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2015 Library Dinner Supporters
Chairman’s Circle
kps Capital Partners, lp
President’s Circle
Goldman Sachs & Co.
Joanne Witty & Eugene Keilin
Pierrepont Circle
Stephen Berger &
Cynthia C.Wainwright
Allison & Tom Franco
Martha A. &
Robert S. Rubin
Karen & Sam Seymour
Corporate Sponsors
Cumberland Packing Corporation
Municipal Credit Union
Two Trees Management Co. llc
Benefactor Committee
The Baumrind Family
Kathryn & David Berg
Thomas Block &
Marilyn Friedman
Bloomberg
Bob Buckholz &
Lizanne Fontaine
Constance & Henry
Christensen III
Bill & Marj Coleman
Mary & Evan Davis
Linda S. Ferber &
Joel B. Berson
FHL Bank San Francisco
Alan H. & Judith R. Fishman
Laura & Robert Fleder
Michael Fleisher
Al Garner & Annie Paulsen
Lauren Glant &
Michael Gillespie
Patricia Glazer &
Richard Mittenthal
Georgia & Don Gogel
The Green-Wood Cemetery
Hank & Karoly Gutman
Mike Haddad
Eloise Hirsh & Herb Elish
Cas & Jessica Holloway
HR&A Advisors
Carl & SandyJ affee
Joel & Susan Leitner
The Honorable Jan M. Lodal &
Elizabeth Lodal
Maimonides Medical Center
Diane & Adam E. Max
Michael Van Valkenburgh
Associates
Richard W. & Barbara F. Moore
Paul Neuman &
Dr. Karen Binder Brynes
Eliot Nolen & Tim Bradley
Janet & David Offensend
Audra & Robin Ottaway
Nancy & Otis Pearsall
Susan & William Rifk in
Eliza & Jim Rossman
Joshua Sirefman & Sarah Kim
Gail Stone & Matt Fishbein
Tiger Baron Foundation
Earl D.Weiner
Victoria Westhead & John Levy
Barbara & Michael
Zimmerman
Additional Event Sponsors
Bouké
Brooklyn Brewery
Cowtan &Tout
List as of publication
fleursBELLA
Kravet Inc.
Waterfront Wines
Library Dinner Committee
Michael Adams
Constance L.Christensen
Allison Franco
Lauren Glant
Joel Leitner
Robin Ottaway
James E . Rossman
Samuel W. Seymour
Gina Ingoglia Weiner
Brooklyn Historical Society
Board of Trustees
James E . Rossman
Chairman
Michael Adams
Lucy Baumrind
Timothy Bradley
Robert E . Buckholz
Jacqueline Charity
William R.Coleman
Stephen Culhane
Lisa C. Detwiler
Steven Eisenstadt
Matt Fishbein
Michael Fleisher
Lauren Glant
Mike Haddad
Wes Jackson
Joel Leitner
Grace Lyu-Volckhausen
Alan Nisselson
Valerie Oliver-Durrah
Robin Ottaway
Nancy B. Pearsall
Susan K . Rifk in
Martha A . Rubin
Samuel W. Seymour
Timothy Simons
Gina Ingoglia Weiner
Norbert Weissberg
Victoria Westhead
Anne Clarke Wolff
James Laughlin
Emeritus
Deborah Schwartz
P resident
FRONT COVER [Long Island Historical Society, auditorium], ca. 1890, v1973.2.237; Photography Collection, v1973.2; Brooklyn Historical Society.
INSIDE 1. [The Long Island Historical Society], ca. 1850, v1973.6.224; Brooklyn photograph and illustration collection, ARC.201; Brooklyn Historical Society.
2. [Stacks-Long Island Historical Society], 1966, v1974.31.100; Long Island Historical Society photographs, v1974.31; Brooklyn Historical Society.
11 Annual
LIBRARY DINNER
th
Evening Program
tuesday · april 14
6–10pm
Welcome
Jim Rossman
Chairman of the Board of Trustees
Deborah Schwartz
Brooklyn Historical Society President
Honoree Award Presentation
Susan Rifkin
Joanne Witty & Eugene Keilin
We are delighted to honor Joanne Witty and Eugene Keilin for our 11th Annual
Library Dinner. Joanne and Gene are long-time residents of Brooklyn and well
known for their philanthropy and public service. Joanne led the community
planning process that created the Master Plan for Brooklyn Bridge Park and is
currently seeing it through to completion as a Director of the Brooklyn Bridge
Park Corporation. Gene, who is a Trustee of Maimonides Medical Center, was
Executive Director and Chairman of the Municipal Assistance Corporation
and Chairman of the Citizens Budget Commission. Gene also co-founded kps
Capital Partners, lp and Keilin & Co., llc.
