Jackie Robinson's granddaughter, Sonya Pankey, and Len Coleman, Jackie Robinson Foundation chairman
Millie Gladstone and Fred Wilpon
New York Mets, the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum,Sonya Pankey, Dale Petroskey,Phil Rizzuto, Jackie Robinson Foundation, Riccardo Salmona, Schieffelin & Somerset Co., and the Tri-City ValleyCats. The American Folk Art Museum expresses its deep appreciation to the gifted members of the exhibition team who organized "The Perfect Game: America Looks at Baseball."
Special thanks to the following artists for their donations of artwork to the silent auction: Anthony Dominguez Tom Duncan Dolores Furnari JoHann Garber Keith Goodhart Bernard Goodman Anne Grgich Ken Grimes Chris Hipkiss Mr. Imagination Levent Isik Barbara Knickerbocker Linda Carter Leflco Raymond Materson Donald Mitchell Kevin Sampson Judith Scott Rubens Teles Nancy Toombs LaVon VanWilliams Pascal Verbena Myrtice West Malcah Zeldis
Members of NIOMIX dance troupe
their many efforts to make this special night possible. We also wish to acknowledge the support of benefactors AOL Time Warner, Bear Stearns, Citigroup, Louise and Edgar Cullman Sr., and Deutsche Bank. Additionally,
the evening could not have been the "home run" it was without the assistance of Yogi Berra,the Boston Red Sox, the Brooklyn Cyclones, Anne Bruno Floral Designs, Jane Forbes Clark, Len Coleman, Alva Greenberg, the
Yogi Berta, Trustee Edward V. Blanchard Jr., and Phil Rizzuto
Through their creative efforts, the museum truly celebrates the important contributions of baseball to American life and culture: Elizabeth V. Warren, exhibition curator; Margaret S. Smeal, assistant exhibition curator; Michael Morris and Yoshiko Sato, Morris/Sato Studio, exhibition designers; and Linda Doherty, exhibition graphics designer. We also wish to thank the following exhibition sponsors for their support: Andrew W. Mellon Foundation; Major League Baseball Foundation; New York Mets; Sports Illustrated magazine; The American Folk Art Society; and Van Wagner Communications.
Participants at the silent auction table—the museum's Chairman of the Board, Ralph 0. Esmerian, writes in his bid
Volunteers Pearl Chow, Xiao Situ, and Judy Rothenberg prepare to lead guests from the museum to the Hilton hotel
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