hapPENNingsNovember 2009 THE PENN CLUB OF NEW YORK Getting Into Business School | Monday, November 2nd, 7:00 p.m. Most applicants Katie Malachuk is the author of to the top business schools are qualified to attend. You’re Accepted: Lose the Stress. Discover For example, the average applicant to the Stanford Yourself. Get into the College That’s Graduate School of Business has scored close to a Right for you and the forthcom- 700 on the GMAT. With acceptance rates as low as ing You’re Accepted: An Enlightened 10-15% at some top schools, how do you ensure that Approach to Getting into Top MBA your application will rise to the top of this highly Programs (March 2010). She received qualified pool? This event offered by Stacy Blackman her BA from Harvard and MBA from Stanford. She In This Consulting will help you answer this question. Some taught third grade as a Teach For America teacher and 2 General Manager’s Corner of the topics covered include: also served as TFA’s national director of admissions. Issue • What the top schools are looking for She has worked for a top-tier management consulting 2 Real Estate Investing Panel firm and an education focused start-up. Most recently, • Answers to practical questions such as who to select she has been an MBA admissions consultant with as a recommender, which schools to apply to and 3 Book Group Luncheon Stacy Blackman Consulting. Katie also teaches yoga at whether to plan a school visit 3 Class Happy Hours Yoga Works and Equinox and is a certified life coach • Common application mistakes to avoid focusing on career transitions. 4 Alzheimer’s Awareness Event • Dispelling business school application myths $15 per member and $30 per guest by October 30th 6 Intra Clubs • Real life applicant case studies at noon. $25 per member and $40 per guest walk-in. For reservations, e-mail [email protected] or fax • Practical advice to help you get started 6 Pink Slip Tuesday 212.403.6621 or RSVP online. 7 Wine Dinner

HapPENNings Calendar The latest book in the series is this year’sLethal Legacy, Linda Fairstein on Law and in which Fairstein explores the treasures —and the Literature: Discussion and dark side of rare book and map collectors—of the Article See at a glance what each Signing | famed New York Public Library. The thriller was both article means for you! critically acclaimed and a New York Times bestseller. Icons Tuesday, November 17th, 7:00 p.m. USA TODAY labeled former prosecutor Linda Fairstein will discuss her dual career, from law to Networking Drinks Fairstein “a champion teller of literature, describing the ground-breaking work of her detective tales… Long before sex unit in legislative reform and the practical innovations Learning Dining crimes became everyday fictional that changed the way sexual assault and domestic fare on America’s favorite cop shows, violence cases are investigated in this country. Her fictional protagonist, Alex Cooper, has Fairstein’s job Healthy Snacks Fairstein was in court and on the streets working ripped-from-the- and mirrors her professional passion for the fascinat- headline cases.” ing work that formed the basis for both fact and Entertainment fictional storytelling. Fairstein, a Vassar graduate (’69), a lawyer (University of Virginia ’72) and an internationally best-selling Linda Fairstein is a commentator for the major televi- Don’t miss Stone Crab Week! crime novelist, ran the pioneering Sex Crimes Pros- sion networks and cable news, has won numerous See page 7 for details. ecution Unit of the District Attorney’s awards for both her legal career and her literary suc- Office for almost three decades. She is the author of cess. She lives with her husband, Justin Feldman, in eleven crime novels in the Alexan- Manhattan and on Martha’s Vineyard. dra Cooper series, which have been $35 plus tax and service charge per member and $50 translated into more than a dozen plus tax and service charge per guest by November languages, and of a non-fiction 16th at noon, $45 plus tax and service charge for mem- work—Sexual Violence: Our War ber walk-ins and $50 plus tax and service charge for See E-HapPENNings for Against Rape—which was a New guest walk-ins. Includes signed book. For reservations, information about our Abigail York Times Notable Book of the e-mail [email protected] or fax 212.403.6621 or Disney event on November 9th year in 1994. RSVP online. and our New York Philharmonic Theatre Evening on January 12th! All programs require written reservations. Please mail, fax (212.403.6621), e-mail ([email protected]), or register on the Web site (www.pennclub.org) to reserve.  November marks the beginning of some of the busiest Party. This complimentary event is a great way to enjoy months on the Penn Club’s calendar. The Clubhouse will the seasonal cheer with your fellow members, and is be filled with events, and our overnight rooms will be in sure to boost your festive mood. Both of these events are great demand. If you are making plans to stay at the Penn highlighted in this issue of HapPENNings as well as in our Club during this busy season, I encourage you to make on-line newsletter, e-HapPENNings. your reservations as early as possible. This will give us One other tradition that has become a true part of the the greatest opportunity to accommodate you. I would Penn Club culture is our Penn Club Employees Holiday like to once again remind you that it is the Club’s policy Fund. The Fund solicits your donations for distribution to to allow no more than 25% of our overnight rooms to be all of our employees. As you are all aware, the Penn Club occupied by non-members. This policy was established does not permit individual tipping, so this is your once- by the House Committee several years ago to ensure that a-year opportunity to reward our award winning loyal our members have the advantage of having their room GENERAL and dedicated team members for the outstanding service requests granted. they provide throughout the year. Over the years, through MANAGER’S In addition, I want to once again mention that