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S. Sen. Charles "Chuck" Schumer and U.S. Rep. Jim Jordan Speak to Guests WASHINGTON, May 12, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- President Barack Obama delivered the keynote address at the ninth National Hispanic Prayer Breakfast and Conference this morning to a crowd of more than 600 Hispanic faith and civic leaders at the Andrew W. Mellon Auditorium in Washington, D.C.
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Event to Highlight Progress in Research, Advocacy and New Treatments WASHINGTON, April 14, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The National Organization for Rare Disorders (NORD) will honor two members of the U.S. Congress, patient advocates, medical researchers, and others for improving the lives of people with rare diseases on Tuesday, May 17, at the Andrew W. Mellon Auditorium.
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WASHINGTON, Jan. 11 /U.S. Newswire/ -- The following is a transcript of remarks by the president in a conversation on Social Security reform (part 1 of 3): Andrew W. Mellon Auditorium
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The first day of summer and all hope springs forth. Hope of fitting into those lightweight warm weather frocks, or at least checking out the fall fashions soon to arrive in the stores. So, it was on the solstice last Tuesday when Nordstrom sponsored its annual benefit preview of fall designer collections at the Andrew Mellon Auditorium. At $125 a pop, the handsomely staged and catered affair always is an elaborate event that attracts clotheshorses of all ages.
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Event to Highlight Progress in Research, Advocacy and New Treatments WASHINGTON, May 11 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The National Organization for Rare Disorders (NORD) will honor two trailblazing scientists, a pioneering patient organization, and five companies that have brought innovative new treatments to market for rare diseases at the 2010 NORD Partners in Progress Gala at the Andrew W. Mellon Auditorium in Washington DC on Tuesday, May 18.
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WASHINGTON, May 6 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Today, Refugees International will host its 31st annual gala to honor humanitarians for the passion they have shown and the change they have achieved in tackling the world's humanitarian needs. The gala, held at the Andrew W. Mellon Auditorium and emceed by actor and RI board member Sam Waterston, celebrates Refugees International's long history of advocating for the world's most vulnerable people, those displaced by crisis or conflict. Former Senate Majority Leader and physician Bill Frist is this year's McCall-Pierpaoli Humanitarian Award recipient. Sen. Frist was recognized for his humanitarian leadership in Congress and his on- the-ground work, providing medical assistance and counsel in times of crisis. He was instrumental in getting the...
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ENOLA, Pa., April 24 /U.S. Newswire/ -- On Friday, April 21, 2006, Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales presented Delilah Rumburg, executive director of the Pennsylvania Coalition Against Rape (PCAR), with the National Crime Victim Service Award during an awards ceremony at the Andrew W. Mellon Auditorium in Washington, D.C. The awards ceremony and preceding candlelight vigil opened national observance of 2006 National Crime Victims' Week, April 23- 26. Coordinated by the Office for Victims of Crime, a component of the Office of Justice Program, U.S. Department of Justice, the awards honor those whose outstanding work on behalf of crime victims has earned them the esteem of their colleagues in the victim service and criminal justice fields. The recipients are nominated by their colleagu...
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The "Fab 15" core actors in Washington's Shakespeare Theatre Company were down to a triumphant 12 to receive the Will Award, recognizing contributions to classical theater, at the institution's annual benefit in the gaily bedecked Andrew Mellon Auditorium Sunday night. The three missing from action were working on stages as far away as London, New York, and Olney, Md. proof of the talent exhibited by a group that company artistic director Michael Kahn referred to in his remarks as "our family": "Tonight is like a Thanksgiving dinner with our family. And we're pretty functional as families go.
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On the Saturday before Valentine's Day, the romantic setting of the "Taj Mahal by Moonlight" was an inspired choice for the Women's Committee of the Washington National Opera's sold-out Mid-Winter Gala at the Andrew W. Mellon Auditorium. Soon-to-depart Indian Ambassador Ronen Sen (whose popular wife, Kalpana, was in India attending to her ill mother), gala chairwoman Caroline Boutte and vice chairwoman Kim Nettles welcomed 500 opera patrons, many of whom abandoned their usual black-tie garb for flowing silks and mirror applique, embroidered tunics and turbans.
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The setting for the National Alliance on Mental Illness' Wednesday benefit dinner proved as dramatic as the issues that guide this nonprofit's mission. Sensational lighting effects in the high-ceilinged Andrew W. Mellon Auditorium played off colorful pink-and-orange table designs and created an upbeat mood often at odds with NAMI's realities and members' searing life stories. Gold masks for each of the 320 patrons and guests underscored the gala theme - "Unmasking Mental Illness," which is about shining light on a subject often denied or misunderstood in the public mind.