Linda Gordon
Our distinguished speaker for the evening is Linda Gordon. Linda is University
Professor of Humanities and History at New York University and has published
three prize-winning books in a row: The Moral Property of Women, the history
of birth-control politics; Heroes of Their Own Lives, about family violence; and
Pitied But Not Entitled: Single Mothers and the History of Welfare. The Great
Arizona Orphan Abduction, about a vigilante action against Mexican-Americans,
won the Bancroft prize for best book in us history. Her biography of photographer
Dorothea Lange also won that prize, making her one of three authors ever to win
it twice. Her most recent book is the co-authored Feminism Unfinished.
Brooklyn Historical Society Trustee
to
Joanne Witty & Eugene Keilin
dinner
Introduction of
Distinguished Speaker
Jim Rossman
Special presentation by
Linda Gordon
dessert & coffee
This year’s Library Dinner is dedicated to our
dear friend and Trustee, Gina Ingoglia Weiner.
Brooklyn Historical Society’s Othmer Library is a research library comprised
of archives and manuscripts, published materials, maps, artifacts, paintings,
photographs, films, and oral histories. The library possesses a unique collection
of Brooklyn and Long Island materials which provide important insights into
our nation’s history and heritage. All proceeds from the Library Dinner benefit
Brooklyn Historical Society’s efforts to preserve, digitize, and make these
collections increasingly available to the public.
In honor of our 150th Anniversary in 2013, Brooklyn Historical Society created
a campaign for a dynamic future of growth, relevancy, and innovation. Through
ground-breaking research; a new focus on 21st century collecting; an increased
roster of exhibits, public programs and educational offerings; and burgeoning
services to students, educators, scholars and the general public, the 150 th
Anniversary campaign strives to bring our vast resources and historical
treasures to expanded audiences in new and exciting ways.
Our mission is to connect the past to the present and to make the vibrant history
of Brooklyn tangible, relevant, and meaningful for today’s diverse communities
and for generations to come.
11 Annual
LIBRARY DINNER
th
Evening Program
tuesday · april 14
6–10pm
Welcome
Jim Rossman
Chairman of the Board of Trustees
Deborah Schwartz
Brooklyn Historical Society President
Honoree Award Presentation
Susan Rifkin
Joanne Witty & Eugene Keilin
We are delighted to honor Joanne Witty and Eugene Keilin for our 11th Annual
Library Dinner. Joanne and Gene are long-time residents of Brooklyn and well
known for their philanthropy and public service. Joanne led the community
planning process that created the Master Plan for Brooklyn Bridge Park and is
currently seeing it through to completion as a Director of the Brooklyn Bridge
Park Corporation. Gene, who is a Trustee of Maimonides Medical Center, was
Executive Director and Chairman of the Municipal Assistance Corporation
and Chairman of the Citizens Budget Commission. Gene also co-founded kps
Capital Partners, lp and Keilin & Co., llc.
Linda Gordon
Our distinguished speaker for the evening is Linda Gordon. Linda is University
Professor of Humanities and History at New York University and has published
three prize-winning books in a row: The Moral Property of Women, the history
of birth-control politics; Heroes of Their Own Lives, about family violence; and
Pitied But Not Entitled: Single Mothers and the History of Welfare. The Great
Arizona Orphan Abduction, about a vigilante action against Mexican-Americans,
won the Bancroft prize for best book in us history. Her biography of photographer
Dorothea Lange also won that prize, making her one of three authors ever to win
it twice. Her most recent book is the co-authored Feminism Unfinished.
Brooklyn Historical Society Trustee
to
Joanne Witty & Eugene Keilin
dinner
Introduction of
Distinguished Speaker
Jim Rossman
Special presentation by
Linda Gordon
dessert & coffee
This year’s Library Dinner is dedicated to our
dear friend and Trustee, Gina Ingoglia Weiner.
Brooklyn Historical Society’s Othmer Library is a research library comprised
of archives and manuscripts, published materials, maps, artifacts, paintings,
photographs, films, and oral histories. The library possesses a unique collection
of Brooklyn and Long Island materials which provide important insights into
our nation’s history and heritage. All proceeds from the Library Dinner benefit
Brooklyn Historical Society’s efforts to preserve, digitize, and make these
collections increasingly available to the public.
