Annual winter's eve gala sets new record for national jewish medical and research center.On December 8, many prominent members of the real estate and construction industries dined and danced throughout an enchanted en·chant tr.v. en·chant·ed, en·chant·ing, en·chants 1. To cast a spell over; bewitch. 2. To attract and delight; entrance. See Synonyms at charm. evening at the annual Real Estate Industries' Winter's Eve Dinner Dance that raised a record $2,260,200 for National Jewish. The highlight of evening at the Grand Hyatt was the awarding of the National Jewish Medical and Research Center's Humanitarian Award to Mark Walsh
Mark Walsh is an entrepreneur, venture capitalist, and political activist. , Managing Director of Lehman Brothers, where he oversees the Global Commercial Real Estate Finance Group and is Co-Head of the Lehman Brothers Real Estate Funds. Owen Thomas, Managing Director of Morgan Stanley, last year's guest of honor at the event, was inducted into the National Jewish National Council of Trustees. In addition, Seryl and Charles Kushner of the Kushner Companies received the President's Award during the dinner program. The leadership of this annual event reflected the broad support that National Jewish has enjoyed for decades from the real estate and construction industries. Thomas M. Flexner and Larry A. Silverstein served as dinner chairmen, assisted by co-chairmen James D. Kuhn, Bruce E. Mosler and Stephen B. Siegel. The honorary chairmen were Andrew S. Penson, Aby J. Rosen, Steven R. Wechsler and Steven C. Witkoff. Eugene R. Golden served as treasurer, while Hank Celestino and Peter A. Marchetto were the journal chairmen. The cosmopolitan theme for the gala evening was "Spain," which celebrated the charm of that country. The black-tie guests cheered a hearty "Salud, Espana," as they drifted through a Spanish garden complete with fountains on their way to the ballroom, which resembled an elegant and romantic Spanish hide-away. There, a multitude of flamenco dancers, matadors on stilts This article is about the poles. For the type of bird, see stilt. For other uses, see Stilts (disambiguation). Stilts are poles, posts or pillars used to allow a person or structure to stand at a certain distance above the ground. , and other costumed entertainers dazzled the guests. Once again, the exceptional Wendy Siegel helped coordinate the party arrangements, using the talents of Le Clique (mathematics) clique - A maximal totally connected subgraph. Given a graph with nodes N, a clique C is a subset of N where every node in C is directly connected to every other node in C (i.e. C is totally connected), and C contains all such nodes (C is maximal). , who provided the entertainment, and Atlas Floral Decorators. The dinner benefited National Jewish with a portion of the proceeds earmarked to help victims of September 11. National Jewish is the only medical and research center in the United States devoted entirely to respiratory, allergic and immune system immune system Cells, cell products, organs, and structures of the body involved in the detection and destruction of foreign invaders, such as bacteria, viruses, and cancer cells. Immunity is based on the system's ability to launch a defense against such invaders. diseases, including asthma, tuberculosis, emphysema emphysema (ĕmfĭsē`mə), pathological or physiological enlargement or overdistention of the air sacs of the lungs. A major cause of pulmonary insufficiency in chronic cigarette smokers, emphysema is a progressive disease that commonly , severe allergies, AIDS, cancer, and autoimmune diseases Autoimmune diseases A group of diseases, like rheumatoid arthritis and systemic lupus erythematosus, in which immune cells turn on the body, attacking various tissues and organs. Mentioned in: Complement Deficiencies, Premature Menopause such as lupus lupus (l  `pəs), noninfectious chronic disease in which antibodies in an individual's immune system attack the body's own substances. . Founded in 1899, National Jewish is a nonprofit and non-sectarian institution dedicated to enhancing prevention, treatment and cures through research, and to developing and providing innovative clinical programs for treating patients regardless of age, religion, race or ability to pay. For four years in a row, National Jewish has been ranked the number one respiratory hospital in the nation by U.S. News and World Report.
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