our banquet good times and bad, the Fund has continued to grow, spaces get heavy usage at this time of year. If you are and we have been able to give each employee a larger planning to host a holiday gathering for family, friends or share than the year before. This distribution is shared by associates, we would love the opportunity to assist you all of our staff members, with the exception of the senior with your needs. Our banquet team has a great reputation management team. I do hope that your generosity will for service and culinary excellence. Since our spaces do continue when you consider this year’s pledge. I want to Corner fill up quickly at this time of year, I urge you to make your thank you in advance for your thoughtful expression of plans with our Catering Department as soon as possibly. appreciation to the Penn Club Employees Holiday Fund. There are a couple of seasonal events that have become My staff and I look forward to being a part of your con- very popular Penn Club traditions. The first of these is our tinuing Penn Club experience throughout this busy and annual Thanksgiving Feast. This is a great opportunity wonderful season. We are committed to providing you to celebrate Thanksgiving with all of the traditional with an outstanding Platinum Club experience. We hope trimmings. Your Club offers a bright and comfortable to see you often at the Penn Club, your home-away-from- environment for a true gourmet experience. The second home in New York. not-to-be-missed event is our annual Members’ Holiday —Peter M. Homberg, CCM

ence includes participation in acquisitions and the PRISA team. PRISA is a commingled, open- Real Estate Investing entitlements for approximately $500 million in ended core fund with Gross Assets of $11 billion Panel | development value in mixed-use and urban infill as of 6/30/09. Cathy holds a BSE degree in Real Monday, November 23rd, 6:30 p.m. Join the Real projects. Howard is also widely published and Estate Finance and Entrepreneurial Manage- Estate Investing Intra Club for the 3rd Annual is currently a Lecturer in Urban Studies at the ment from the Wharton School and a Master Real Estate Panel at the Penn Club. In response University of Pennsylvania. of Science degree in Real Estate Investment and to current trends in the real Alan Lawrence, Partner, Cadwalader, Wicker- Development from New York University. estate market, our panel of experts will discuss sham & Taft LLP: Alan Lawrence, Penn Law Frank L. Sullivan, Jr., Managing Director and the fundamentals of and opportunities in today’s ’90, is a partner in the Corporate Department Founding Partner, ING Clarion: Frank L. Sul- distressed market. of Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP. He livan, Jr., WG ’71, is a private market Portfolio Robert Knakal, Chairman, Massey Knakal: represents institutional lenders and funds in all Manager responsible for separate account portfo- Robert Knakal, W’84, is Chairman and Found- aspects of commercial real estate financings and lio management. Additionally, Mr. Sullivan is ing Partner of Massey Knakal Realty Services, a restructurings and has special expertise in the the Chairman of ING Clarion Capital, the fixed full service property sales firm. To date, Massey representation of investment banks and other income manager affiliate of ING Clarion, and Knakal has closed over 3,500 transactions hav- lenders in the origination and securitization has oversight responsibilities for debt procure- ing a market value in excess of $11 billion. Mr. of real estate loans and the representation of ment for all portfolios. He joined ING Clarion Knakal has been personally responsible for the lending institutions and debt funds in the sale, in 1984 and began working in the real estate sale of more than 1000 buildings worth over acquisition, financing and restructuring of loans industry in 1971. Mr. Sullivan is a member of $5.8 billion. secured directly and indirectly by commercial the Pension Real Estate Association, the Urban properties. Land Institute, and the International Council of Howard Kozloff, Director of Operations, Hart Cathy Marcus Shopping Centers. Howerton: Howard Kozloff, C ’97, is Director , Managing Director, Prudential $15 per member and $30 per guest by November of Operations and Manager of Development Real Estate Investors: Cathy Marcus is PRISA’s 20th at noon. $25 per member and $40 per guest Strategies at Hart Howerton, an international Portfolio Manager, and is involved in all aspects walk-in. For reservations, e-mail events@penn- development advisory, planning and design of managing the fund including portfolio strat- clubny.org or fax 212.403.6621 or RSVP online. firm. Howard’s real estate development experi- egy, investment decisions and management of

Welcome New September Members Emmett B. Hume Jonathan Niles Maack Adrienne Alane Price Evan J. Weiner, M.D. Jereme Bivins, MBE Joel C. Coleman Emily Fabre Ryan Greene Shuo Jiang Madge McKeithen Samuel D.T. Rabinowitz Edward D. Yun Michael J. Callahan Lois M. Coleman Mark V. Ferraro Stephen H. Halem Crystal Ann Johns Ian S. Miller Jessica Erin Stempel Matthew M. Capers Emerson Louis Coleman, Jr. Vivian L. Gadsden Jonathan Marshall Harris Jane M. Kamp Aristides N. Montes-Amaya Toshiko Suzuki Judith Carroll Robert M. DeDio, MD, FACS Carol Ann Hoppes Gelder Michael He Lisa Marie Kiely Theodore A. Polan Yoshihisa Suzuki in memoriam Marco Louis Cerino Peter Detkin Mark S. Gelder Sophie Hoas Mark Stephen Kiely Jennifer Portland James W. Thomas Christophe Charlier Ngozi Pascal Dozie Raj L. Gollamudi Kenneth R. Hopson Ranjit Kohli Robert Postal Tas Tobias Adele Rebell

