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Ellen and Jim Marcus with Roy Goodman
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Erika Aron, Gladys George and
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LENOX HILL HOSPITAL
Celestial Stardust Gala
A Heavenly Success
Story by Edward T. Callaghan
Photos by Brad Hess
 NDER the direction of a team of
creative co-chairs Kay and John McEnroe and Judy
and Will Hiltz, and dinner chair Caroline A. Davis,
the Waldorf-Astoria’s Grand Ballroom was transformed into a
cosmic fantasyland for the Lenox Hill Hospital Stardust Ball. The
Milky Way setting, aglow with glittering stars and comets, was the
perfect backdrop for this heavenly celebration of the hospital's
dedicated doctors, nurses and staff.
It was also the ideal setting for the
acknowledgment of the hospital’s stars, the recipients of its
prestigious Medal of Distinction. Five stellar New Yorkers were
singled out for this honor: Erika K. Aron and Barbara W.
Kummel for Volunteer Leadership, Theodore L. Sann for
Creative Excellence, Dr. Armando E. Grassi for Medical
Excellence, Senator Roy M. Goodman for Community Service
and Mike Wallace for Excellence in Journalism.
For the second year, Patrick Bonomo’s
Epicurean Productions played brilliantly on the event’s theme
with a dazzling display of conjurers, wizards, psychics and card
readers to the delight of the bejeweled and begowned audience.
President Gladys George was thrilled with
the $ 2.4 million raised for emergency care and community
programs.
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