Annette
Leahy and
Jean Little Fitzsimmons |
Brendan
and Eva Dillon |
Julia
Wallace and Mario Buatta |
Lisa
and Quinn Jackson |
Laura
Slatkin and Barbara Glatt |
Maria
Theresa Fauci and
Marty Richards |
SOUTHAMPTON
HOSPITAL
The
46th Annual Summer Party
Raises $1.4 Million Dollars
Story by Roger Webster
Photos
by Neil Rasmus /PMc
 ISA
JACKSON, Alex Papachristidis and
florist extraordinaire Bardin Palomo transformed the inside
of splendid, large, peaked white tents, on the hospital grounds,
into an enchanted garden, with brilliant pink light, acid green
chinoisserie chandeliers, miniature orange trees and stunning
flower arrangements for the 46th annual Southampton
Hospital summer party.
Julia
and David Koch served as honorary dinner chairmen,
Barbara Glatt, there with her husband Alan Glatt, was
chairman, and Cindy Willis and Sheila Fuchs were
co-chairmen. Perri Peltz was Mistress of Ceremonies of the
evening, which honored Jean Little FitzSimmons for her
years of exceptional leadership.
The
hospital was represented by CEO Annette Leahy, board
chairman Peter Larsen, Foundation president James Ferrer,
and many hard working staff members and volunteers.
More
than 2,000 guest attended in their most colorful festive finery,
including Congressman Tim Bishop; major supporters Diane
and James Burke; Julia Wallace, in gown by
Roberto Cavalli; Betty and Virgil Sherrill; Brendan
and Eva Dillon, in cocoa Chiffon by Vera Wang; Marty
Richards with Maria Theresa Fuaci; interior designer Mario
Buatta, in a tangerine blazer by Ralph Lauren.
Also
Karen
and Richard LeFrak; Andrea Stark, in a Carolina
Herrera gown that laced up the back; Actors Studio’s James
Lipton with wife Kedakai; Wilbur Ross and Hilary
Geary; former gala chairman Ann Grimm; beauties Debbie
Bancroft in hot pink and Somers Farkas in green by
Douglas Hannant; Jessie and Rand Araskog; Larry
and Denise Wohl; and little boys in blue Noah and Ethan,
with parents Perri and Eric Ruttenberg.
Laura
and Harry
Slatkin, Vera Wang and Arthur Becker, James and
Whitney Fairchild, Mark Gilbertson and Lisa Selby, Julie
and Edward Minskoff, Ophelia and William Rudin and
Alison Mazzola were seen bidding at the silent auction
for such items as tickets to the 2005 NY Yankees opening game and
dinner with the team, a custom portrait by David Peikon, a
$1,000 gift certificate to Steven Stolman’s fashionable
shop on Southampton’s Main Street, or a handbag by Dennis
Basso.
Robbins
Wolfe Eventeurs prepared a delicious dinner. Dessert consisted of
lemon mousse and white and dark chocolate garden baskets to
the delight of the likes of Jill Stuart, Rosalie
and Gary Brinton, Suzanne Hemming, Kay Gilman, Mireya
and Joe D’Angelo, Royce Pinkwater and Palm Beach
visitors Sherry Miller and Shannon Donnelly.
DJ Tom
Finn turned the cocktail tent into a 1960s Mod Hip disco
event, chaired by the associates committee, which included Paris
and Nicky Hilton, Amanda Hearst, Emilia Fanjul and
Brian Pfeifler, Oliver Hammond, Samantha Gregory, Harrison LeFrak,
Tinsley Mortimer, Eugenie Niven, and Carlton DeWoody.
Best
of all, over $1.4 million much needed funds was raised for the
hospital’s Department of Emergency Medicine, the sole
provider of emergency care from
Westhampton
Beach
to
Montauk Point
, serving more than 25,000
people a year.
Making
the evening possible were the sponsors, including Henry R.
Kravis, Kate Capshaw and Steven Spielberg, Christie
Brinkley and Peter Cook, Arlene and Alan Alda,
Charlotte Ford, Donald Burns Foundation, Stanley and
Fiona Druckenmiller, Felix Rohatyn, and corporations such as
Renco Group, Tomorrow Foundation, Seaman Schepps, Estee Lauder
Inc., Printery, and Zilkha Foundation.
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