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What an incredible evening we all had on May 4th at the New Jersey Performing Arts Center in Newark, New Jersey!

I had the pleasure and honor of presenting the Clara Barton Award with fellow New Jerseyite Frankie Negron.
Clara was a teacher, nurse, activist and humanitarian. She created New Jersey’s first free public school in Bordentown, where attendance grew to 600 students under her leadership. With the start of the Civil War, Barton’s tireless work as a wartime nurse earned her the title “Angel of the Battlefield.” After the war, she founded the American Red Cross and devoted much of her later life furthering the rights of women.

New Jersey Governor Jon S. Corzine, Honorary Chairman

Fellow inductees: (we were pleased to see many family members accept on their behalf!) Thomas Edison Albert Einstein Buzz Aldrin Malcom Forbes Robert Wood Johnson II Frank Sinatra Bruce Springsteen Meryl Streep Yogi Berra Bill Bradley Vince Lombardi Toni Morrison General Norman Schwarzkopf Harriet Tubman

Mayor Cory Booker as always a source of inspiration! La Bamba and the Hubcaps rocked the house, Phoebe Snow brought back so many memories, Jersey Funny guy Joe Piscopo left us laughing, and leave it to THE BOSS to get us on our feet to end the evening with a bang!

Check out my personal slide show of the evening!