Wood, Christopher Hitchens, Paul Goldberger and Louise
Mirrer.
N-YHS
president and CEO Louise Mirrer, Board of Trustees
chair Roger Hertog and Chairman's Council
chair Pam B. Schafler hosted a gala reception kicking
off the annual Weekend with History on
Friday, April 4 at the New-York Historical Society. The event
had 180 guests and raised over $1.7 million for the Society.
During cocktails, there were informal remarks by Gordon
Wood, Paul Goldberger and Christopher
Hitchens with a special reading by Jim Dale.
At dinner, Daniel Walker Howe was presented with
the annual New-York Historical Society American History Book Prize.
In addition to noted historians Debbie Applegate, Thomas Bender,
Harold Holzer and Seth Kaller, guests included Irene and Bernard
Schwartz, Pam and Scott Schafler, Ric Burns, Andrew
Ferguson, Eric Gibson, David D. Ho, Marjorie and Gurnee
Hart, Barbara and Kenneth T. Jackson, Edward P. Jones,
Pat and John Klingenstein, Nancy Newcomb and John
Hargraves, Michael Oreskes, Lisa Phillips, David Redden, George Rupp,
Benno C. Schmidt, Peter Silver, Rosalind P. Walter, Leah and Michael
Weisberg, G. Edward White and Hope and Grant
Winthrop.
