UHF Gala 2022 Journal - Flipbook - Page 21
The Distinguished Community Service Award
PREVIOUS HONOREES
Eleanor Hammerman (2002),
for her vision and role in establishing the Initiative
for Women with Disabilities at the Hospital for Joint
Diseases
Marie Lam (2000),
for her role as a founder and chair of the Chinatown
Health Clinic
Brooke Garber Neidich (1999),
for her vision and leadership in creating the NYU
Child Study Center
Stan Herman (1998),
for his role in leading the fashion industry’s
extraordinary response to AIDS and breast cancer
Richard Cotton (1997),
for his leadership of the Primary Care Development
Corporation, a public- private partnership
Alfred B. Engelberg (1996),
for improving primary care services for lowincome New Yorkers and primary care training for
physicians
Elizabeth S. Pforzheimer (1995),
for co-founding New Alternatives for Children, a
medical and social service agency for children
(CONTINUED)
Eleanor Elliott (1994),
for creating New York Hospital’s Women’s Health
Symposium, a model educational program
James R. Dumpson (1993),
for leading New York City’s municipal hospital
system
Special Tribute
PREVIOUS HONOREES
Kenneth Cole (2021),
for founding The Mental Health Coalition to
destigmatize mental health conditions and enable
equitable access to care
Stephen and Constance Lieber (2020),
for visionary philanthropy to advance science and
improve the lives of those with mental illness
Randolph Guggenheimer (1992),
for ensuring the rebuilding of North General
Hospital
Eileen M. Sullivan-Marx (2019),
for leadership in advancing nursing and health care
through policy, education, and clinical excellence
Suzanne Karpas (1991),
for establishing a community health education and
information center on Manhattan’s Lower East Side
J. Barclay Collins II (2019),
for his 35-year commitment to United Hospital Fund
as a member of the board and as board chairman
Irene Diamond (1990),
for supporting AIDS research and developing career
opportunities for minorities
Afya Foundation (2018),
for its vital assistance to Puerto Rico after
Hurricane Maria and responses to crises worldwide
Nicholas D’Agostino (1989),
for establishing a model HIV treatment program at
St. Clare’s Hospital and Health Center
John V. Waller, MD (1988),
for developing a health promotion and educational
curriculum in New York City’s public schools
Richard R. Shinn (1987),
for bringing his expertise to the challenges facing
St. Vincent’s Hospital Manhattan
Priscilla Almodovar (2017),
for her work to create stable, healthy communities
Herbert Pardes, MD (2016),
for his extraordinary legacy as a health care and
civic leader
Stephen Berger (2015),
for efforts to reshape and rationalize New York’s
health care delivery system
Paul E. Francis (2014),
for his leadership and service to improve health care
James R. Tallon, Jr. (2013),
for his vision and leadership during 20 years as
president of UHF
Josh N. Kuriloff (2012),
for professional and volunteer service to health care
and UHF
Richard Ravitch (2011),
for his long-standing service to New York and
health care
Sisters of Charity of New York (2010),
for 200 years of service through health care, social
services, and education
Lee H. Perlman (2009),
for service to the hospital community, and volunteer
leadership
The New York Community Trust (2008),
for its philanthropic leadership and its special
partnership with UHF
Barbara P. Gimbel (2007),
for 60 years of volunteer leadership and inspired
contributions to UHF
Howard Smith (2006),
for more than three decades of volunteer leadership
and service
Bishop Joseph M. Sullivan (2005),
for decades of service to the health care and social
services communities
Greater New York Hospital Association
(2003),
for a century of preserving, promoting, and
strengthening health care services
Martha Farish Gerry (2001),
for her powerful example of social responsibility
and wise stewardship over 50 years
Herbert Singer (1996),
for providing exemplary voluntary leadership for
more than 40 years
Suzanne Pincus (1995),
for her tireless work on behalf of women and children
David Rogers, MD (1994),
for his voluntary leadership on behalf of people with
HIV/AIDS
Bruce C. Vladeck (1993),
for his decade-long leadership as president of UHF
David Minkin (1991),
for his years of service to UHF
