More than $2.1 million raised at annual Real Estate and Construction Industries" "A Winter's Evening" dinner dance.John R. Klopp, a founder as well as President, CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. , and a member of the Board of Directors of Capital Trust, Inc., was the evening's honoree as he received the National Jewish Medical and Research Center National Jewish Medical and Research Center is a research institute located in Denver, Colorado specializing in respiratory, immune and allergic research and treatment. It was founded in 1899 to treat tuberculosis, and is today considered one of the world's best medical research 2005 Humanitarian Award on December 10 during the high-flying Real Estate and Construction Industries' Winter's Eve Gala at the Grand Hyatt New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of . Capital Trust, is one of the leading providers of "mezzanine" capital to the real estate industry. Marc Holliday, President and CEO of SL Green Realty Corp. presented the award to Mr. Klopp. Also during the event, John Z. Kukral, last year's Humanitarian Award honoree who is now the President of Northwood Investors, was inducted into the Council of National Trustees. The event, which raised $2,124,520, established the John R. and Karen K. Klopp Fund for Childhood Asthma and Environmental Research at National Jewish Medical and Research Center, ranked the nation's number one respiratory hospital for the eighth consecutive year by U.S. News & World Report U.S. News & World Report Weekly newsmagazine published in Washington, D.C. U.S. News was founded in 1933 by David Lawrence (1888–1973) to cover important domestic events; he founded World Report in 1945 to treat world news. The two magazines were merged in 1948. . Le Clique provided the evening's "Around the World" theme full of the same lofty allure as the 1956 movie "Around the World in 80 Days". Trustee Wendy Siegel's exceptional leadership again produced an engaging, fun, must-attend event for the movers and shakers in the real estate industry. The dinner leadership reflected the broad support that National Jewish has enjoyed for decades from the real estate community. Thomas M. Flexner, with Bear Stearns and Owen D. Thomas, Morgan Stanley, served as Dinner Chairmen, assisted by lames D. Kuhn, Newmark; Bruce E. Mosler, Cushman and Wakefield; Peter G. Riguardi, Jones Lang LaSalle Jones Lang LaSalle (NYSE: JLL) is a major real estate and money management services firm headquartered in the Aon Center in Chicago, Illinois and the only company in its industry making it into Fortune magazine's list of the 100 Best Places to Work in the U.S. ; and Stephen B. Siegel, CB Richard Ellis CB Richard Ellis Group, Inc. NYSE: CBG is a multinational real estate corporation currently based in Los Angeles, California, U.S.A.. On December 20, 2006, the corporation, also known as CBRE, completed acquisition of Trammell Crow Co. in a transaction valued at $2. . Honorary Chairmen were Jeffrey B. Citrin, Blackacre Capital Management; Marc Holliday, SL Green Realty; Mark R. Patterson, Merrill Lynch; and Larry A. Silverstein, Silverstein Properties. Treasurer was Stephen D. Plavin, Capital Trust and Journal Chairmen were Joseph G. Bellina, Newmark and Donald E. Huffner, Jr., Equity Office. 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 such as lupus. Founded in 1899, National Jewish is a nonprofit and nonsectarian 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. |
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