April 15th , 2011 → 8:44 am @ Palm Beach Centennial
Important information about the Centennial Celebration on the 17th. You can download a flyer with all the information by clicking here.
The information includes event times as well as parking and road closures in the Town. Again, click here for more information.
Parking Information and Road Closures
Category : News
April 3rd , 2011 → 11:08 am @ Palm Beach Centennial
Category : Centennial Event Chairs / Events
March 8th , 2011 → 7:30 pm @ Palm Beach Centennial
April is a big month for the Town’s Centennial Celebrations. Under each event is more detailed information about the celebrations. Please mark your calendars for these important events.
To purchase tickets or become a sponsor of one of these events please call 561-659-5354.
Friday, April 15th, 2011
The Palm Beach Centennial Kick Off Reception at The Mar-a-Lago Club
Presented by 
Tickets: $100
Time: 8:30pm-Midnight
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Saturday, April 16th, 2011
The Palm Beach Centennial Ambassador’s Dinner at The Breakers Palm Beach
Tickets by invitation at $500
Time: 7pm-11pm
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Sunday, April 17th, 2011
The Town of Palm Beach’s All-Town Celebration at The Flagler Museum
Free to the public
Promenade- 6pm-7pm
Time: 6pm-9pm
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Category : April Events / Events / News
February 3rd , 2011 → 11:20 pm @ Palm Beach Centennial
Here’s your chance to be part of Palm Beach’s Centennial celebrations by voicing your pride in your town!
Palm Beach residents can express congratulatory messages in print on color group-advertising pages in the special Centennial kick-off section to be published by the Palm Beach Daily News. This supplement will contain the official guide to Centennial events along with historical photos, facts and other information related to the town’s 100th-anniversary celebration.
This Centennial Supplement will be published by the Palm Beach Daily News Sunday, April 10, 2011.
For further information, please contact
Diana Sedito at (561) 820-3828
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December 30th , 2010 → 5:47 am @ Palm Beach Centennial
The Centennial Ambassadors personify all that is great and beautiful about the Town of Palm Beach. The privilege of serving as an Ambassador is not connected or related to any financial support of the Centennial Celebration. It is an honorary appointment by the Centennial Commission. There is no application process. The Centennial Ambassadors were selected on the basis of their long-standing historic relationship to the Town. The names of these leading citizens were announced on November 23rd, 2010 at a special reception hosted by the Colony Hotel. For more information contact Bill Bone, Chairman of the Centennial Commission at 561-832-0623.
Mr. James Y. Arnold, Jr.
Mrs. Lian Fanjul de Azqueta
Mrs. Kenyon C. Bolton
Mrs. Helen S. Cluett
Mrs. F. Eugene Dixon, Jr.
Mr. Alexander W. Dreyfoos
The Honorable Ambassador Edward E. Elson
Mr. Alfonso Fanjul
Mr. J. Pepe Fanjul
Dame Celia Lipton Farris
Mrs. Marjorie S. Fisher
Mrs. Jane R. Grace
Mr. Robert M. Grace
Dr. Robert Green
Mrs. Diana B.B. Holt
Mrs. Frances A. Hufty
Mrs. Philip Hulitar
Mr. Edward M. Kassatly
Mr. Thomas S. Kenan
Mr. Sidney A. Kohl
Mr. Leonard A. Lauder
Mrs. Elsie G. Leviton
Mr. H. Irwin Levy
Mr. Paul L. Maddock, Jr.
Mr. Morton L. Mandel
Mr. George G. Matthews
Mr. William M. Matthews
Mrs. John R. McLean
Mr. Ogden Mills Phipps
Mr. David V. Reese
Mrs. Wiley R. Reynolds
Mrs. Barbara M. Rogers
Mr. Doyle Rogers
Dr. Saul D. Rotter
Mrs. Lilly Pulitzer Rousseau
Mr. Stanley M. Rumbough, Jr.
Mrs. Kathryn Rybovich
Mrs. Rose Sachs
The Honorable Lesly S. Smith
Dr. Donald E. Warren
Mrs. Betty Anne Warren
Mr. Floyd L. Wideman, Jr.
Category : Centennial Ambassadors
December 29th , 2010 → 8:56 pm @ Palm Beach Centennial
As part of Palm Beach’s 100th-anniversary celebration, 42 leaders with longtime ties to the town accepted the honor of serving as “Centennial Ambassadors,” Centennial Commission Chairman Bill Bone said at a Nov. 23 reception attended by many of the honorees at The Colony.
