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New-York Historical Society’s Annual
History Makers Gala
Monday, November 7, 2011
On Monday, November 7, 2011 the
New-York Historical Society presented Dr. Henry Kissinger
and James Chanos with the distinguished 2011 History Makers
Award at the Waldorf-Astoria during its annual History
Makers Gala. The theme of the evening was China: An
Evening With The Experts which featured a discussion
between Dr. James Kissinger and noted historian Dr. John
Lewis Gaddis.
The money raised will benefit the
programs of the New-York Historical Society, including major
exhibitions and educational programs on American history.
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Event:
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History Makers Gala
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When: |
Monday, November 7, 2011
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Location: |
Waldorf-Astoria Starlight Roof
301 Park Avenue, 18th Floor
New York, NY 10022
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Co-Chairs: |
Helen Appel, James A. Chanos, Ravenel B. Curry III,
Elizabeth B. Dater, Diana and Joe DiMenna, Buzzy
Geduld, Richard Gilder, Martin J. Gross, Roger
Hertog, Patricia Klingenstein, Bernard Schwartz, Sue
Ann Weinberg.
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Who: |
Honorable guests include Carl Bernstein, Happy
Rockefeller, Pete Peterson, Bob and Ina Caro, Joe
and Diana DiMenna, Roger and Susan Hertog, Harold
and Edith Holzer and Bernard and Irene Schwartz.
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Honorees: |
Dr. Henry Kissinger,
a Nobel Peace Prize winner, served as Secretary of
State and US National Security Advisor under Richard
Nixon and Gerald Ford in the 1970s. His diplomatic
relations during his years in office with the Soviet
Union, China and Vietnam remain important historical
moments to be studied and remembered. Kissinger
currently serves as a member of the Defense Policy
Board and is the Chairman of Kissinger Associates,
an international consulting firm.
James Chanos,
a New York City based hedge-fund manager, is known
for his innovate short-selling investment strategy
and talent for finding overvalued stock. He was one
of the first people to identify the overstating of
Enron’s earnings in late 2000, and was very
successful throughout the next year as he short sold
their stock based on his early knowledge of
problematic Enron corporation, an important event in
American economic history. His celebrated short-sale
of Enron shares was dubbed by Barron’s as
“the market call of the decade, if not the past
fifty years.” Chanos is currently the managing
Partner of Kynikos Associates LP. |
About the New-York Historical Society
Founded in 1804, the New-York Historical Society has a
mission to explore the richly layered history of New York
City and State and the country, and to serve as a national
forum for the discussion of issues surrounding the making
and meaning of history.
New York Historical is recognized for engaging the public
with deeply researched and far-ranging exhibitions, such as
Alexander
Hamilton: The Man Who Made Modern America; Slavery in New
York; Nature and the American Vision: The Hudson River
School at the New-York Historical Society; Grant and Lee in
War and Peace;
Lincoln and New
York;
The Grateful
Dead: Now Playing at the New-York Historical Society;
and Nueva
York. Supporting these exhibitions and related
education programs is one of the world's greatest
collections of historical artifacts, works of American art,
and other materials documenting the history of the United
States and New York.
www.nyhistory.org
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