Captain Chris Rynd, emcee Katie Couric, honorees Jake
Steinfeld, Kenyon Martin, and Carly Simon.
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Cunard
Line welcomed the American Institute
for Stuttering (AIS) for a first-ever Gala
Luncheon to raise funds for the study and treatment
of stuttering on June 10. Held aboard the
company's flagship Queen Mary 2, the event
included lunch in the renowned Queens Room, an awards
presentation and performances by Otis and
the Hurricanes and comedian J.D.
Lawrence.
The gala luncheon was emceed by CBS News anchor Katie
Couric and co-chaired by Sir Harold
Evans, James Manley, CEO
of Atlantic Pacific Capital, and Tina Brown.
During the gala, the Institute gave its first annual Freeing
Voices, Changing Lives Leadership Award to honorees Jake
Steinfeld, Kenyon Martin,
and Carly Simon.
The American Institute for Stuttering is a specialized,
non-profit treatment center for children, teens, and
adults who stutter. It is the only non-profit facility
in the United States that offers both day and evening
intensive and individual treatment options for people
of all ages while also providing clinical training
to both new and established speech-language pathologists. AIS' mission
extends to advancing public and scholarly understanding
of this often misunderstood disorder.
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Gala co-chair James Manley with his wife Marybeth.
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Sir Harold Evans, Captain Chris Rynd, Tina Brown.
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Austin Pendleton, Kevin Kline, Sam Waterston, and Catherine
Montgomery, executive director of AIS.
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Tina Brown, Iris Weinshall, and Chuck Schumer.
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Lauren Hutton.
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John Stossel.
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Ron Chernow.
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Susan Cheever.
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Jack Welch, Howard Stringer.
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Chris Mason and Candace Bushnell.
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Nicole Seligman and Joel Klein.
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Richard Turley, Patti D'Arbanville, and Captain Rynd.
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Rick Moody.
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Walter Mosley.
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Elsa Klench.
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Bobby Zarem.
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Jake and Tracey Steinfeld.
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Michael Nouri.
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Virginia Cannon, Wolf Hertzberg, Hendrik Hertzberg.
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Francis and Gg Popcorn.
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Isabel and George Evans.
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Jack Welch, Guests, Suzanne Welch.
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Norma Kamali and Nancy Collins.
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Dennis Sobers, Kenyon Martin.
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Eva, Henry David, and Noah Hwang.
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Guest and Ron Silver.
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Matteo, Georgia, Carlo Tunioli.
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| Photos:Photos
by Joe Corrigan courtesy of Patrick McMullan |
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