PCNY Member Experience Holiday 2018

PCNY Member Experience Holiday 2018

MEMBER EXPERIENCE

ISSUE 33 HOLIDAY 2018

PCNY NEWSLETTER

IN THIS ISSUE

THE CRAFT OF WRITING Jodi Picoult in Conversation with Mary Morris

FEATURED EVENT PAGE 5

Jodi Picoult

Mary Morris

ARTS & CULTURE Albert Einstein: The God Letter with Walter Isaacson PAGE 6

FEED YOUR INTELLECT Divided We Fall: Restoring the Commonweal with Hodding Carter PAGE 8

FOOD &WINE The Members’ Holiday Bash PAGE 11

AROUND THE CLUB

FROM THE

PRESIDENT Dear Member, The holidays are my favorite time of year and we have many celebrations to look forward to this season. Our Thanksgiving Buffet will be held on November 22, followed by Chef Michael’s Holiday Brunch on December 15,The Members’ Holiday Bash on December 18 and our Not Quite Christmas Eve Dinner on December 21. In addition, we look forward to the NewYear when we host our Young Alumni’s Annual InterClub Snow Ball on January 26.The Club will be bustling this winter so be sure to reserve your space early. If you need a break from shopping and sight-seeing with the family, come by the Bar & Grill for some Holiday Cheer: Complimentary Coffee, Cookies & More every Saturday in December leading up to the holidays. And while you’re out shopping, please help us give back to our neighboring communities by participating in our Annual Toys for Tots drive. It was great to see so many of you from Princeton, NYU,Williams, Columbia and other schools in attendance at the Annual Meeting on October 23.There was an informative discussion and video presentation of the new lounge/business center renovation beginning in the NewYear.We also took the time to honor six employees for their 20 years of service: Waiter Mohammed “Saleh” Ahmed,Waiter Mohammed Alin, Room Attendant Maxima Montfort,Waiter “Mosh” Ullah, Grill Chef, Edward Ventosilla andWaiter Mohammed Salam. These employees have shown great dedication and have embraced the Club as their second home working tirelessly to make the Club a better place for all of us. Our thanks and congratulations to all of them. As a gentle reminder, the holidays are an excellent time to show the Club’s employees your appreciation for their dedicated service throughout the year.The Annual Holiday Fund is shared with all Club employees.You may use the envelope provided in this issue, pick one up at the Front Desk, or email our accounting department with your gift. The holiday season provides time to reflect and give thanks. I am thankful for the opportunity to serve as the Club’s President and I would like to thank the Club’s General Manager, Jason Pallen, and his executive team, as well as the members of the President’s Council, the Board of Governors, the Advisory Board and the Club’s committees for dedicating their time and skills to help provide a rewarding and satisfying member experience. I hope you will visit during this winter season and share the Club’s festive holiday atmosphere with your family and friends. I wish you all a safe and happy holiday and best wishes for a prosperous NewYear! Cheers,

Hal Steinbrenner of the NewYorkYankees presents “The Business of theYankees” on September 20

Chef Michael Bourquin and Host Alan Segan welcome Celebrity Chef Lidia Bastianich for her special dinner at the Club

Celebrating new members at the New Member Happy Hour on September 25

Celebrity Chef, Lidia Bastianich, met with members before her dinner & signed copies of her cookbook

Chef Michael prepares Prosciutto & Fig Bruschetta for “A Special Evening with Lidia Bastianich”

President Dick Block presents 50Year Member Gregory Hess ’68 with his pin

Richard H. Block, ’73, President [email protected]

Members attend “The Business of theYankees: Insights from Hal Steinbrenner”

