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FEATURE On Wednesday, March 6, more than 600 alumni, friends, students
and faculty filled the Grand Ballroom of the Plaza Hotel to honor
four outstanding alumni — Derek Q. Johnson ‘81,
Joel I. Klein ‘67, Conrad Lung ‘72 and William
H. McDavid ‘68 — who received John Jay Awards for
Distinguished Professional Achievement. This is the 24th year that
the College has presented the awards, which are named in honor of
the first chief justice of the United States and a member of the
King’s College Class of 1764. Funds raised at the dinner benefit
the John Jay National Scholarship Program, which provides financial
assistance and special programming for first-year students at the
College. The honorees have made their marks in fields ranging from media
and entertainment to public service, banking and apparel manufacturing.
Johnson is president and CEO of the Apollo Theater Foundation, a
not-for-profit corporation responsible for the preservation, restoration
and revitalization of the Apollo Theater on 125th Street in Harlem.
Klein is chairman and CEO of Bertelsmann, Inc., and chief U.S. liaison
officer to Bertelsmann AG, one of the largest media companies in
the world. Lung is the president and co-founder of Sunnex, Inc.,
a New York–based company that manufactures and markets apparel
in the United States, Canada and Latin America. McDavid is general
counsel for J.P. Morgan Chase & Co., the conglomerate formed
by the December 2000 merger of Chase Manhattan and J.P. Morgan. The dinner co-chairs were Joseph Cabrera ’82, William
Chan ’86, Joel Klaperman ’67 and Charles
O’Byrne ’81. Click on the thumbnails for a larger version and caption.
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