WNET.ORG,
the public media provider in New York City, held its 16th Annual Gala
Salute on May 4, 2009, at Gotham Hall, honoring author and civic
leader Meredith Brokaw, JPMorgan Chase & Co. chairman and CEO Jamie
Dimon, and Academy Award-winning actor Kevin Kline. Journalist and
SundayArts co-host Paula Zahn served as Master of Ceremonies. Each
year, the Annual Gala Salute celebrates individuals who have made a
notable commitment to the vitality of public television in the New
York region and across America.
Barbara Dalio and Ray Dalio, James B. Lee, Jr., Ann Tenenbaum and Thomas H. Lee, Cheryl Milstein and Philip Milstein, Merryl H. Tisch and James S. Tisch, Maureen White, Natasha Ziff and Dirk Ziff were Dinner Chairs.
Past honorees have included: Alan Alda, Julie Andrews, William F.
Baker, Antonio Banderas, Tony Bennett, Michael R. Bloomberg, Tom Brokaw,
Ken Burns, Joan Ganz Cooney, Walter Cronkite, Dorothy and Lewis Cullman,
Oscar de la Renta, Charles F. Dolan, Plácido Domingo, William
J. Flynn, Albert R. Gamper, Jr., Henry Louis Gates, Jr., William B.
Harrison, Jr., The Henson Family, Charlayne Hunter-Gault, Gwen Ifill,
Henry R. Kravis, Yo-Yo Ma, Robert MacNeil, Peter Martins, Thomas J.
Moran, Bill Moyers, Judith Davidson Moyers, George D. O'Neill, Governor
George E. Pataki, Philip J. Purcell, Steven Rattner, Elizabeth Rohatyn,
Charlie Rose, Walter V. Shipley, Michael Sovern, Sy Sternberg, Rosalind
P. Walter, William C. Weldon, Judy and Josh Weston, Elie Wiesel, and
Peter Yarrow (to name a few).
New York public media company WNET.ORG is a pioneering provider of television
and web content. The parent of THIRTEEN, WLIW21 and Creative News Group,
WNET.ORG brings such acclaimed broadcast series and websites as Worldfocus,
Nature, Great Performances, American Masters, Charlie Rose, Wide Angle,
Secrets of the Dead, Religion & Ethics Newsweekly, Visions, Consuelo
Mack WealthTrack, Wild Chronicles, Miffy and Friends, and Cyberchase
to national and international audiences. Through its wide range of channels
and platforms, WNET.ORG serves the entire New York City metro area with
unique local productions, broadcasts and innovative educational and cultural
projects. In all that it does, WNET.ORG pursues a single, overarching
goal - to create media experiences of lasting significance for New York,
America and the world.