William & Mary’s new president, Katherine Rowe, visits PCNY

Pins presented during the 50Year Member Luncheon

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CLUBHOUSE CONNECTIONS

SPOTLIGHT ON A NEW GROUP: MILITARY GROUP JANUARY 16, 6:30PM The Military Special Interest Group would like to welcome our accomplished veterans at the Princeton Club.We aim to hold regular socials with other groups within PCNY and its members.We also plan to host regular speakers and military panels with these highly successful veterans. All PCNY members and their guests are welcome to join our upcoming featured event on November 27 (details on page 12). Our inaugural meeting will be held on January 16.This group is open to all PCNY members, veterans and non- veterans alike FOR MORE INFORMATION, CONTACT: GeneWu EMAIL: [email protected] CAREER NETWORKING FORWOMEN NOVEMBER 13, 6:00PM JANUARY 16, 6:00PM CONTACT: Elizabeth Hodur or Tecla Palli-Sandler EMAIL: [email protected] or teclafeb1 @gmail.com NOVEMBER 7, 12:00PM DECEMBER 5, 12:00PM JANUARY 2, 12:00PM CONTACT: Robert Phillips or Elizabeth Bresciani EMAIL: robertallanphillips@ve rizon.net or ebresciani@halste ad.com CALL: 917.328.0660 ( Elizabeth Bresciani) SENIORS WEDNESDAY LUNCHEON

HEALTH ANDWELLNESS GROUP NOVEMBER 15, 6:30PM CONTACT: Joyce Madee EMAIL: [email protected] STARTUP FOUNDERS GROUP NOVEMBER 13, 6:30PM We’re looking for a Co-Chair. Please contact Caleb and include your resume or background information if interested. CONTACT: H. Caleb Simmons EMAIL: [email protected]

GIVING BACK The Annual Holiday Fund

SPECIAL EVENT The Craft ofWriting: Jodi Picoult in Conversation with Mary Morris THURSDAY, DECEMBER 6, 7:30PM WINE RECEPTION, 8:00PM DISCUSSIONWITH Q&A Jodi Picoult, best-selling novelist, and acclaimed writer, Mary Morris, Picoult’s former creative writing professor at Princeton, engage in a lively conversation on the craft of writing. Jodi Picoult (’87) is ranked in the Top 10 of Princeton’s 25 most influential living alumni and has received numerous awards for her writing. She is the author of twenty-five novels including My Sister’s Keeper , Nineteen Minutes , The Storyteller, Leaving Time and the #1 million- copy best-seller, Small Great Things . Her newest book, A Spark of Light , explores another divisive issue: abortion; in this novel, ordinary lives intersect during a heart-stopping crisis at a women’s health center. Picoult also wrote five issues of the “Wonder Woman” comic book series for DC Comics. Next summer, Between the Lines , a book co-written with her daughter, Samantha van Leer, is scheduled to make its Off Broadway debut. Picoult studied with Mary Morris while at Princeton and credits Morris for launching her career. Morris, who received the GeorgeW. Perkins fellowship from the Council of the Humanities, taught CreativeWriting at Princeton from 1980 to 1993. Starting out as mentor and student, Picoult and Morris’ relationship has become a deep friendship. Morris is the author of numerous works of fiction, including the novels, Gateway to the Moon , The Jazz Palace , A Mother’s Love and House Arrest , and of nonfiction, including the travel memoir classic, Nothing to Declare: Memoirs of a Woman Traveling Alone . Both Picoult’s and Morris’ latest novels, A Spark of Light and Gateway to the Moon , will be available for purchase at this event. HostWendy Gerber. $10 for members; $20 for guests.

Show your appreciation to the PCNY employees by participating in this annual tradition.You may contribute via the envelope in this issue of The Member Experience and express your gratitude to our staff for its service and dedication throughout the year.

FRANCOPHILES RENDEZVOUS NOVEMBER 7, 6:30PM CONTACT: Vida Schreibman EMAIL: [email protected]

Jodi Picoult

Give the Gift of Membership Consider a gift of membership for your friends, colleagues, and relatives so they may join our PCNY family. Please contact the Membership Office for more information: 212.596.1240 or [email protected].