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seaside city is home to a family of Christian Arabs: irascible Elias, the patri- Annual Holiday Party! arch; his busy daughter-in-law, Umm-Huda; and her fatherless daughters, Monday, December 14th, 5:00 – 9:00 p.m. A Spirited Celebration at Your the beautiful Mary and her older, deplorably still unwed sister Huda. Also Club! Get in the spirit of the Holidays at your Home Away from Home in living in their crowded building in the wadi, or Arab quarter, is newcomer New York City! After a day at the office or shopping for someone special, Alex, short in stature but well-muscled, a Russian-Jewish immigrant who plan to join your friends at the Penn Club and attend the Annual Member plays his trumpet soulfully in the building’s rooftop shed. His music, Holiday Party. Enjoy a fabulous complimentary selection of drinks and hors patience and remarkable physique awaken the interest of reticent Huda, d’oeuvres while mingling with fellow members in the Main Dining Room. while Mary rejects the advances of Zuhair, the son of their shady Muslim Don’t forget to pick up a new unwrapped toy for the Toys for Tots landlord, for the security of plodding Wahid, her Muslim cousin. A trip campaign of the United States Marine Corps and bring it to the party. taken by the two couples to the Red Sea resort of Eilat is an uproarious For reservations, e-mail [email protected] or fax 212.403.6621, so highlight, and a visit by Huda and Alex to a nursing home to see Alex’s that the club can plan accordingly (limit one guest per member—please ailing but tyrannical mother is a striking set-piece. The translation is oc- include name). casionally stiff, and Michael tends toward over-explanation, but the novel deals cleverly and humorously with complicated relationships. Against the tragic backdrop of current events, the willingness of Michael’s characters to South African Wine Tasting | ignore the strictures of individual religious beliefs and to shun fanaticism, Wednesday, November 11th, 7:30-9:30 p.m. Add some is refreshing, though perhaps increasingly hard to credit. sophistication to your week, expand your wine palette, and Please join us over a catered lunch as Isabel Katzin leads discussion. Isabel make new friends. The Young Alumni Committee of the Penn holds a Master’s Degree and has studied in the US, Paris, and Israel. Club invites you to a wine tasting! Event targeted for classes Formerly an English and French teacher, she has been a professional book 1995-2005 but all are welcome. You won’t want to miss this fun group discussion leader for over 18 years and currently leads 28 groups. evening of wine tasting education designed especially for young $49 plus tax and service charge per member and $54 plus tax and service charge alumni (This will not be a traditional sit down affair, but rather a mix of per guest by November 13th at noon, $54 plus tax and service charge for mem- socializing and learning). For HALF THE PRICE of regular Penn Club ber walk-ins and $59 plus tax and service charge for guest walk-ins. Includes book wine events enjoy a variety of selected wines and cheeses! discussion and full buffet luncheon with coffee/tea and dessert. For reservations, Sam Timberg of Cape Classics will be showcasing four fun South African e-mail [email protected] or fax 212.403.6621 or RSVP online. wines. Cape Classics, the preeminent US importer of the Cape’s vinous treasures, brings the crème de la crème of South Africa’s wine industry to the out-of-club event American market. With a focus solely on South African wine, Cape Classics is committed to providing customers with a unique range of selections that John Lennon and the Beatles New York are exciting and delicious and that offer outstanding value. Cheers! Walking Tour—Marking Anniversary $35 plus tax and gratuity per member and $45 plus tax and gratuity per guest by November 9th at noon, $45 plus tax and gratuity for member walk-ins and of Lennon’s Death | $55 plus tax and gratuity for guest walks-ins. For reservations, e-mail events@ Sunday, December 6th at 11:45 a.m. To mark the upcoming anniversary of his pennclubny.org or fax 212.403.6621. death, a walking tour celebrating his life. Tour contrasts sites associated with Lennon’s confining Beatlemania era of the early 60s with those of New York Book Group Luncheon in the 70s he found so liberating. A dozen stops, including the Dakota, , the tunnel the Beatles used to escape their fans, and Straw- A Trumpet in the Wadi | berry Fields, serve as a backdrop to the telling of some lesser known stories by Sami Michael and anecdotes about this modern legend and New Yorker. Meeting place to Monday, November 16th, noon. Set in Haifa just before the be provided. Sponsored by NYC Discovery Walking Tours. Israeli invasion of Lebanon in 1982, this spirited, bittersweet $18 per person. For reservations, e-mail [email protected] or fax novel captures the Arab-Israeli conflict in microcosm. The 212.403.6621 or RSVP online two weeks in advance of event. CLASS(Y) HOURS! Beer and Cocktails–Young Alumni Happy Hour | MONTHLY HAPPY HOURS: Mark your calendar to meet & connect with members over $2 draft specials! Thursday, November 19th, 6:00–10:00 p.m. Attention Young Specials are available from 6 to 9 p.m., however, please plan to arrive between 6:30 and 7:30pm to maximize your chances of running into old friends and making new ones. ➤ Additionally, if you are interested in Alumni! Enjoy our dollar Yuengling drafts and $4 cocktail specials Happyin organizing and facilitating the gatherings, please let us know. We want to recruit at least three leaders per the Grill Room. The Penn Club offers young alumni both beer and liquor class decade to promote these events and help attendees network at each monthly session. specials at our extended Young Alumni Happy Hours. Class of 2000s • Class of 1970s-and-Before Happy Hour: Every 2nd Thursday of the month in the Franklin Living Room (Nov 12th) Happy Hours are every 3rd Thursday of the month from 6:00-10:00 p.m. and feature seasonal drink specials. • Class of 1980s Happy Hour: Every 4th Thursday of the month in the Grill Room (Nov 19th in lieu of Thanksgiving) Please RSVP for headcount purposes: [email protected] or fax • Class of 1990s Happy Hour: Every 1st Thursday of the month in the Grill Room (Nov 5th) 212.403.6621 or RSVP online. Please RSVP for headcount purposes: [email protected] or fax 212-403-6621 or RSVP online.

