April 17, 2008

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NYU Langone Medical Center
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NYU LANGONE MEDICAL CENTER’S VIOLET BALL HONORS CHAIRMAN OF BOARD & WIFE

Elaine & Kenneth Langone contribute unrestricted $200 Million Gift

New York, April 17, 2008 — NYU Langone Medical Center held its annual Violet Ball on Wednesday, April 16, 2008, in honor of the chairman of its board of trustees and his wife, Kenneth and Elaine Langone.

Robert I. Grossman, M.D., dean and CEO, announced that the Medical Center has been renamed the NYU Elaine A. and Kenneth G. Langone Medical Center in tribute to the Langones’ tireless efforts on behalf of the Medical Center, their generosity as champions of its mission, and their commitment to its future under its new leadership.

The Langones have made an unprecedented $200 million donation, the largest in the Medical Center’s history. Their contribution has already inspired additional gifts to the Medical Center, totaling $50 million.

More than 900 guests attended the evening’s celebration, held at The Tent at Lincoln Center. The Violet Ball raised nearly $7 million for the institution. The special evening included performances by Ann Hampton Callaway and Barbara Cook.

Gala Chair Ronald O. Perelman and Honorary Chair Rudolph W. Giuliani were in attendance.

Special guests in attendance included: New York University President John Sexton; Vera Wang and Arthur Becker; Robin and Elliott Broidy, Fiona and Stanley Druckenmiller; Lori and Laurence Fink; Susan and Martin Lipton; Barbara and Norman Eig; Ruth and Sidney Lapidus; Julie and Edward Minskoff; Alice and Thomas Tisch; Tracy and Stanley Shopkorn; Klara and Larry Silverstein; Sandy and Edward Meyer; Thomas Murphy,  Suzy and Jack Welch; Phyllis and Angelo Mozilo; Liz and Frank Blake; Lorraine and Richard Grasso; Terry and Mel Karmazin, Elizabeth and David; and  Irene and Bernard Schwartz..

A leading philanthropist and a major figure in business and finance, Kenneth Langone is best known as co-founder of the world’s largest home improvement retailer, Home Depot, a director of the New York Stock Exchange, and founder of the brokerage and investment banking firm Invemed. He has been a trustee of New York University since 1997 and chairman of the Medical Center’s Board of Trustees since 1999.

Mrs. Langone, a philanthropist in her own right, is extremely active in the nonprofit community. She serves on the boards of the Boys’ Club of New York, the Animal Medical Center, and Raymond Kravis Center for the Performing Arts (West Palm Beach, FL). She formerly served on the boards of Family Services, Franciscan Sisters of the Poor Foundation, and the Children’s Advocacy Center of Manhattan.

ABOUT NYU LANGONE MEDICAL CENTER
NYU Langone Medical Center is one of the nation's premier centers of excellence in health care, biomedical research, and medical education.  For over 167 years, NYU physicians and researchers have made countless contributions to the practice and science of health care.  Today the Medical Center consists of NYU School of Medicine, including the Smilow Research Center, the Skirball Institute for Biomolecular Medicine, and the Sackler Institute of Graduate Biomedical Sciences;  the three hospitals of NYU Hospitals Center, Tisch Hospital, a 726-bed acute-care general hospital; Rusk Institute of Rehabilitation Medicine, the first and largest facility of its kind; NYU Hospital for Joint Diseases, a leader in musculoskeletal care; and such major programs as the NYU Cancer Institute, the NYU Child Study Center, and the Hassenfeld Children’s Center for Cancer and Blood Disorders. 

Above: Robert I. Grossman, M.D., Dean & CEO, NYU Langone Medical Center; Martin Begun; Elaine A. Langone; and Kenneth G. Langone, Chairman, Board of Trustees, NYU Langone Medical Center.
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