“They have made their mark in the worlds of business, service and charity or in intangible forums like the universe of ideas, style and elegance,” Bone said after the reception, adding that each has ties to the town stretching back at least five decades.
“The Centennial Ambassadors are rich in the resources that matter most, like friends, family and the ties that bind them to this town,” Bone said. “There are other people just as successful, and there are even people who have lived here as long or longer. But the Centennial Ambassadors are individuals who have all these attributes and a connection to the town for at least 50 years, making these people special, even by Palm Beach standards.”
The ambassadors will be recognized at all official Centennial events and also will be honored April 16, 2011, at the Centennial Dinner Gala, a black-tie event at The Breakers. The gala will be part of a full weekend of events geared around the anniversary of the town’s incorporation on April 17, 1911.
Here are brief biographical sketches that highlight some of the achievements of the honorees.
James Y. Arnold Jr.
James Y. Arnold Jr. today lives with his wife, Roberta, not far from the site of Rabbit Hill, a significant home in Palm Beach history and the subject of a Florida historical marker on South Lake Trail. Henry M. Flagler had purchased the property from pioneer Dr. John H. Brelsford in 1901, and, in 1944, it was sold to Arnold’s father, who housed a well-known collection of orchids there. Arnold, a builder, has been an active supporter of the Norton Museum of Art, where he served as president of the board of trustees.
Lillian ‘Lian’ Fanjul de Azqueta
Lillian “Lian” Fanjul de Azqueta, wife of Norberto Azqueta Sr. and a member of one of Palm Beach’s most prominent families, founded two charitable organizations to help families living in poverty. New Hope Charities, created in 1988, helps foster sustainable communities in South Florida’s Glades area near the Fanjul family’s sugar-production facilities, while the MIR Foundation does similar work in the Dominican Republic. She serves as a director and president of both. She also serves on the board of Flo-Sun Inc. and is a moderator of the Vatican Council on International Health.
Mary Bolton
Longtime Palm Beach resident Mary Bolton was married to the late Kenyon C. Bolton, a philanthropist, military officer and diplomat. The Boltons’ architect son Kenyon “Tim” Bolton III designed for his mother Figulus III and Figulus IV, an award-wining home named after the 1893 house that his great-grandfather, Charles W. Bingham, built as Palm Beach’s first oceanfront mansion. Members of the Bingham family have owned property here for four generations. A longtime member of the Garden Club of Palm Beach, Mary Bolton has supported Opportunity Inc. and other organizations.
Helen S. Cluett
Helen Cluett has made her mark on Palm Beach in a variety of ways since she moved here in 1959 with Bill, her late husband. Cluett was one of the early supporters of Opportunity Inc., which recently celebrated its 70th birthday as Palm Beach’s oldest charity. The organization provides high-quality child care, preschool education and parenting/life skills training for low-income and at-risk families. Cluett also has been involved with the United Way, the Norton Museum of Art and The Society of the Four Arts. She also is well known for her staunch support of the Republican Party.
Edith Robb Dixon
When Edith Robb married Fitz Eugene Dixon Jr. in 1952, she became part of the Widener family; her husband’s mother was Eleanor Widener Dixon, who survived the sinking of the Titanic. In Palm Beach, businessman F. Eugene Dixon — a horse breeder who once owned the NBA’s Philadelphia 76ers and co-owned the NFL’s Philadelphia Phillies — served 18 years as board chairman of The Society of the Four Arts. After his death in 2006, his wife assumed that position until this year. She has continued the couple’s legacy of support for charities, and educational and medical institutions.
Alex W. Dreyfoos
The driving force behind the creation of the Kravis Center for the Performing Arts, Dreyfoos is a graduate of both MIT and Harvard Business School. He owns 10 U.S. and countless foreign patents in the fields of electronics and photography. He is the founder of Photo Electronics Corp., a manufacturer of equipment for the photographic industry. The company earned and received an Academy Award for its development of a motion-picture video color negative analyzer. Dreyfoos owned controlling interest in WPEC TV-12, the CBS television affiliate in West Palm Beach, from 1973 to 1996, when he sold it for $164 million. That sale led to the establishment of the Dreyfoos Group, the private capital management firm of which he is founder and chairman. He is married to Renate Dreyfoos
Ambassador Edward E. Elson
From 1993 to 1998, Edward E. Elson served as U.S. Ambassador to Denmark. Among his many other accomplishments, he was the rector of the University of Virginia, the first chairman of National Public Radio and the first chairman of the NPR Foundation. He also is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations. In Palm Beach, he has taken leadership roles with The Society of the Four Arts and the Preservation Foundation of Palm Beach. Elson’s mother and father first came to Palm Beach in 1959, and he and his wife, Susie, became permanent residents 40 years later.