BOOK CLUB NOVEMBER 29, 6:30PM The Boys in the Boat , by Daniel James Brown JANUARY 17, 6:30PM Leonardo Da Vinci, byWalter Isaacson.

CONTACT: Jill Hurwitz, EMAIL: [email protected]

BRIDGE GROUP MEETING We’re looking for new players! Contact Sandy if you’re interested in joining. CONTACT: Sandy Kazlow CALL: 646.406.1947

Toys for Tots Make the holidays special for a needy child by participating in our annual Toys for Tots drive. PCNY will collect new, unwrapped toys until December 15.

Mary Morris

The Annual Inter-Club Snow Ball SATURDAY, JANUARY 26, 9:00PM-1:00AM PARTY, 1:00-2:30AM AFTER-PARTY All reservations become final sale on Friday, January 18. TheYoung Alumni Committee invites you to join us for our annual winter celebration as we dance the night away and mingle with our Inter-Club cohorts. Come enjoy a full open bar, hot and cold hors d’oeuvres, champagne bar and sinful dessert buffet.Then we’ll keep the party going in the Bar & Grill after hours where drinks will be available for purchase by PCNY member ID or credit card. Attire: Black tie preferred. $110 for members; $140 for guests. $165 for all reservations after Friday, January 18.

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ARTS & CULTURE NewYork offers the best of everything, so take it all in! From the Bronx to the Battery, enjoy tours, live performances and more.

An Evening of Chamber Music: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Brass Quintet TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 6:30PM CONCERT, 7:30PM WINE RECEPTION Join The Royal Oak Foundation,The Princeton Club of NewYork and the American Friends of the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra (RPO) for an evening of chamber music with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Brass Quintet. Over the years, RPO has become a byword for exceptional quality and its versatility and high standards mark it as one of today’s most forward-thinking symphony orchestras. Don’t miss this unique opportunity to not only listen to superb chamber music performed by the Principal players from the Orchestra’s brass section, but also to mingle with the players at the post-concert reception. Host Trish Belfatto. Free for members; $15 for guests. The Royal Oak Foundation,The American Friends of the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and Princeton Club of NewYork proudly co-host this event. WhatWould Dolly Do? How to Be a Diamond in a RhinestoneWorld MONDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 6:30PM WINE RECEPTION, 7:00PM DISCUSSION Dolly Parton,The Queen of Country music, runs a $650 million empire, is one of the country’s biggest literacy advocates and brings people from all walks of life together during these divisive times. How did she do it and how can anyone tap into their inner Dolly and put wings on their own dreams? Part biography, part words of wisdom and life lessons, author Lauren Marino’s latest book, What Would Dolly Do? How to Be a Diamond in a Rhinestone World , highlights the very best of the highly quotable Dolly Parton. Lauren Marino is the former founding editor and editorial director of Gotham Books, where she published multiple bestsellers and award-winning books. She is the author of Jackie and Cassini and has collaborated with celebrities, doctors, and psychologists on their books. Host Alessandra Gagliardi. Free for members; $15 for guests. Jazz trumpeter Jonathan Dely,Williams ’15, returns to theWilliams Club for a concert showcasing his world-class band, special guests, and an exciting program featuring jazz renditions of holiday favorites. Dely performs a concert as energetic as it is cool and romantic, to the delight of audiences of all ages and musical backgrounds. Jonathan Dely is an award-winning trumpet soloist from NewYork. Dely has performed at such venues as Lincoln Center, Blue Note NYC and the Highline Ballroom. He graduated with Latin honors fromWilliams College and earned his Masters from the Manhattan School of Music in 2017. $10 for members; $20 for guests. Price includes one (1) drink ticket. Cash Bar will be available for additional purchases. The Williams Club and Princeton Club of NewYork proudly co-host this event. From Mao to the Dow WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 9, 6:30PM WINE RECEPTION, 7:00PM PRESENTATION China’s fascinating and turbulent modern history is often overshadowed by its three decades of unprecedented growth. At the beginning of market reforms in 1978, China was an impoverished backwater, struggling to escape the political turmoil and economic mismanagement of the Maoist era.Today, China is the world’s second biggest economy.Yet China’s stunning transformation is as much a political one as it is economic. How will this much-vaunted “China Model” hold up amidst the mounting trade war between Beijing and Washington and what will it mean for global trade, the environment, and ultimately, the Chinese people? KellyWen is a professor of economics at Pace University where she teaches econometrics and the economic development of China. She has been featured on exclusive interviews with ABC, NBC and CNN. Host Suzanne Roth. Free for members; $15 for guests. Friday Night Holiday Jazz featuring Jonathan Dely FRIDAY, DECEMBER 7, 8:00PM - 10:00PM

