Andy Sherman writes (10/22/07):
On FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 16, at the Blue Leadership Ball the day before the Yale-Harvard game, Jim McNerney and Kurt Schmoke will receive the George H.W. Bush Lifetime Leadership Award. This award honors alumni athletes who, in their lives after Yale, have made significant leadership contributions in the worlds of governance, commerce, science and technology, education, public service, and the arts and media.
Jim, a former Bulldog baseball and hockey player, is now Chairman, CEO and President of Boeing Corporation, and previously Chairman and CEO of 3M.
Kurt, former lacrosse and football standout who became mayor of Baltimore, is currently dean of the Howard University School of Law and has also served as a Senior Fellow of the Yale Corporation.
DEADLINE to purchase tickets is Thurs. NOV. 1: tickets are $150 per person for cocktails at 6 pm, dinner at 7:30 pm at the Lanman Center at Payne Whitney Gym–contact Bunny Brennand at AYA at 203-432-1434.
NOTE: We have arranged to seat members of the Class of 1971 at contiguous tables. When registering for this event, please indicate your wish to sit at a 1971 table.