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ment of drugs to prevent, treat and cure Alzheimer’s disease, related dementias ScientificU pdate On Alzheimer’s Drug and cognitive aging. We award grants to leading scientists conducting break- Discovery | through drug discovery research. ADDF uses a venture philanthropy model Monday, November 30th, 6:30 p.m. The Scientific Update at the Penn to bridge the worldwide funding gap between basic research and later-stage Club will be an evening of learning and dialogue to raise awareness for development, using any return on investment to support new research. the Alzheimer’s Drug Discovery Foundation* (ADDF). One of the most Howard Fillit, MD, a geriatrician and neuroscientist, is the devastating forms of memory loss is Alzheimer’s disease, an irreversible founding Executive Director of the Institute for the Study of and progressive brain disorder that slowly destroys memory and think- Aging (ISOA), an Estée Lauder family foundation founded ing skills. Today, Alzheimer’s is the second most-feared illness in America, in 1998, and the Alzheimer’s Drug Discovery Foundation following cancer, and may affect as many as five million Americans. As the (ADDF), an affiliated public charity founded in 2004. The baby-boom generation moves through retirement, that number could soar foundations share a common mission of accelerating drug to more than 11 million by 2040, and have a huge economic impact on discovery for Alzheimer’s disease through venture philanthropy. Since America’s already fragile healthcare system. There is now genuine reason 1998, ISOA has provided over $29MM to over 170 academic and biotech- to be optimistic about the future of Alzheimer’s disease, and Dr. Fillit will nology programs in 12 countries. share this hope with the Penn Club members. $15 per member and $30 per guest by November 25th at noon. $25 per *The Alzheimer’s Drug Discovery Foundation is a public charity founded by member and $40 per guest walk-in. For reservations, e-mail events@penn- Leonard and to rapidly accelerate the discovery and develop- clubny.org or fax 212.403.6621 or RSVP online. Out-of-Club Events

where he designs cars in addition to guiding the NoLIta Ethnic Private Event at business; and solar energy company SolarCity, Food Tour | Tesla Motors Showroom which sells and services solar energy equipment. Saturday, November 14th, 3:30 p.m. Join City Gallery | $15 per member and $30 per guest by November 2nd Food Tours, www.cityfoodtours.com, on a at noon. No walk-ins. For reservations, e-mail events@ Saturday afternoon for this easy walking tasting Tuesday, November 3rd, 7–9:00 p.m. Location: 511 pennclubny.org or fax 212.403.6621 or RSVP online. tour of one of the most diverse neighborhoods W 25th Street, NYC, Tesla Showroom Gallery. in Manhattan. Come with an appetite for Banh Get a ride in the hottest & coolest car on the Riccardo Muti Conducts Mi sandwiches, Mexican, Middle Eastern and road—100% Electric Supercar Tesla Roadster! Italian savory bites, hand made chocolate truffles, Please join us for a private event at the Tesla Mo- at the New York cheesecake and more. Stay after the tour for tors New York Showroom Gallery for a presenta- Philharmonic | Joe Powers shopping in SoHo or sipping wine in Little Italy. tion by , Northeast Sales Manager, who Thursday, November 19th, 6:00 p.m. dinner; 7:30 $48.50 per member, $53.50 per guest. For res- will discuss the technology and business model p.m. show ervations, e-mail [email protected] or fax behind one of the most interesting start-ups of this Liszt: Les Préludes, Symphonic Poem No. 3, after A. 212.403.6621 or RSVP online by October 30th at noon. decade. Following the presentation there will be a Q & A session. At this special event, you will have de Lamartine (1851) NYC Walking Tours | an opportunity take a ride in the new Tesla Road- Elgar: In the South (Alassio), Concert Overture ster. Beverages will be provided. (1903-4) Macabre Greenwich Village Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet (selections) About Tesla Motors: At the core of Tesla Motors is Sunday, November 1st, 1:00 p.m. Murders, $117.95 per person plus tax and service charge includes the belief that an electric car need not be a driving hangings, hauntings, explosions, missing persons, dinner in the Club and show. Final sale. Member must sacrifice. We have brought the best of the automo- and ghosts! MEET: Washington Arch, 5th Ave. be present to sign at dinner. For reservations, email tive and technology worlds together to permanently south of 8th St. [email protected] or fax 212.403.6621 or RSVP bury the image of an electric car as a step back- online by November 1st at noon. — wards in performance, efficiency, or design. Our ”Crossroads of a Million Private Lives” key technology is the 100% electric powertrain, Saturday, December 5th, 1:00 p.m. Monument which propels us in the present and simultaneously Wine and Chocolate to movement, a thrilling symbol of New York’s establishes a foundation for our future models. We Tasting Tour | commerce, physical dynamism, and intellectual set out to forever alter perceptions of electric ve- Tuesday, December 8th, 5:45 p.m. Join City Food energy. MEET: Inside the GCT entrance at Park hicles and to make electric cars a viable alternative. Tours, www.cityfoodtours.com, on this delicious- Avenue (under the bridge over 42nd St.) We have produced a car that is at once beautiful ly decadent Wine and Chocolate Tasting Tour on Joyce Gold, instructor of Manhattan history at and exciting to drive, along with being the most efficient production automobile on the planet. Manhattan’s elegant Upper West Side. We can’t the New School and New York University, con- think of a better way to end a day than this 2 and The Tesla/University of Pennsylvania & Whar- ducts these walks. With a M.A. in Metropolitan a half hour walking tour. You’ll sip fine wines, ton connection: Elon Musk, W ‘97, has been a Studies from NYU, she has contributed to the taste fine chocolates and enjoy some savory tastes Encyclopedia of New York City co-founder of PayPal, which he and his partners . as well. Treat yourself to a mini indulgence! $15; $12 for ages 62+ cash at time of tour. For sold to eBay for $1.5 billion; and rocket builder $51.50 per member, $56.50 per guest. For reservations, reservations, email [email protected] or fax SpaceX, which aims to commercialize the launch- e-mail [email protected] or fax 212.403.6621 or 212.403.6621 or RSVP online. ing of payloads into orbit. He is also an initial RSVP online two weeks in advance of event. investor in electric-car pioneer Tesla Motors,

