- The Hundred Year Association of New York
The Hundred Year Association of New York, founded in 1927, is a
non-profit organization inNew York City aimed at recognizing and rewarding dedication and service to the City of New York by businesses and organizations that have been in operation in the city for a century or more and by individuals who have devoted their lives to the city as city employees.The Association also provides services to its members to promote to the public their history and contributions to the educational and civic affairs of New York and to preserve, foster and perpetuate high ideals and worthy traditions that have been handed down through the years in the business and professional life of the city. It also stands ready to use the background of experience of its members for the common good as opportunity arises; and to aid and counsel those less experienced whose success would contribute substantially to the City’s business and civic fabric.
Membership
Any association, corporation, partnership or individual proprietorship whose continuity in its own right, or as successor to an organization in business for over 100 years is eligible for membership. Organizations 75 years or older may join as associate members.
Individuals can join the Association's 'Century Society.'
Notable current members include
ConEdison ,Keyspan Corporation ,The Chief-Civil Service Leader ,The Brooklyn Bar Association ,Rosenwach Tank Company ,John Gallin & Son ,Hagedorn & Company ,Leys, Christie & Company , Modell’s Sporting Goods,Henry W. T. Mali & Company ,New York University ,Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker ,Bowne & Co. ,The New York Post ,Dancker, Sellew & Douglas ,James Thompson & Co. ,Atlantic Mutual Companies ,The Bank of New York ,Richmond County Savings Bank ,E. J. Electric ,Emmet, Marvin & Martin ,Scientific American ,The Hotel Wales ,The Delta Kappa Epsilon Club of New York andFerrara Cafe .Officers
The Association is led by elected officers and a Board of Governors. The most recent Chairman,
Richard A. Cook , died in June 2007 after a long illness. The current President isClinton W. Blume, III . The Association's Executive Director isLuke Vander Linden .Past presidents have included
James A. Farley .Public Service Awards & College Scholarships
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The public service awards are named for
Isaac Liberman , founder of The Hundred Year Association when he was president ofArnold Constable Stores in Brooklyn.The annual 'E. Virgil Conway College Scholarships' are awarded to the sons and daughters of New York City employees every year. They are named after
E. Virgil Conway , who conceived of the scholarship program in 1971.More than $1,000,000 has been granted since the awards program’s conception 48 years ago.
Gold Medal Awards
Each year since 1930, The Association has presented its 'Gold Medal Award' "in recognition of outstanding contributions to the City of New York." While typically presented to a single individual, the award has been granted on occasion to more than one person or an organization.
Past winners have been:
1931
Harvey Dow Gibson 1932
Justice Samuel Seabury 1933
Grover A. Whalen 1934
Robert Moses 1935
John D. Rockefeller, Jr. 1936
Thomas E. Dewey 1937
James Speyer 1938
Eleanor Robson Belmont 1939
Cleveland E. Dodge 1940
Fiorello H. La Guardia 1946
Francis Cardinal Spellman ,Helen Rogers Reid 1947
Frederick H. Ecker 1949
Millicent C. McIntosh 1950
Oscar Hammerstein II ,Richard Rodgers 1951
Alfred P. Sloan 1952
Howard S. Cullman 1953
John Hay Whitney 1954
Arthur Hays Sulzberger 1955 Brigadier General
David Sarnoff 1956
Robert J. Wagner 1957
Keith S. McHugh 1958
Samuel D. Leidesdorf 1959
John D. Rockefeller III 1960
Howard A. Rusk 1961
Minnie Guggenheimer 1962
James A. Farley 1964
Edmund F. Wagner 1965
David Rockefeller 1966
Austin J. Tobin 1967
John A. Coleman 1968
Gustave L. Levy 1969
J. Victor Herd 1970
Jack I. Straus 1971
William S. Renchard 1972
Robert S. Curtiss 1973
Gilbert W. Fitzhugh 1974
Leonard H. Goldenson 1975
George Champion 1976
William M. Ellinghaus 1977
Ellmore C. Patterson 1978
J. Henry Smith 1980
Harry Helmsley 1981
Richard R. Shinn 1982
Museum of the City of New York 1983
Edward J. Mortola 1984
J. Peter Grace 1985
Gene F. Jankowski 1986
E. Virgil Conway 1987
Edmund T. Pratt, Jr. 1988
Delbert C. Staley 1989
John J. Phelan, Jr. 1990
Felix G. Rohatyn 1991
Carnegie Hall 1992
William R. Chaney 1993
Tony Randall 1994
John F. McGillicuddy 1995
David A. Olsen 1997
Simon J. Critchell 1998
Rudolph W. Giuliani 1999
Robert R. Douglass 2000
Robert M. Johnson 2001
Robert B. Catell ,Charles J. Hamm 2002
Charles J. Urstadt 2003
Mark S. Sisk 2004
The New York Post 2005
Robert M. Morgenthau 2006
Raymond W. Kelly 2007
John C. Cushman III External links
* [http://www.100yearassociation.com The Hundred Year Association of New York website]
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