Alfonso ‘Alfy’ Fanjul
Alfonso J. “Alfy” Fanjul Jr. has served as chairman and CEO of Fanjul Corp. and Florida Crystals Corp. After the Castro regime took possession of Fanjul property in Cuba, the family launched new ventures in the United States, with an emphasis on sugar production. Today Fanjul Corp. is an agriculture, real estate, resort and energy company. Among his charitable interests, he co-founded Mission International Rescue Charities in the Dominican Republic and is a national trustee of the University of Miami and a member of the Florida Council of 100. He is married to Raysa Fanjul.
Jose ‘Pepe’ Fanjul
Jose “Pepe” Fanjul — whose family came to the United States from Cuba in 1959 following its Communist revolution — has served as vice chairman, CEO and president of Fanjul Corp. and Florida Crystals Corp., two Fanjul family-owned companies principally engaged in the production of sugar. Fanjul also has assumed leadership roles in Central Romana Corp., the largest privately held company in the Dominican Republic. Among the charities he and his wife, Emelia, support, he serves as chairman of New Hope Charities, an organization founded by his sister, Lillian “Lian” Fanjul de Azqueta, to help foster sustainable communities in Florida and the Dominican Republic.
Dame Celia Lipton Farris
The singer, actress, businesswoman and author exemplifies the town’s charitable ethic. An AIDS research supporter, she also is the recipient of the Clara Barton Award, the highest honor of the American Red Cross, as well as the Salvation Army’s highest recognition, the Eliza Shirley Award. The widow of Victor Farris, she is a two-time recipient of the Palm Beach Chamber of Commerce Charitable Achievement Award, and is the first recipient of the American Cancer Society’s Lifetime Achievement Award, which is now called the Dame Celia Farris Lifetime Achievement Award. While a teenager in war-torn London, she entertained the troops, returning 50 years later to perform for a half-million people at a D-Day commemorative concert in Hyde Park. For her patriotism and charitable achievement, she was made a dame by Queen Elizabeth II.
Marjorie Fisher
With her late husband, businessman Max Fisher, Marjorie Fisher has been an active force in community and charitable service, most recently receiving the Distinguished Community Citizen Award from the Alexis de Tocqueville Society. Her many local charitable interests have included the Boys & Girls Clubs of Palm Beach County and its new facility, named for Max Fisher, in Riviera Beach. She has also supported the Community Foundation for Palm Beach and Martin Counties, the Jewish Federation and the Preservation Foundation of Palm Beach.
Jane R. and Robert M. Grace
Among the causes they have supported in Palm Beach and vicinity, Jane and Robert M. Grace are well known for their support of the Preservation Foundation of Palm Beach. Its handsome library was named in honor of Robert M. Grace, a founder of the foundation, by his wife, who serves on its board. A longtime town councilman, he also chaired the town’s Landmarks Preservation Commission. At The Society of the Four Arts, the Rovensky Building is named in honor of Jane Grace’s family. She also is chairwoman emeritus of the Peggy Adams Animal Rescue League’s board of directors.
Dr. Robert Green
Born in New York, orthopedic surgeon Dr. Robert Green has lived in Florida since 1937. A year later, his father, Murray Green, opened Green’s Pharmacy, an island institution that continues to operate as a drug store with a popular dining area serving breakfast and lunch. Green has lived in Palm Beach since 1949 and opened his West Palm Beach practice in 1965. He is former chairman of the medical staff and chief of orthopedics at Good Samaritan Medical Center, where he also was a physician adviser. He is married to Elizabeth Green.
Diana B.B. Holt
With her longtime interest in archaeological projects in China and East Africa, Diana Busch Blabon Holt joined her late husband, Charles, in supporting a variety of charitable and medical organizations, including the South Florida Science Museum, the Rehabilitation Center for Children and Adults and the Mental Health Associaton. A champion-level bridge player, she helped spearhead the formation of the Palm Beach Bridge Club.