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maybe most importantly, how do you manage the 1 2 3 4 5 6 RICH: The Rise and Fall of time you spend devoted to social media? Come hear American Wealth Culture experts speak about how they have leveraged social 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 networks to increase business. Signing with Larry Samuel | 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 $24 plus tax and service charge per member and $34 plus January 5th, 6:30p.m. As Americans, we have been tax and service charge per guest by January 8th at noon, 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 taught to be obsessed with money and the people who $34 plus tax and service charge for member walk-ins and have it. We are curious about what they buy, where $44 plus tax and service charge for guest walk-ins. Includes 28 February 2010 February they vacation, and what separates them from the rest snacks and beverage. For reservations, e-mail events@ of us. Rich: The Rise and Fall of American Wealth pennclubny.org or fax 212-403-6621 or RSVP online. Culture (Amacom, 2009) puts the American obsession Monday, February 1st with all things money into much-needed perspective Social Media 103 and context, exposing the origins of the upper class. Young Alumni Flash Dating | Wednesday, February 3rd The book traces the history of the American rich Tuesday, January 19th, 7:00 p.m. Ready, Set, Date! Speed Progressive Networking Dinner from 1920 up to today, examining the who, what, dating is the most exciting and efficient way to meet Thursday, February 4th Class of 1990s Happy Hour when, where, and why of the wealthy elite. With its multiple eligible Ivy League singles in one night! Join the Young Alumni Committee for Flash Dating, where Monday, February 8th hundreds of compelling, real-life stories, RICH offers RockStep Dance Class busy professionals will have the opportunity to meet, a fascinating window into this world few ever see, Tuesday, February 9th and explores the rise of the first mass affluent class in date and move on. Each “date” lasts about five minutes Feb Club America and the virtual demise of Old Money as we and then the next date will begin. Whether it’s a fizzle Thursday, February 11th knew it. Enlightening and often surprising, RICH or a sizzle, it’s over in a flash and you get to chat up Class of 1970s and Before Happy Hour gives us a deeper understanding of our country’s another attractive, intelligent lady or gent. Sign up with Friday, February 12th wealthiest and most enigmatic class. a friend of the opposite sex to guarantee your spot. If Pre Valentines Day Dinner Larry Samuel is the founder of Culture Planning you’d like to sign up without a friend, we’ll place you on Friday – Saturday, February 12th-14th Valentine’s Day Specials in the Grill Room LLC, a Miami- and New York-based resource helping a waitlist until we have an equal ratio of men to women. $15 members, $24 guests. Reservations required by Monday, February 15th organizations market to the wealthy. He has been a Presidents Day January 12th. Space is limited, so sign up early! Target leading cultural consultant to Fortune 500 companies Thursday, February 18th age group is 21-34. For reservations, e-mail events@ and major advertising agencies since 1990. C’ 2000s Happy Hour pennclubny.org or fax 212-403-6621 or RSVP online. $15 per member and $30 per guest by January 4th at Monday, February 22nd noon. $25 per member and $40 per guest walk-in. For Book Group Luncheon reservations, e-mail [email protected] or fax Angela Duckworth Speaks | Tuesday, February 23rd 212.403.6621 or RSVP online. Wednesday, January 20th, 6:30p.m. Co-sponsored by Power of Small Book Signing Penn NYC. We welcome Penn Psychology Professor Thursday, February 25th Class of 1980s Happy Hour Social Media 102 | Angela Lee Duckworth for a presentation on Grit: Social and Professional Networking Series Monday, January 11th, 7:00 p.m. In this panel we’ll Perseverance and Passion for Long-term Goals. Grit distinguishes top performers from their equally tal- discuss specific features of social networks that are $15 per member and $30 per guest by ented peers. During this event, Professor Duckworth particularly useful to generate business. How has January 19th at noon. $25 per member will review the role of grit in determining achieve- growing your business online worked in practice and $40 per guest walk-in. For reservations, ment and explore how grit can be precisely measured, across various fields like real estate and law? How do e-mail [email protected] or fax 212- its relation to measures of talent, and what seems to you separate your personal online presence? And, 403-6621 or RSVP online. contribute to its development.

INTERCLUB The Road To Wellville. Think there are some strange ideas show starts at 2:30 p.m., so please arrive early circulating in the health care debate today? Take a look inside enough to finish eating beforehand. the Battle Creek Sanitarium, led by Dr. John Harvey Kellogg, Fra Diavolo. A Laurel & Hardy classic. Based a century ago! ABC News opined “all health breaks out in this on the operetta, Ollie gets himself in trouble Please note that walk-ins will be required to show Club ID at the door at all in- outrageous comedy romp!” With Anthony Hopkins, Matthew impersonating Fra Diavolo, the infamous Italian terclub events. All Inter-Ivy events require the same proper club attire expected Broderick, Bridget Fonda, John Cusack, and Dana Carvey. Based at the Penn Club (no jeans or sneakers). Thanks! brigand, while Stan amazes everyone with his Events on the novel by T. Coraghessan Boyle. R. 120 minutes. kneesie-earsie-nosie routine. Great comic act- Harvard Club Cost: Option 1: Enjoy a pre-screening dinner at the Club ing, great music. Unrated, but G. 90 minutes. (27 West 44th Street) (menu prices), see the movie free and then enjoy dessert at Cost: Brunch at $35 for adults (includes 1 Friday Night Movie | no additional charge. Option 2: $18 per person, including pre- mimosa or certain other drinks), $21 for children film snacks, movie, dessert, tax, and service. ages 3 through 11; both prices plus tax and Friday, November 6th, 7:00 p.m. Registration/Reception, 7:30 service. Sunday brunch is optional and the p.m. Films. The Harvard Club is the perfect spot for a movie Sunday Afternoon Family Movie | movies are free but there will be no pre-film date. Bring a spouse or a friend...or come alone and meet Sunday, November 8th, 2:00 p.m. Registration, 2:30 p.m. snacks or soft drinks, no after film desserts. For someone new! Curtain time is 7:30 p.m., so you’ll have plenty Films. Looking for something to do with the kids — or reservations, e-mail [email protected] or of time for a relaxed dinner at the Club beforehand... and our grandkids — on the weekends this fall? Come to the Club for fax 212-403-6621 or RSVP online. Prix Fixe dinner is the best deal in town! brunch... then see a classic, family-friendly movie for free! The

