Phones were all theho rage. [laughter] facebook was founded the world war ii memorial was dedicated, george w. Bush was reelected president. Major League Baseball retur to washington as the Washington Nationals. [applause] fast forward 15 years the Washington Nationals are in the world series. [applause] and David Rubenstein is back as we all know cofounder as well as chairman of the board or the boards of trustees of the jfk center for performing arts. The Smithsonian Institution and the council on Foreign Relations and we all know he is a engaged in many many many other philanthropic activities too numerous to mention. David coined the phrase patriotic philanthropy with generous financing of the restoration of the historical landmark including the Washington Monument the Lincoln Memorial the Us Marine Corps war memorial Washington Library and monticello in montpelier and the arlington house also purchasing copies like the declaration of independence, the emancipation proclamation and
President of the club and we had 288 members. Flip phones were all the rage. Facebook was founded. The world war ii memorial was dedicated. George w. Bush was elected president and majopresident ande baseball returned to washington at the washington nationals. [applause] fast forward 15 years the nationals are in the world series. [applause] [cheering] and David Rubenstein is back. The cofounder and chairman of the Carlyle Group as well as the chairman of the boards of trustees of the john f. Kennedy center for performing arts, the Smithsonian Institution and the council on foreign relations. We all know that hes also engaged in many other philanthropic activities that are too numerous to mention. David coined the phrase philanthropic philanthropy with the restoration of some of the countrys great historical landmarks including the washington mann demand, sit back because theres a number of these. The Washington Monument, the memorial, the u. S. Marine corps, the war memorial, Washingt
Senator George Mitchell was president of the club and we had 288 members. They were all the rage. And the world war ii memorial dedicated, and Major League Baseball returned to washington as though washington nationals. For 15 years and David Rubenstein is back. David as we all know is cofounder and coexecutive chairman of the karloff group and chairman of the board. And the performing arts, a Strong Institution at the council on foreign relations. And engaged in many many other philanthropic activities. The patriotic philanthropy, generous financing, great historical landmarks, including the Washington Monument, the Lincoln Memorial. The us marine corps. And monticello, and the arlington house. And purchased rare copies of historic documents like the declaration of independence, the emancipation proclamation, and magna carta to ensure they are publicly displayed at the smithsonian and national archives. At the Economic Club, the insightful revealing and entertaining interview were, at
Lift. Well, good evening. Good evening, everybody. Im bradley graham, the coowner of politics prose along with my wife, lissa muscatine. On behalf of everybody at the bookstore and all the great folks here at sixth and u, thank you very much sixth and i, thank you very much for coming. Every time we do a joint author event like tonight with sixth and i which we love doing, by the way, in this marvelous facility i think back 15 years when the building was up for sale and how close it came to being transformed into a nightclub. [laughter] you know . It came this close. But instead, the founders of sixth and i and the staff here have transformed this wonderful place over the past decade and a half into the vibrant Community Center that it is today. Lets have a round of applause for that. [applause] we have a great event for you this evening featuring, of course, Melinda Gates here to talk about her new book, the moment of lift. This is melindas debut as an author, and her book is part mem
In the next rm youll find the exhibit stitching history from the holocaust, developed our colleagues at the Jewish Museum of milwaukee, telling the story of a family who attempted to escape from nazi occupied prague via impassioned plooe for american visa based on talent as a dress kainer. The request failed. The family perished. Her designs survived and have been brought to testimony of what america lost when we decide the desperate souls were unwanted. As we hear the case of this evening the the case of in family wasnt ewe nic and it wasnt just the haters complicit in the murder of the innocent. Mr. Dobbs talk is part of the shapiro lecture series made possible by gloria l. Shapiro. I want to thank Program Partner willings, the library and the United States Holocaust Memorial museum. Here to to introduce mr. Dobbs is a Holocaust Museum midatlantic regional director, patterned t patterned, andre abraham. Thank you, marvin. Im andre sabril. I have occasion to get to baltimore and speak