The late Frances Hufty
Frances Hufty, who died Nov. 20 at age 98, was an avid supporter of environmental causes and conservation long before such causes were popular. She served as trustees chairwoman of the Archbold Biological Station, founded by her brother, Richard Archbold, in central Florida and the state’s most significant land holding of sand pine scrub; and Palm Beach County’s Pine Jog Environmental Educational Center, with which she was involved from its inception. She was married to the late M.R. Page Hufty, an insurance executive and financier.
Mary Hulitar
Mary Hulitar is well known for her board service at The Society of the Four Arts and for continuing the legacy established by her late husband in the organization’s Philip Hulitar Sculpture Garden, named for the public-spirited leader and prominent American couturier who helped create it and fund its maintenance. The garden was completely redesigned several years ago, creating a space even more welcoming to visitors and residents of Palm Beach.
Edward M. Kassatly
With his brother Bob, Edward M, Kassatly runs Kassatly’s linen emporium, the oldest store on Worth Avenue, established by their father, Sam, a European immigrant who had a linen shop in Southampton, N.Y., before opening a Miami store and, in 1923, the Palm Beach store in the original retail hub near Seminole Avenue and Bradley Place. Today married to Cami, Ed Kassatly is a past president of the Worth Avenue Association of merchants and the Worth Avenue Property Owners’ Association.
Thomas S. Kenan III
Born in Durham, N.C., Thomas Kenan III descends from the family that included Mary Lily Kenan Flagler, widow of Henry M. Flagler. Kenan is a vice chairman and director of Flagler System Inc., a family business that has owned The Breakers Palm Beach for four generations. He was formerly chairman of the board of Kenan Transport Company, a petroleum transport business, a position he held until the company’s sale in 2001. Kenan is active with a number of civic and philanthropic organizations that include the Kenan Family Foundation. He also serves as secretary of the Flagler Museum’s board of trustees.
Sidney A. Kohl
With strong business and family ties to the Midwest, longtime Palm Beach resident Sidney Kohl has an extensive background in the real estate industry. Co-founder of Alliant Asset Management Co. and Alliant Inc. of Florida, Kohl has developed two large regional malls as managing partner, along with commercial and residential projects. In Palm Beach, he has served on a variety of civic boards and he and his wife, Dorothy, actively support several Palm Beach civic and charitable organizations, including Town of Palm Beach United Way, the Intracoastal Health Foundation, the Kravis Center and the Norton Museum of Art.
Leonard A. Lauder
Leonard A. Lauder is a member of the second of four generations to call Palm Beach home, as he first came to the island with his parents, Estée and Joseph. Today, his children and grandchildren continue the tradition. As chairman of the Estée Lauder Co., founded by his parents, he works side by side with his wife, Evelyn, who is founder of the Breast Cancer Research Foundation. Lauder is a trustee and chairman of the Whitney Museum of Art, serves on the president’s council of Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center and is a charter trustee of the University of Pennsylvania. In 2002, Lauder was awarded the French Legion of Honor.
Elsie G. Leviton
A longtime proponent of social causes, women’s rights and civic responsibility, Elsie Leviton is a past president of the Florida League of Women Voters and was honored in 2008 for her years of service to Palm Beach County’s Education and Government Programming Advisory Board. She honored her late husband, pediatrician Laurence Leviton, by naming a room in the Palm Healthcare Pavilion devoted to diabetes education and research after him. She also devoted 40 years to building and managing the library collection at Temple Israel in West Palm Beach. She was also named outstanding woman of the year by the county’s United Nations chapter.
H. Irwin Levy
As one of the three original investors in the first Century Village retirement community — and later the chairman of its development company — Irwin Levy has put his fortune to good use. Trained as an attorney, Levy has been a longtime supporter of the Jewish Federation of Palm Beach County. His son, Mark Levy, was installed this year as the federation’s president, a role Mark’s late mother, Jeanne, had also held. Irwin and his present wife, Ellen, are one of three couples who will co-chair the American Friends of Hebrew University’s 2011 Palm Beach Scopus Awards Gala at The Breakers.
Paul L. ‘Jay’ Maddock Jr.