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early in their careers, late in their careers and in between, you know someone who needs our help please contact MEMBERSHIP the Risk Management Intra Club seeks to connect Pamela Pearce Littel [email protected]. practitioners in Credit, Market, and Operations Risk. This • Habitat for Humanity/Coat Drives–If you wish to be club will be a meeting place to exchange ideas, seek added to our volunteer call list please contact Ira Berliner advice and stay abreast of the Risk Management field. [email protected]. Join an Intra Club! We will hold meetings and events to engage members • Locks of Love/Wigs for Kids–You can help us by sim- and expose them to the various facets of the profession. ply asking your hair salon if they participate and let us Intra Clubs (special interest groups within the club) are a Members will have an active role in helping select those Cornerway for you to get to know your fellow Penn Club mem- know; many offer free haircuts for a hair donation of 10 topics that deserve special attention or are pertinent bers. For more information about joining or starting an inches. We will list these salons in our upcoming news- to the times. Please contact Intra Club Captain Gonzalo letters for people who wish to donate their hair. Also, we Intra Club, please e-mail [email protected]. Briceño, SEAS ‘02, ([email protected]) to would welcome your “before” and “after” photos! This is a Penn Women in Business RSVP or learn more. simple, easy and meaningful community service activity Intra Club | Architecture and Business Development for those of us who still have lots of hair like some of our teenagers! Just ask mine... Monday, November 23rd, 6:15 p.m. PWIB’s goal is to Intra Club | assist women in meeting their professional goals whether Wednesday, November 11th, 6:30 p.m. If you are Michelle Quain [email protected]. To RSVP or for it be through exploring business issues, using problem- a design professional, are interested in design, or have more information please contact Cherie Quain cheriefq@ solving techniques, or making introductions. Please an interest in business innovation, please join us for gmail.com 646-354-3288. Penn Club members are contact Intra Club Captain Dorothy C. Nickelson, C’02, the inaugural meeting of the Architecture and Business welcome to bring guests to participate in any PENNdulum ([email protected]) to RSVP or learn more. Development Intra Club. The group is working to enable activities! Thank you! Real Estate Investment Intra Club | design professionals to flourish in an adverse economic Fantasy Football League Intra Club | Monday, November 23rd, 6:30 p.m. The environment, by bringing together experts in business As the leagues grow, they will become career specific— Real Estate Investment Intra Club’s mission is management and members of the design community, finance, medical, politics, etc. In order to join the league, § to educate and support the professionals and with the objective of developing practical tools and tech- follow the link: http://football.fantasysports.yahoo. leaders of real estate investment firms through training niques to improve performance and results in the design com/f1. Click the “Sign Up Now” or “Get Another Team” and networking opportunities. Please contact Intra Club fields. Please contact Intra Club Captain Randall Knox button and follow the links to “Join a Custom League”. Captain Lauren Davidson, (Lauren.davidson@grubb-ellis. ([email protected]) to RSVP or learn more. When prompted, enter the League ID# “64030” and the com) to RSVP or learn more. Chinese Business and Investment Password “puckfrinceton.” E-mail Intra Club Captain Bill Jesunas, C’08, ([email protected]) for more Hedge Fund Investing Intra Club | Intra Club | information. Monday, November 9th, 6:15 p.m. Come Wednesday, November 11th, 6:30 p.m. Join the Penn discuss issues and provide information, education Club’s intra club for conversation about Chinese finance and research on latest trends in hedge funds, and investment in the living room on the 2nd Wednesday To view the entire list of Intra Clubs log on to the Members including fund of funds. Hedge funds are unregistered of each month. Lin will lead intermediate/advanced Only portion of our website at www.pennclub.org and click private investment partnerships, funds or pools that may discussion surrounding business and investment. Please on “Bulletin Board.” invest and trade in many different markets, strategies, contact Intra Club Captain Lin Yuan (lyuan2003@gmail. and instruments and are not subject to the same regula- com) to RSVP or learn more. Members Helping Members: tory requirements as mutual funds. Please contact Intra PENNdulum Social Action Intra Club | Penn Club “Pink Slip” Club Captain Dorothy C. Nickelson, C’02, (dorothynickel- Wednesday, November 11th, 7:00 p.m. PENNdulum [email protected]) to RSVP or learn more. Tuesdays | social action intra club “swings” into action... “When You Risk Management Intra Club | Help Others, You Can’t Help Helping Yourself” (Avenue Q). 3rd Tuesday of each month—November 17th, 4–5:00 p.m. Monday, November 16th, 7:00 p.m. Open to those With job losses mounting, the Penn • Veteran’s Mentors/Tutoring–If you wish to help or Club is offering an opportunity for job seekers and those under-employed to meet in the Living Room on to network, talk about potential job Member Spotlight Nini Zhang opportunities, and garner support during these challenging times. Come gather with fellow Nini Zhang, C’06, is an extremely dynamic member. She joined the Club in 2007 initially members, whether you’re looking for work or if for networking and to use the reciprocal clubs, however, she quickly became involved you are a professional who has gone through a lay with the Club community. Nini serves on the Young Alumni Committee, Programs off and wants to share how you overcame it! Each Committee, and acts as a liaison between the two. She has chaired the Penn Entrepreneur’s session, we welcome a special guest who can help Panel Full House event and actively supports fellow YAC and Program Committee members get closer to snagging that perfect job. members in planning and producing events such as Spring Fling, Homecoming, and On November 17th, Carol Vinelli will lead Speed Dating. She even met her boyfriend, Bill Wells C’07, a fellow Penn Club member, discussion. Business and Transition Coach, Carol at Ben Franklin’s Birthday Bash. Nini is also a member of the Penn Fund Board and E. Vinelli uses a values assessment tool to help actively contributed to the planning of the Highball Young Alumni Fund Raising event. her clients align their career interests with their Ms. Zhang is a Senior Consultant at Campbell Alliance, the leading management consulting firm values. She will be available to discuss how the specializing in the pharmaceutical and biotech industry. She acts as a strategic advisor to pharma tool can help job seekers define a clearer path to and biotech companies by helping them to successfully launch new therapies globally and to a more purposeful career. “There are plenty of implement cutting edge clinical technology to speed drug to market. Nini enjoys shopping in creative ways to repackage yourself, if you under- Soho/Greenwhich Village, collecting vintage clothing, traveling, crafts, paddle boarding, playing the stand what you have to offer.” piano, and cooking. Being trilingual (in English, French and Chinese), she looks forward to attend- Please RSVP for headcount purposes: events@ ing the Chinese Language intra-club to practice her Mandarin. pennclubny.org or fax 212.403.6621 or RSVP online. To audition for member spotlight, please e-mail [email protected].

