Dr. Robert E. Wittes, MSKCC
physician-in-chief,
Dr. and Mrs.
Alan N. Houghton |
MEMORIAL
SLOAN-KETTERING
Deserving
Individuals Get
Awards
for Excellence
Story
by Roger Webster
Photos
by Mary Hilliard
 HE
Society of Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center presented their
2002 Awards for Excellence at a black-tie dinner/dance for 250
guests at the Plaza Hotel. The event raised $740,000 to support the
society’s patient care and environmental projects as well as its
research and education programs.
Sandy
Warner presented
the 2002 Award for Excellence in Corporate Leadership to Louis V.
Gerstner, Jr., IBM chairman and chief executive officer.
Dr.
Harold Varmus, president and CEO of Memorial Sloan-Kettering
Cancer Center, presented the 2002 Award for Excellence in Medicine
to Dr. Alan N. Houghton,
chairman of MSKCC’s Immunology Department and chief of the
Clinical Immunology Service.
Joan Rivers and Carroll Petrie |
The
Society’s president Laurie Carson presented the Award for
Excellence in Philanthropy to Carroll Petrie, a member of The
Society’s advisory council and served a member of MSKCC’s board
of overseers since 1982 and board of managers since 1984.
In
1983, Carroll and her late husband Milton endowed the Carroll
and Milton Petrie Magnetic Resonance Imaging Unit and the Carroll
and Milton Petrie Chair.
The
elegant evening, produced by Susan Bell Events, was enhanced by the
music of Bob Hardwick’s orchestra. There were party
favors by Chanel and the engraved silver award trays were by Asprey
& Garrard.
Co-chair
Coco Kopelman noted the work the volunteers and members do
throughout the hospital and the fundraising that was able to provide
for such things as the recent renovation of the patient waiting
rooms.
Patsy Warner, Laurie Carson and
Coco Kopelman. |
Co-Chair
Patsy Warner commented on the charming spring flower gardens Ron
Wendt designed for each table. She said the daffodils would be
sent over to Bette Midler’s New York Restoration Project to
be planted around the city.
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