WHAT’S WORSE THAN AN AMBULANCE RIDE TO AN E.R.?

According to the National Council on Aging, 77% of all seniors suffer from one or more of four chronic diseases: heart disease, cancer, diabetes, and stroke. Of these, a stroke can happen very quickly and be life changing for the worse. But…

MEET SOME OF YOUR NEIGHBORS…VALERIE AND FOUR MICHAELS!

Legacies Tribute Journal – Form

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TICKETS AND TABLES

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Volunteer Application

Thank you so much for your interest in contributing to LiLY as a volunteer. Please complete the below application. Our volunteer coordinator will reach out to you soon and before contacting your personal references.  

David Amram

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David Amram started his professional life in music as a French Hornist in the National Symphony Orchestra (Washington, D.C.) in 1951. After serving in the US Army from 1952-54, he moved to New York City in 1955 and played French horn in the…

Arthur McGee

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On April 17, 2010, Legacies was inaugurated with an elegant fundraising event at the Fashion Institute of Technology where Arthur McGee, dubbed “the grandfather of African American fashion designers”, was celebrated. He was presented…

Geoffrey Holder

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  Actor, director, dancer, and choreographer Geoffrey Holder was honored at the 2014 LiLY Legacies Awards Gala. He died Oct. 5, 2014, at age 84. Born in Trinidad and Tobago Aug. 20, 1930, Holder was a man of flair who "used his manifold…

Adrian Benepe

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Adrian Benepe was the 14th Commissioner of the New York City Department of Parks & Recreation, serving in that role from February 4, 2002, to August 29, 2012, under Mayor Michael Bloomberg.   During his tenure, he oversaw 7,000 parks'…

Barry Benepe

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Over the course of his long career,  Barry Benepe has had a beneficial impact on the quality of life in our cities and towns. His greatest contribution so far is perhaps, in 1976 with colleague Bob Lewis, founding the “Greenmarket”, the…

Sponsorship and Tables

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Andrew Jenkins

Andrew Jenkins has been an important member of the LiLY community since the spring of 2011 when he joined LiLY’s corps of volunteers. He joined the Board later in 2011 and was Board President from 2014 through 2019. Andrew moved to New…

Nancy Wexler, PhD

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Nancy Wexler, Ph.D., is the Higgins Professor of Neuropsychology in the Departments of Neurology and Psychiatry of the College of Physicians and Surgeons at Columbia University as well as the President of the Hereditary Disease Foundation. Involved…

Brooke Bailey Johnson

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As a longtime leader in the US television and digital media business, Brooke Bailey Johnson has launched multiple iconic brands and new businesses. Most recently she served as President of the Food Category for Scripps Networks Interactive…

2019 LiLY Legacies Tribute Journal

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Cynthia Zirinsky

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Cynthia Zirinsky is the first recipient of LiLY’s Lifelong Hero Award, a new award that will be presented to amazing people who are over 85, and who don’t know what the word retirement means!  Cynthia Zirinsky is such a person.…

About LiLY – Video

Craig R. Smith, MD

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Craig R. Smith, MD for his excellence as  surgeon and educator, and with an array of leadership qualities, plays two central roles in one of the nation’s top medical centers, Surgeon-in-Chief at New York Presbyterian Hospital and Chair…

Linda P. Fried

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Linda P. Fried, M.D., M.P.H., is Dean of Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public Health, Senior Vice President of Columbia University Medical Center, and DeLamar Professor of Public Health and Professor of Epidemiology and of Medicine.…

Legacies Past Gallery

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Barry Harris

Barry Harris, born December 15, 1929 in Detroit, Michigan, is an American jazz pianist, composer, and educator who, as a musician, became known for his virtuosity, marked by complex chord structures and dexterity. An exponent of the bepop style…

Jane E. Brody

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Called “the high priestess of health” by Time Magazine, Jane E. Brody is nationally treasured as an inspirational speaker and writer. Brody is the Personal Health columnist for The New York Times, a position she has held since 1976. Her…

Karl H. Krieger, MD

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With special expertise in treating the elderly, Karl Hemingway Krieger is the Philip Geier Professor of Cardiothoracic Surgery and Vice Chairman of the Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery at New York Presbyterian-Weill Cornell Medical Center. …

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Legacies Tribute Journal 2022

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Directions and Parking

[vc_row][vc_column width="2/3"][vc_column_text] Columbia Universirty's Low Library is located on the campus of the University in Upper Manhattan. Directions: Enter on Broadway at 116th Street. Address: 2970 Broadway.  Low Library is at the…

What is Yoga?

The traditional definition of yoga is that “yoga is the stilling of the fluctuations of the mind.” Traditionally in Sanskrit yoga means to yoke, join, attach or bind. To me, it means bringing together body and mind. But, it is much more…

Ping Pong Anyone?

“Ping Pong” is a film about elders from across the planet who compete in the “World Over 80s Table Tennis Championships” in Inner Mongolia. Eight players, from four continents, with seven hundred and three years between them (one 100),…

Meet the Slons

Jonathan and Renee Slon and their three children, Maeve, Sidney and Nigel, all enjoy being a part of our community and forming lasting friendships with Morningside Village elders. All three children are busy high schoolers, but they are also…

Meet Senior and Volunteer Pianist, Joe Francis

Joe Francis is an active member of LiLY's newest project, West Harlem Neighbors, which is a "sister"-group-to-the-north to Morningside Village in Morningside Heights. Joe is a singer, and he plays piano for the West Harlem Neighbors Music Group.…