Paul L. “Jay” Maddock Jr. is a fourth-generation Palm Beacher whose great grandfather, Henry Maddock, built his home, Duck’s Nest, in 1891 on property that then stretched from the Intracoastal to the ocean. Henry’s son, Sidney Maddock, among his development projects, built the 1902 Palm Beach Hotel, which burned down after catching fire from the same blaze that destroyed The Breakers in 1925. Paul Maddock Sr. eventually restored Duck’s Nest, which has since been landmarked. The family property also houses the original Bethesda-by-the-Sea church, a deconsecrated structure that became the family home. In 2008 the land was subdivided into six lots. Today, Jay Maddock’s business interests include Palamad Development Company Inc. and The Maddock Companies. With his wife, Lynn, he supports a variety of philanthropic causes.
Morton L. Mandel
Although he has deep ties to Ohio, Morton L. Mandel has had a family home in Palm Beach for some 50 years. He is the chairman and CEO of Parkwood Corp. He is also chairman of the Mandel Foundation, a major force in Jewish philanthropy. He founded leadership institutes in Jerusalem and Negev, Israel, and is the founding president of the World Conference of Jewish Community Centers. He is a board director of the Jewish Federation of Palm Beach County, which established the Mandel Center for Excellence in Leadership. Through family foundations and with his wife, Barbara, he also supports the Jewish Community Center of the Greater Palm Beaches.
George G. Matthews
The great-grandson of Henry M. Flagler, George G. Matthews has been president of the Flagler Museum’s board of trustees since 1960. Professionally, he manages diverse real estate and commercial investments, as well as philanthropic interests. An avid wildlife enthusiast, he was recently inducted into the International Gamefishing Hall of Fame. His extensive community service includes serving on the Palm Beach Town Council for 16 years, eight of those as president. He is also a chairman emeritus of the Palm Beach Civic Association.
William M. Matthews
William M. Matthews is the son of Henry M. Flagler’s granddaughter, Jean Flagler Matthews, and the longtime treasurer of the trustees of the Flagler Museum, founded by his mother. He has been involved with investments and venture capital activities for more than 25 years. Married to Jean L. Rhodes Matthews, he is active with the Kenan Flagler Business School at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. Over the past decade, he has focused on nonprofit and charitable concerns, including the Palm Beach Day Academy, The Society of the Four Arts and the Community Foundation for Palm Beach and Martin Counties.
Brownie McLean
For decades, society icon Brownie McLean has enjoyed Palm Beach’s active social scene and supported numerous causes in the process. Born Mildred Brown — hence “Brownie — she became popular on the island’s social scene after marrying the late John R. “Jock” McLean, the son of Ned and Evelyn McLean, who once owned the Hope Diamond. The couple owned El Salano, the Mizner-designed oceanfront mansion Brownie later sold to John and Yoko Ono. She’s a supporter of the Global Futures Foundation. In 2009, the American Red Cross honored her for her lifetime of service — she has attended more than 40 of the charity’s 53 Palm Beach balls.
Ogden Mills ‘Dinny’ Phipps
The fourth generation — his great-grandfather Henry Phipps was Andrew Carnegie’s partner — of a monied family that at one time owned 28 miles of coastline between Miami and Palm Beach, Ogden Mills Phipps is the former chairman of his family’s bank, Bessemer Trust. Known as “Dinny,” he continues the family tradition of breeding champion horses and is a recipient of the Eclipse Award, the racing industry’s highest honor. Married to Andrea, Phipps is a past chairman of the Jockey Club of New York and of the New York State Racing Association, and a board member of the Breeders’ Cup. He is a member of the board of New York-Presbyterian Hospital.
David V. Reese
A fourth-generation Palm Beacher, David V. Reese is a member of a Palm Beach pioneer family that arrived on the island in 1876. His great-grandfather Elisha Newton “Cap” Dimick was the town’s first mayor. His father, Claude D. Reese Sr., and grandfather, Thomas Tipton Reese, also served as mayor. David Reese remains involved in the town’s oldest real estate firm, named for his father; the family also had a longtime insurance agency of the same name. Reese is a founder of the Eastern Surfing Association, co-founder of the Palm Beach County Surfing Association and member of the Surfing Heritage Foundation. His wife was the late Jean Hurst Reese.
Janet Reynolds
Janet R. Reynolds was married to the late Wiley R. Reynolds Jr., the longest-serving president of First National Bank of Palm Beach. In 1940, she was responsible for founding the Rehabilitation Center for Children and Adults, among Palm Beach’s oldest social-service agencies; her husband’s family in 1949 donated property for the center on Royal Palm Way. Today, Reynolds is an honorary board member of the center, having spent seven decades helping people with physical challenges. Other causes that were supported by the couple include Adopt-A-Family, Good Samaritan Medical Center, The Society of the Four Arts and the Norton Museum. She is a member of Colonial Dames of America.