FEATURED EVENT Albert Einstein:The God Letter A Conversation FeaturingWalter Isaacson and Viewing Hosted by Christie’s FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 6:30PM CONVERSATIONWITH Q&A, 7:30PM WINE RECEPTION WITH PANELISTS ANDVIEWING OF THE GOD LETTER In December, Christie’s will be auctioning Albert Einstein’s celebrated “God Letter.” Addressed to the philosopher, Eric Gutkind, the letter fuses Einstein’s thoughts on religion, his Jewish identity and his own search for meaning in life. It is considered one of the definitive statements in the religion versus science debate and is one of the most famous Einstein letters extant.To coincide with its sale, the Princeton Club in conjunction with Christie’s will host a viewing of the letter and panel of speakers featuring Einstein biographer Walter Isaacson, philosopher Rebecca Newberger Goldstein (*77) and Christie’s senior specialist Peter Klarnet. Walter Isaacson, University Professor of History at Tulane, has been CEO of the Aspen Institute, Chairman of CNN and Editor of TIME magazine. He is the author of several biographies including Leonardo da Vinci , Steve Jobs , Einstein: His Life and Universe , Benjamin Franklin: An American Life and Kissinger: A Biography . Isaacson is a graduate of Harvard College and Pembroke College of Oxford University, where he was a Rhodes Scholar. He is also Chair Emeritus of Teach for America, which recruits recent college graduates to teach in under-served communities. Rebecca Newberger Goldstein (*77) is a philosopher and novelist. Her award-winning study of the philosopher, Baruch Spinoza, has brought the 17th century figure right into the middle of the heated contemporary debate concerning science and religion. In addition to having received the MacArthur Prize, popularly known as the “genius” award, Goldstein has received the Free-Thought Heroine by the Freedom from the Religion Foundation and the Richard Dawkins Award from the Atheist Alliance of America. She graduated from Barnard College and earned her Ph.D. in Philosophy from Princeton. Peter Klarnet is the Senior Specialist for Americana, Books and Manuscripts at Christie’s. Founded in London in 1766 by James Christie, Christie’s has conducted the most celebrated auctions worldwide in over 80 categories, including all areas of fine and decorative arts, jewelry, photographs, collectibles and wine. Host Alessandra Gagliardi. Free for members; $15 for guests.

Walter Isaacson

Rebecca Newberger Goldstein

Isaacson’s book on Einstein will be available for purchase at this event. Christie’s and The Princeton Club of NewYork proudly co-host this event.

