More than $2.5 million raised at annual "winter's evening" dinner dance benefiting National Jewish Medical and Research Center.John Z. Kukral, President and 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. of Blackstone Real Estate Advisors, 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 2004 Humanitarian Award on December 11, during the 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 . Owen D. Thomas of Morgan Stanley presented the award to Mr. Kukral. Also during the event, Michael E. Pralle, President and CEO of GE Real Estate and last year's Humanitarian Award honoree, was inducted into the Council of National Trustees. The event, which raised a record $2,563,900, established the Dr. Albert J. Kukral Memorial Fund for Respiratory Infections at National Jewish Medical and Research Center, ranked the nation's number one respiratory hospital for the seventh 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 hot Latin entertainment to go with the South Beach theme. Trustee Wendy Siegel's exceptional leadership again produced an energetic, 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 Co., Inc., served as dinner chairman, assisted by James D. Kuhn, Newmark & Company Real Estate, Inc.; Bruce E. Mosler, Cushman & Wakefield, Inc.; 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 Jacques Brand, Deutsche Bank Securities Inc.; Mark R. Patterson, Citigroup Global Markets Inc.; Larry A. Silverstein, Silverstein Properties, Inc.; and Ron D. Sturzenegger, Banc or America Securities LLC (Logical Link Control) See "LANs" under data link protocol. LLC - Logical Link Control . Treasurer was Jonathan D. Gray, Blackstone Real Estate Advisors, and Journal Chairmen were Hank Celestino, Newmark & Company Real Estate, Inc., and Frank Cohen, Blackstone Real Estate Advisors. National Jewish is the only medical and research center in the United States devoted entirely to respiratory, allergic and immune system 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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