Honorees Elaine A. Langone and Kenneth G. Langone.
NYU
Langone Medical Center held its annual Violet Ball on
Wednesday, April 16, in honor of the chairman of its board of trustees
and his wife, Kenneth and Elaine Langone.
Robert I. Grossman, M.D., Dean and CEO, announced
that the Medical Center has been renamed the NYU Elaine A. and Kenneth
G. Langone Medical Center in tribute to the Langones' tireless
efforts on behalf of the Medical Center, their generosity as champions
of its mission, and their commitment to its future under its new
leadership.
The Langones have made an unprecedented $200 million donation, the
largest in the Medical Center's history. Their contribution
has already inspired additional gifts to the Medical Center, totaling
$50 million.
More than 900 guests attended the evening's celebration, held
at The Tent at Lincoln Center. The Violet Ball raised nearly $7 million
for the institution. The special evening included performances by Ann
Hampton Callaway and Barbara Cook.
Gala chair Ronald O. Perelman and Honorary chair Rudolph
W. Giuliani were in attendance.
Special guests in attendance included: New York University President John
Sexton; Vera Wang and Arthur Becker; Robin and Elliott
Broidy, Fiona and Stanley Druckenmiller;
Lori and Laurence Fink; Susan and Martin
Lipton; Barbara and Norman Eig; Ruth and Sidney
Lapidus; Julie and Edward Minskoff; Alice and Thomas
Tisch; Tracy and Stanley Shopkorn; Klara and Larry
Silverstein; Sandy and Edward Meyer; Thomas Murphy,
Suzy and Jack Welch; Phyllis and Angelo
Mozilo; Liz and Frank Blake; Lorraine and Richard
Grasso; Terry and Mel Karmazin, Elizabeth and David; and Irene and Bernard
Schwartz.
NYU Langone Medical Centeris one of the nation's
premier centers of excellence in health care, biomedical research,
and medical education. For over 167 years, NYU physicians and researchers
have made countless contributions to the practice and science of
health care. Today the Medical Center consists of NYU School of Medicine,
including the Smilow Research Center, the Skirball Institute for
Biomolecular Medicine, and the Sackler Institute of Graduate Biomedical
Sciences; the three hospitals of NYU Hospitals Center, Tisch Hospital,
a 726-bed acute-care general hospital; Rusk Institute of Rehabilitation
Medicine, the first and largest facility of its kind; NYU Hospital
for Joint Diseases, a leader in musculoskeletal care; and such major
programs as the NYU Cancer Institute, the NYU Child Study Center,
and the Hassenfeld Children's Center for Cancer and Blood Disorders.
Dean Robert I. Grossman, NYU Langone Medical Center, Kenneth G. Langone,
Tom Murphy, NYU Langone trustee, John Sexton, president of NYU Langone Medical
Center, Martin Lipton, chair of NYU Downtown.
Vera Wang and Harold S. Koplewicz, Vice Dean of External Affairs at NYU
Langone Medical Center.
Lori and George Hall, NYU Langone Medical Center trustees and daughter.
Larry and Lori Fink, NYU Langone Medical Center trustees.
Laurence Leeds, NYU Langone Medical Center trustee and Kenneth G. Langone.
Kenneth G. Langone, Elaine A. Langone, Dr. Elisabeth Cohen, and Dean
Grossman.
Photos:
Images 1-3: Juliana Thomas. Image 4-6: Lisa Berg
