Museum
Trustee Steven
Halliwell and
spouse Anne,
a Gala
Committee
Member
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Dutch Tulips and Thanks from Board Chair Jan Adelson
to Gala Co-chairs Museum Trustee Susan Fraysse Russ, left, and Denise Wiggins
Christina and
Robert Weisz
Gala
2009
Yonkers Mayor
Philip A. Amicone,
spouse Kay, and
Gala Committee
Member
Astrid Amaya
Liz and Tony
Tortorella.
Susan Fraysse
Russ, center
DUTCH NEW YORK
A Hudson Valley Celebration and a Preview
June 12
New York State Senator Andrea Stewart-Cousins
and Museum Trustee Matthew Lifflander
Irene
and
Martin
Ginsburg
Balint, left,
Museum Trustee Andrew
Spitzer, a Gala
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and wife Florence; Bev
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Museum Trustee
and Gala
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Debra A. Blair,
and spouse
Richard deBart
Westchester C
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Ken Jenkins, a
Gala Honorar
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and spouse D
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Denise Wiggi
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Tableaux — Our Dutch Roots
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Ken Jenkins
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Auction of over 80
Honors
All
Around
Brenda Resnick Spano, Westchester County’s
First Lady and the county’s Child Care
Advocate thanks the Museum for Peonies by
George Stengel, an archival print of her
favorite painting.
Ferdinand Dorsman, General
Director of Cultural Affairs
from the Netherlands
Consulate General, New
York speaks to the links
between Holland and
New York, as country and
state celebrate 400 years
of enduring friendship.
Before a portrait of New Netherland’s historic governor Peter Stuyvesant, Jan Adelson
presents the Isidore Konti Medal to Gala honoree J. William Middendorf II, former
Ambassador to the Netherlands and a Secretary of the Navy. The Museum’s Medal is
a recognition of individuals who have made signal contributions to the arts and the
arts community.
Bidding and Benefiting
the Museum
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Gregory Allan Cramer
Dore Hammond,
Museum Trustee
Howard Godel, and
Jim Normile
Elizabeth and
Richard Fitzge
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Westchester County Legislator Jose Alvarado
and wife Karla
Hands Up for Junior
Docent Scholarships