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The December Wine Dinner will be December 11th and features wines from Main Dining Room Events Elk Cove in Willamette Valley, Oregon. Mark your calendars now before your Main Dining holiday season fills up! ROOM Main Dining Room Daily Specials Monday-Friday: Bubbly Monday Indulgent Tuesday Prix-Fixed Wednesday Sweet Thursday Viva Vino Friday Lunch 12-2:30 PM Dinner 6-9 PM $39.50—Enjoy Jumbo $39.50—Enjoy Char- $32.95—Enjoy the $37.50—Savor Rabbit $36.00—Wind Down Lump Crab Cakes with Grilled Filet Mignon Three-Course Theater Loin Medallions with a the Week with a bottle Please call 212.403.6628 for all a glass of Champagne with a glass of Cabernet Menu all night long glass of Port wine after of well-selected Wine of Main Dining Room reservations. cocktail Sauvignon dinner the Month Note that jackets are required for gentlemen during dinner. Stone Crab Week | ❖ Traditional Roasted Turkey with all the Trimmings ❖ Herb Crusted Beef Tenderloin Monday, November 2nd to Thursday, November 5th. ❖ Homemade Grand Dessert Buffet There will be special stone crab menu for lunch and dinner: Grill $53.50 ($29.50 for children under 12), plus tax and ROOM ❖ Seafood Chowder gratuity. There are 5 seatings: 12:00pm, 1:00 pm, ❖ Monday-Friday: Cole Slow Salad 2:30pm, 3:30 pm, and 5:00pm. For reservations call Breakfast 7 -10 AM ❖ Stone Crabs with Fresh Tony Kontos at 212.403.6628 or e-mail tkontos@ Lunch 12-3 PM Spinach and Hash Brown Potatoes pennclubny.org. Please note there is a 48-hour Sandwich Corner 3-5:30 PM ❖ Dinner 5:30-10 PM Key Lime Pie cancellation policy in effect for this event. ❖ A Glass of House Rosé Wine Bar 12 noon-11 PM $57.00 plus tax and gratuity for lunch. $67.00 plus Saturday: Almost Grown Up & Junior Continental Breakfast 7 -11 AM tax and gratuity for dinner. Reserve your preferred Executives Luncheon Buffet | Lunch 12 NOON-7 PM seating time. For reservations call Tony Kontos at Tuesday, December 30th. Over the course of our Sunday: 212.403.6628 or e-mail [email protected]. Club’s 14 year history we’ve had the good fortune Continental Breakfast 7 -11 AM November Wine Dinner | of serving generations of our members’ families. Be- cause we want all children to enjoy life’s significant Thursday, November 12th. Come to the Penn Club firsts, we hope you and the children who matter for the next in our monthly four course wine dinner most in your life will join us when we will celebrate series, where each course is paired with the perfect ROOM rites of passage with an Almost Grown Up Lun- glass of wine. Telmo Rodriguez offers wines from Monday-Friday: cheon Buffet in the Provost Room and a Junior Ex- three regions of Spain and all vineyards are biody- Complimentary Coffee 10–11 AM ecutives Luncheon buffet in the President’s Room. namic. Menu: Kite & Key Bar 4–10:30 PM Tell your children to shine their shoes, tie their ties, ❖ Pan Seared Hudson Valley Foie Gras, Quince Living Room: Open Daily 24 hours put on their jackets and dresses and not to forget to Compote and Verjus Reduction gel their hair! Children must be accompanied by at

Telmo Rueda Basa 2007, Rueda, Spain (Verdejo, least one adult. Hope to see you here! Viura, Sauvignon Blanc) Wines ❖ Mussel Soup with Fennel and Saffron Buffets will be available from 12pm until 2:30pm. of the Month Almost Grown Up ages 6 to 14 $16.95 plus tax and Telmo Rioja Lz 2008. Rioja, Spain Chateau Les Vergenes Bordeaux gratuity, Junior Executives ages 14 to 22 $22.95 (Tempranillo) Blanc 2007 ❖ Venison Stew, Braised Red Cabbage and Truffle plus tax and gratuity and adults $25.95 plus tax Domaine Chanzy Bougogne Blanc 2007 Rutabaga Puree and gratuity. For reservations call Tony Kontos at 212.403.6628 or e-mail [email protected]. Domaine Chanzy Bougogne Telmo Dehessa Gago 2008, Toro, Spain (Tinto de Please note there is a 48-hour cancellation policy in Rouge Clos de la Fortune 2005 Toro a.k.a. Tempranillo) Beaumont de Crayares Brut ❖ “Fall Sundae,” Caramel Icecream, Caramelized effect for this event. Champagne Pear, Toasted Pecans and Balsamic Syrup Muscat Reserve your preferred seating time between 6:00 Grill Room Daily Specials and 8:00p.m. $74.00 per person, plus tax and ROOM Monday and Friday: Wine/Beer service charge. For reservations call Tony Kontos at The Grill Room is an ideal place for a small gathering Pairing Menu — Indulge in our pairing 212.403.6628 or e-mail [email protected] or of friends or coworkers. Dinner parties of up to 10 and menu inspired by Chef Smoor. No meal RSVP online. Please note there is a 48-hour cancella- cocktail parties of up to 25 can be accommodated. Call is complete without a glass of wine or Grillus ahead of time and we can set up a spot for all to enjoy! pint of beer to compliment it! $4 flavored tion policy in effect for this event. Contact: Bonnie Baker at The Grill Room, 212.403.6580. vodka specials too! Traditional Thanksgiving Feast Professional and Social Networking Tuesday: Slider Night — Three Beef Sliders served with a basket of French Buffet | Series | fries and Chef John’s special sauce $12.75. Thursday, November 26th. Members are welcome Every last Thursday of the month, November 19th, 6:00 Pair your sliders with two 8 oz. draft to invite family and guests to an extraordinary p.m. Make friends and business contacts in a comfortable, beers: our classic Yuengling draft and our upscale place where bright, professional, compassionate seasonal