Henry and Elizabeth Segerstrom

The Waldorf=Astoria, Starlight Roof

Honoring Henry T. Segerstrom

On Monday, June 7, Carnegie Hall presented
Henry T. Segerstrom with the Fourth Annual Medal of Excellence. Mr. Segerstrom’s acceptance of this award follows the recent launch of the Segerstrom Center for the Arts’s bi-coastal partnership in presenting major festivals with Carnegie Hall. This represents the first time in its 120-year history that the Hall has partnered with a performing arts center outside New York.

The Carnegie Hall Medal of Excellence honors an executive whose accomplishments in the corporate sector complement Carnegie Hall’s stature as one of the premier performance venues in the world. At the Gala, Clive Gillinson, Carnegie Hall’s Executive and Artistic Director, presented Mr. Segerstrom with a Proclamation declaring June 7 Segerstrom Center for the Arts Day in New York.

Attended by over 350 guests from both coasts, the Gala raised $1.5 million for artistic initiatives and the education programs of the Weill Music Institute at Carnegie Hall. The event was held at The Waldorf=Astoria’s Starlight Roof, and included a special performance by mezzo-moprano Denyce Graves and pianist Warren Jones.

1. On June 7, 2010, Carnegie Hall proudly presented Henry T. Segerstrom with the Fourth Annual Medal of Excellence award for his achievements in both the corporate sector and the arts. The gala took place in the Starlight Roof of The Waldorf=Astoria.
2. Carnegie Hall Trustee and Honoree Henry T. Segerstrom, Elizabeth Segerstrom, Carnegie Hall Trustee and award presenter Terry J. Lundgren, Chairman of Carnegie Hall’s Board of Trustees Sanford I. Weill, Joan Weill, Carnegie Hall Executive and Artistic Director Clive Gillinson.
3.Clive Gillinson, Sherry Lansing, and architect Cesar Pelli.
4. Gala attendees Hal Jacobs, Lindsey Jacobs, Joan Jacobs, Deborah Jacobs, and Irwin Jacobs.
5. Elizabeth Segerstrom, actor Michael York, Carnegie Hall Trustee Judy Zankel.
6. Terry J. Lundgren, soprano and Carnegie Hall Trustee Renee Fleming, Sanford I. Weill, Elizabeth Segerstrom, and honoree and Henry T. Segerstrom.
7. Judy Zankel, artist Tim Jessel, and Renee Fleming.
8. Henry T. Segerstrom and Andrea Grant.
9. Elizabeth Segerstrom and director Billy Friedkin.
10. Anton Segerstrom, Andrea Grant, and Toren Segerstrom.
11. Sherry Lansing, mezzo-soprano Denyce Graves, and Robert Montgomery.
12. Pamela Baxter, Henry T. Segerstrom, and Karen Watkins.
13. Mezzo-soprano Denyce Graves performs “Mon coeur s'ouvre a ta voix” from “Samson et Dalila.”

14. Chairman of Carnegie Hall’s Special Events Committee and Carnegie Hall Trustee Laura H. Pomerantz, Henry T. Segerstrom, and Bruno Laguardia.
15. Kaly and Dean Corey.
16. S.L. Huang, Tiffany Huang, and Betty Huang.
17. Linda Beimfohr, Moira Kamgar, Pamela Hoefflin, and Elizabeth Segerstrom.
18. Deborah Gunn Downing and Donna Bunce.
19. Steven Kong, Chris Gialanella, Kedric Francis, and Richard Martin.
20. Ann Bialkin, Carnegie Hall Trustee Kenneth Bialkin, and Arlene Shuler.
21. Joan Weill, Sanford I. Weill, Alvin Ailey dancers Linda Celeste Sims and Glen Allen Sims.
22. Gordon Clune, Elizabeth An, Colleen Rein, Gary Rein, and Lucia Gordon.
23. David Levine, Matthew Brooks, and Christian Stroble.
24. Elizabeth Segerstrom, Henry T. Segerstrom, Roberta Myers, and Frank Michielli.
25. Clive Gillinson announces that Mayor Bloomberg has proclaimed June 7 Segerstrom Center for the Arts Day.
26. Henry T. Segerstrom accepts the Carnegie Hall Medal of Excellence.
27. Clive Gillinson and Sanford I. Weill address the crowd.
28. Terry J. Lundgren presents the Carnegie Hall Medal of Excellence to Henry T. Segerstrom.
29. Terry J. Lundgren presents Henry T. Segerstrom with the Carnegie Hall Medal of Excellence.
30. Gala guests, Terry J. Lundgren and Renee Fleming, applaud honoree Henry T. Segerstrom’s achievements.