Peter Klarnet

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FEATURED EVENT DividedWe Fall: Restoring the Commonweal WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 5, 6:30PM WINE RECEPTION, 7:00PM TALK The nation is now no less divided than it was before November 8, 2016. Each side sees the other as un-American aliens.We share a land but not a commonweal. It took decades to reach this turbulent impasse and there is no overnight solution. There is, however, a way to begin. Hodding Carter III, (*57), a Princeton UniversityWoodrowWilson School graduate, has been deeply involved in public life and public affairs journalism since he went home to Mississippi from the Marines in 1959. A prize-winning newspaperman at his family’s daily during the height of the civil rights revolution, he led efforts to eliminate segregation at the 1976 Democratic National Convention, securing Mississippi’s first interracial delegation. Carter joined President Jimmy Carter’s administration as U.S Assistant Secretary of State for Public Affairs between 1977 and 1980. Nationally, Carter is perhaps best remembered as the spokesman for the U.S. State Department during the Iran hostage crisis in the late 1970s.Thereafter he became the Op-Ed columnist for The Wall Street Journal and a regular participant on “This Week with David Brinkley” as well as other TV news and public affairs shows. In the early 1990s, he was a tenured professor at the University of Maryland. Carter served on the Princeton University Board of Trustees between 1983 and 1998. He has won numerous national journalism awards, including four Emmys, and is the author of two books and contributor to nine others. Carter was named president and CEO of the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation until 2006, to become a Professor of Public Policy at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, where he currently lives. HostWendy Gerber. Free for members; $15 for guests. INTELLECT

Architecture, Design and Cultural Identity TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 6:30PM WINE RECEPTION, 7:00PM TALK World-renowned Turkish architect, Emre Arolat, brings his unique and informed perspective to discuss the changing world view of architecture and the role of the architect in shaping the 21st century built environment. Arolat’s projects are driven by the relationship between the built and natural environment, the local culture and his invaluable knowledge and experience, combined with his intuitive creative approach to design. Arolat comes from a long family architectural tradition and established his own firm, EAA-Emre Arolat Architecture, in Istanbul in 2004. His work has received international recognition with the RIBA International Prize for Architecture, the Aga Khan Award for Architecture and the Mies van der Rohe Award for European Architecture. He was recently the Norman R. Foster Visiting Professor at theYale School of Architecture. He is a graduate of the Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University in Istanbul and frequently lectures at prominent universities throughout the world. Host Alan Segan. Free for members; $15 for guests. Biography of a Book:Writing the History of Gutenberg’s Bible TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 6:30PM WINE RECEPTION, 7:00PM LECTURE The Gutenberg Bible is widely recognized as Europe’s first printed book, a book that forever changed the world. Editio princeps: A History of the Gutenberg Bible is the first book to tell the whole story of Europe’s first printed edition, describing its creation at Mainz circa 1455, its impact on fifteenth-century life and religion, its fall into oblivion during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries and its rediscovery and rise to worldwide fame during the centuries thereafter. Along the way it introduces the colorful cast of proud possessors, crafty booksellers, observant travelers and scholarly librarians who shaped our understanding of Europe’s first printed book. The author, Eric Marshall White, PhD, became Curator of Rare Books at Princeton University Library in 2015, after eighteen years as Curator of Special Collections at Southern Methodist University’s Bridwell Library. A specialist in early European printing, he has published numerous articles and exhibition catalogs on rare books. Host P. Randolph Hill. Free for members; $15 for guests. This evening is proudly co-hosted by P. Randolph Hill (’72), Chair,The Friends of the Princeton University Library, and The Princeton Club of NewYork.

Infrastructure Redefined Part 4: Digital Transformation in Real Estate MONDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 6:30PM WINE RECEPTION, 7:00PM PANEL DISCUSSION The real estate industry is not typically viewed as a leader in technological transformation. However, the emerging field known as “PropTech”, which offers innovative tech-based products, models and applications for real estate markets, is rapidly redefining the industry.Today, digitization is impacting an industry naturally characterized by brick and mortar.This panel will discuss the effect of these developments on different aspects of the industry. The panel will include speakers from Reonomy and Preston Presek, Co-founder & CEO at Spacious; additional speakers to be announced. Spacious is a work-share startup that repurposes restaurant off-hours to provide flexible workspace in NYC and San Francisco, and Reonomy is a real estate >Page 1 Page 2-3 Page 4-5 Page 6-7 Page 8-9 Page 10-11 Page 12-13 Page 14-15 Page 16

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