In honor of our 150th Anniversary in 2013, Brooklyn Historical Society created
a campaign for a dynamic future of growth, relevancy, and innovation. Through
ground-breaking research; a new focus on 21st century collecting; an increased
roster of exhibits, public programs and educational offerings; and burgeoning
services to students, educators, scholars and the general public, the 150 th
Anniversary campaign strives to bring our vast resources and historical
treasures to expanded audiences in new and exciting ways.
Our mission is to connect the past to the present and to make the vibrant history
of Brooklyn tangible, relevant, and meaningful for today’s diverse communities
and for generations to come.
2015 Library Dinner Supporters
Chairman’s Circle
kps Capital Partners, lp
President’s Circle
Goldman Sachs & Co.
Joanne Witty & Eugene Keilin
Pierrepont Circle
Stephen Berger &
Cynthia C.Wainwright
Allison & Tom Franco
Martha A. &
Robert S. Rubin
Karen & Sam Seymour
Corporate Sponsors
Cumberland Packing Corporation
Municipal Credit Union
Two Trees Management Co. llc
Benefactor Committee
The Baumrind Family
Kathryn & David Berg
Thomas Block &
Marilyn Friedman
Bloomberg
Bob Buckholz &
Lizanne Fontaine
Constance & Henry
Christensen III
Bill & Marj Coleman
Mary & Evan Davis
Linda S. Ferber &
Joel B. Berson
FHL Bank San Francisco
Alan H. & Judith R. Fishman
Laura & Robert Fleder
Michael Fleisher
Al Garner & Annie Paulsen
Lauren Glant &
Michael Gillespie
Patricia Glazer &
Richard Mittenthal
Georgia & Don Gogel
The Green-Wood Cemetery
Hank & Karoly Gutman
Mike Haddad
Eloise Hirsh & Herb Elish
Cas & Jessica Holloway
HR&A Advisors
Carl & SandyJ affee
Joel & Susan Leitner
The Honorable Jan M. Lodal &
Elizabeth Lodal
Maimonides Medical Center
Diane & Adam E. Max
Michael Van Valkenburgh
Associates
Richard W. & Barbara F. Moore
Paul Neuman &
Dr. Karen Binder Brynes
Eliot Nolen & Tim Bradley
Janet & David Offensend
Audra & Robin Ottaway
Nancy & Otis Pearsall
Susan & William Rifk in
Eliza & Jim Rossman
Joshua Sirefman & Sarah Kim
Gail Stone & Matt Fishbein
Tiger Baron Foundation
Earl D.Weiner
Victoria Westhead & John Levy
Barbara & Michael
Zimmerman
Additional Event Sponsors
Bouké
Brooklyn Brewery
Cowtan &Tout
List as of publication
fleursBELLA
Kravet Inc.
Waterfront Wines
Library Dinner Committee
Michael Adams
Constance L.Christensen
Allison Franco
Lauren Glant
Joel Leitner
Robin Ottaway
James E . Rossman
Samuel W. Seymour
Gina Ingoglia Weiner
Brooklyn Historical Society
Board of Trustees
James E . Rossman
Chairman
Michael Adams
Lucy Baumrind
Timothy Bradley
Robert E . Buckholz
Jacqueline Charity
William R.Coleman
Stephen Culhane
Lisa C. Detwiler
Steven Eisenstadt
Matt Fishbein
Michael Fleisher
Lauren Glant
Mike Haddad
Wes Jackson
Joel Leitner
Grace Lyu-Volckhausen
Alan Nisselson
Valerie Oliver-Durrah
Robin Ottaway
Nancy B. Pearsall
Susan K . Rifk in
Martha A . Rubin
Samuel W. Seymour
Timothy Simons
Gina Ingoglia Weiner
Norbert Weissberg
Victoria Westhead
Anne Clarke Wolff
James Laughlin
Emeritus
Deborah Schwartz
P resident
FRONT COVER [Long Island Historical Society, auditorium], ca. 1890, v1973.2.237; Photography Collection, v1973.2; Brooklyn Historical Society.
INSIDE 1. [The Long Island Historical Society], ca. 1850, v1973.6.224; Brooklyn photograph and illustration collection, ARC.201; Brooklyn Historical Society.
2. [Stacks-Long Island Historical Society], 1966, v1974.31.100; Long Island Historical Society photographs, v1974.31; Brooklyn Historical Society.