75 Annual Dinner and Ball
The Kosciuszko Foundation celebrated its 75th Diamond Anniversary Dinner and Ball in the Grand Ballroom of New York's elegant Waldorf=Astoria Hotel.
Below you can view a short film from our Ball.
The Kosciuszko Foundation honored three prominent Poles: President Lech Walesa, Nobel Peace Prize Laureate, Dr. Maria Siemionow, the pioneering plastic surgeon who conducted the world's first face transplant, and renowned artist & painter, Rafal Olbinski.
Mr. Joseph E. Gore, Esq. and Mrs. Eugenia F. Gore served as the Ball Chairpersons. Eight chapter presidents of the Kosciuszko Foundation were also honored during the evening: Mr. John Bartus (Pittsburgh Chapter), Professor Jan Bialasiewicz (Rocky Mountain Chapter), Professor Lidia Filus (Chicago Chapter), Mr. Christopher Golinski (Western NY Chapter), Mrs. Mary Kay Pieski (Ohio Chapter), Professor Waldemar Priebe (Texas Chapter), Mrs. Carolyn Czaja Topor (New England Chapter), Ms. Teresa Wojcik, Ph.D. (Philadelphia Chapter) and Mr. Andre Zlotnicki, Chair of the National Advisory Committee. The Polish American Dance Company performed one of its original pieces.
Under the patronage of Mrs. Patti Rutkoske McCune, six young ladies were presented as debutantes at the Ball. They were Miss Mikhaela Ackerman of Winston Salem, NC, Miss Diana Marie Grutzmacher of Marshallville, OH, Miss Natasha Polewac of Plainview, NY, Miss Adria and Miss Rachel Wynszynski of Monnton, PA, and Miss Alexandra Zachowski of Durham, CT. Ms. Juliana Fazio was the Honorary Chairwoman of the Debutante Council.
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