The National Audubon Society Gala Dinner
Where: The Plaza Hotel
Who was there: Guests included Bette Midler, Uma Thurman, Arki Busson, Tom Brokaw, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Mayor Michael Bloomberg, Maya Lin, Jane Alexander, Ambassador of Panama Ana Irene Delgado, Allison Rockefeller, Louis & Gabrielle Bacon, Cynthia & Dan W. Lufkin, Sonia & Paul Tudor Jones II.
Other details: Tom Brokaw hosted The National Audubon Society Gala Dinner at The Plaza Hotel last night. For the first time, the organization awarded two of the nation’s most prestigious environmental honors on the same night: the inaugural Dan W. Lufkin Prize for Environmental Leadership and the Audubon Medal. George Archibald, founder of the International Crane Foundation, received the first Lufkin Prize and its $100,000 award, and philanthropist Louis Bacon received the esteemed Audubon Medal.
[Photo: Uma Thurman, Bette Midler via Diane Bondareff/Invision for The National Audubon Society/AP Images]