Barnard
College to honor Sumner Redstone of Viacom, Karen
Katen of Pfizer, at Annual Awards dinner March 30
to benefit College financial aid programs
March
9, 2000, NEW YORK, N.Y. -
Barnard College will honor two corporate leaders
-- Karen Katen, president of Pfizer U.S. Pharmaceuticals,
executive vice president of Pfizer Pharmaceuticals
Group and corporate senior vice president of Pfizer
Inc, and Sumner Redstone, chairman and chief executive
officer of Viacom -- for their civic and charitable
contributions at its thirteenth Annual Awards dinner
March 30.
Katen
will receive the Iphigene Ochs Sulzberger Award,
named for the alumna and civic leader, and Redstone
will receive the Frederick A.P. Barnard Award, named
for the tenth president of Columbia University and
founder of Barnard. The event will be held at the
Grand Ballroom of The Waldorf=Astoria, with cocktails
at 6:30 p.m., dinner at 7:30 p.m. and dancing to
the Michael Carney Orchestra. Master of ceremonies
is Anna Quindlen, author and Newsweek columnist,
who is a 1974 Barnard graduate. All proceeds will
benefit the Barnard College financial aid program.
Honorary
chairs for the event are: Helene L. Kaplan, of counsel
at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, and Eugene
R. McGrath, chairman, president and chief executive
officer of Consolidated Edison; both are trustees
of Barnard. Dinner chairman are: John L. Furth,
vice chairman, Klingenstein, Fields & Co., L.L.C.,
and a trustee of Barnard; Richard A. Grasso, chairman
and chief executive officer, New York Stock Exchange;
Steward G. Nagler, vice chairman of the Board and
chief financial officer at Metropolitan Life Insurance
Co., and a trustee of Barnard; Alan D. Schwartz,
executive vice president, Bear, Stearns & Co., Inc.;
and William C. Steere Jr., chairman and chief executive
officer, Pfizer.
Katen,
who is also a member of the corporate management
committee at Pfizer, has been actively involved
in the launch of every new pharmaceutical product
since 1975, and during the 1990s has led to the
U.S. market ten innovative pharmaceuticals from
Pfizer's research and development program.
Katen
is on the board of the National Alliance for Hispanic
Health, the American Bureau for Medical Advancement
in China, the Columbia University School of Nursing
Board of Visitors, and Women's Forum Inc. She is
also a board member of the United Way Tri-State
and Catalyst, and on the national board of trustees
for the American Cancer Society Foundation. She
is a trustee of the University of Chicago, from
which she received her B.A. and M.B.A., and a board
member of General Motors Corp. and the Harris Corp.,
a member of the International Council of JP Morgan
& Co.
Redstone
joined National Amusements in 1954, which he organized
into one of the largest motion picture circuits
with 1,300 screens. National Amusements acquired
a controlling interest in New York-based Viacom
in 1987, the year Redstone became chairman of Viacom's
board. In January 1996, he was named chief executive
officer. Viacom's operations include Blockbuster,
MTV Networks, Paramount Pictures, Spelling Television,
Showtime, Simon & Schuster, 19 TV stations, and
interests in several other companies.
Redstone is a member of the Board of Overseers of
the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, a founding trustee
of the American Cancer Society Foundation, and vice
president of The Will Rogers Memorial Fund. He is
a member of the corporation of the Massachusetts
General Hospital, the Board of Overseers of the
Boston Museum of Fine Arts, and the executive board
of the Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater
Boston. He received his B.A. and LL.B. degrees from
Harvard University. During World War II, he was
asked by Edwin Reischauer, then a professor of Japanese
history, to join a special intelligence group whose
mission was to break Japan's high-level military
and diplomatic codes, work for which he received
two commendations from the Military Intelligence
Division.
For
information about tickets, call the Barnard College
Benefits Office at 212-362-2233.
Barnard
College, founded in 1889, is a highly selective,
independent liberal arts college for women affiliated
with Columbia University and located in New York
City. The College has a current enrollment of 2,300
students.
Contact:
Lucas Held, Barnard College, 212-854-2037
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