draft $16.75. Thanksgiving Buffet at your club. Our Executive people can join together, spark conversations, establish Wednesday: “Smokehouse” Chef showcases his talents for this culinary event, relationships, and just have a very good time relaxing. Busy BBQ Night — Choose from a selection of which will leave you awe-struck by the warm, people have very little time—let this be that opportunity to smoked and slow cooked BBQ meats and intimate ambience and generous nature and atten- take time to create new ideas and new relationships. Contact classic BBQ style sides all for up to $20.00. tion to detail extended by the staff. Thanksgiving [email protected] for more information or to RSVP. Thursday: Sink or Swim Harvest Buffet to include: ➤ We are currently seeking organizers for this Yuengling drafts $2.00 and all-you-can- ❖ Smoked Seafood ❖ Shrimp Cocktail monthly series. Please email events@pennclubny. eat cheese steaks $15.95. org if you are interested in filling this role. Organizers ❖ ❖ Cheeses and Patés Composed Salads will be responsible for generating enthusiasm for the Ladies Special! ❖ Pumpkin Soup event and facilitating networking at the event. $2 White Zinfandels Every Thursday!

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Historic Greenwich Village Taverns at Christmas PalestraFITNESS CENTER Walking Tour | Highlights Monday–Friday 6:30 a.m.–9:30 p.m.; Saturday, January 2nd, 5:15 p.m. Toast in the New Year on TESLA Test Drive Event Saturday–Sunday 9:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m. this walking tour of historic speakeasies, pubs, and taverns To join contact Dan Ahearn: 212.403.6626, celebrating the holiday season. Stops include a 1920s [email protected] or come by the speakeasy frequented by Ernest Hemingway and F. Scott MBA Admissions Consulting to start your fitness routine today. Fitzgerald, and a haunt of Dylan Thomas, author ofA South African Wine Tasting Preventing the Flu: Child’s Christmas in Wales. We will also see sites associated with Clement Clarke Moore, author of Twas the Night Be- Linda Fairstein on Law and Good Health Habits fore Christmas, and O Henry, who penned the Christmas Literature Can Help Stop Germs classic, The Gift of the Magi. Meeting place to be provided. The single best way to prevent seasonal flu is to get Sponsored by NYC Discovery Walking Tours. vaccinated each year, but good health habits like covering $18 per person (drinks extra). For reservations, e-mail your cough and washing your hands often can help stop [email protected] or fax 212.403.6621 or RSVP online the spread of germs and prevent respiratory illnesses like Your comments are two weeks in advance of event. the flu. There also are flu antiviral drugs that can be used important to us! to treat and prevent the flu. For comments & suggestions regarding 1. Avoid close contact. Inter-Ivy Stand-Up Comedy furnishings, property, grounds, repairs & Avoid close contact with people who are sick. When you are sick, keep your distance from others to protect Night! | maintenance, house rules, dress code, and rules them from getting sick too. of conduct, contact the House Committee at: Monday, January 25th, 7:00 p.m. For one night, the Penn 2. Stay home when you are sick. [email protected] Club transforms into a showcase of New York’s top If possible, stay home from work, school, and errands stand-up comedy talent. Come to the club to see some of when you are sick. You will help prevent others from For comments & suggestions regarding catching your illness. the city’s funniest and smartest comedians. It’s all good membership growth, contact the Membership 3. Cover your mouth and nose. clean fun, so don’t be scared to bring your officemates (or Committee at: membershipcommittee@ Cover your mouth and nose with a tissue when even your boss!) After the show the comedians will stick pennclubny.org coughing or sneezing. It may prevent those around around for a meet-and-greet. Featuring a fresh lineup you from getting sick. of topnotch comics and hosted by Ricky Butler. Ricky For comments & suggestions regarding 4. Clean your hands. hustled his way to over 5 million video views on YouTube member events and activities, contact Washing your hands often will help protect you from (showmanROT) and has been doing stand-up since mov- germs. the Program Committee at: ing to NYC from LA three years ago. [email protected] 5. Avoid touching your eyes, nose or mouth. Germs are often spread when a person touches $37 plus tax and gratuity per member and $47 plus tax and something that is contaminated with germs and then gratuity per guest by July 7th at noon, $47 plus tax and For comments & suggestions regarding activities touches his or her eyes, nose or mouth. gratuity for member walk-ins and $57 plus tax or gratuity for young alumni (age 21–34), contact the Young 6. Practice other good health habits. for guest walk-ins. Cover includes two drinks, bar snacks, Alumni Committee at: [email protected] Get plenty of sleep, be physically active, manage your and show. For reservations, e-mail [email protected] stress, drinks plenty of fluids and eat nutritious food. or fax 212-403-6621 or RSVP online. To contact the Club with questions or room reservations, please call 212.764.3550. Penn Club President General Manager Program Committee Chair Editor Gerald Knorr Peter M. Homberg, CCM Caroline Waxler Julie Yannalfo

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