Doyle and Barbara Massey Rogers
A graduate of the University of Florida and its law school, Doyle Rogers is a shareholder in the law firm of Alley, Maass, Rogers & Lindsay. Rogers and his wife, Barbara Massey, daughter of Tennessee philanthropist Jack Massey, are active in many civic and charitable projects, including The Society of the Four Arts, the Palm Beach Membership of Hospice Foundation of Palm Beach County Inc., the Palm Beach Civic Association, the Town of Palm Beach United Way and the Community Foundation. Doyle Rogers also is president of the University of Florida Foundation and the school’s national alumni group and a former member of the Federal Judicial Nominating Commission for the Southern District of Florida.
Dr. Saul D. Rotter
A specialist in internal medicine and clinical cardiology, native New Yorker Dr. Saul Rotter moved to South Florida in 1941 and retired in 2002 after 61 years as a physician. Since the 1940s, Rotter has served as a medical adviser to the Rehabilitation Center for Children and Adults. Noted for his massive seashell collection, he donated most of it to the South Florida Science Museum. He is also a longtime volunteer at the King Library of The Society of the Four Arts. His wife was the late Margaret Waldman Rotter.
Lilly Pulitzer Rousseau
Proving that there are, indeed, second acts in life, the well-born young Palm Beach matron with the orange juice stand, then married to Peter Pulitzer, became a fashion icon when her prep-school classmate Jacqueline Kennedy was photographed wearing one of her splashy tropical designs. She closed the business in 1984. Remarried to the late Enrique Rousseau, she was content with her gardens, her grandchildren and her advocacy for animal protection when a licensing deal put her at fashion’s forefront again. To this day, her name is synonymous with Palm Beach’s much-envied style.
Stanley M. Rumbough Jr.
A recipient of the 2010 Ellis Island Medal of Honor, Stanley Rumbough is a graduate of St. Mark’s in Southborough, Mass., and Yale. As chairman of the Palm Beach Civic Association, he built a small group of residents into a cohesive organization of 2,000 members that is now a powerful political force. Among his charitable interests are the Washington Tennis and Education Center, which he founded; Planned Parenthood; and the Town of Palm Beach United Way. He is a life trustee of the International House and served on the board of the Kravis Center. Rumbough received the Pride of Palm Beach Award from the Palm Beach Chamber of Commerce earlier this year. He is married to Janna Rumbough.
Kathryn ‘Kay’ Rybovich
The master bridge player, conservationist and storehouse of historical knowledge is the daughter of a Danish sea captain. She moved to Palm Beach in 1924 and graduated from Palm Beach High School. She adopted from her late husband, John Rybovich Jr., a love of fishing and with him advocated for maritime conservation, especially catch-and-release practices. In 1955, with two friends over a table at the Sailfish Club, she founded the International Women’s Fishing Association. She was inducted into the International Gamefishing Hall of Fame in 2008. She also has supported the South Florida Science Museum.
Rose Sachs
Rose Sachs and her late husband, Mortimer Sachs, arrived in the early 1940s in Palm Beach, where for several years they owned Palm Beach Mercantile department store. But they became intimately involved in the life of the town after purchasing Addison Mizner’s Via Mizner and his tower apartment, the Villa Mizner. (A tombstone in Via Mizner famously marks the final resting place of the couple’s dog, Laddie.) Over the years, the couple bought and developed many properties on Worth Avenue. She has supported many charitable causes, most particularly Palm Beach Atlantic University, of which she and her husband were major benefactors.
Lesly S. Smith
The second generation of a four-generation Palm Beach family, Lesly Smith is a former town councilwoman, council president and mayor. She is a trustee of the Preservation Foundation of Palm Beach, founded by her late husband, U.S. Ambassador Earl E.T. Smith, and served on the boards of the Pitt Foundation, the Palm Healthcare Foundation, the Arthur R. Marshall Foundation and the Historical Society of Palm Beach County. She also is a longtime member of the Garden Club of Palm Beach. She served as president of the Fortin Family Foundation, which has supported Opportunity Inc., the Boys & Girls Clubs of Palm Beach County, the Town of Palm Beach United Way and the Animal Rescue League, among many others.
Dr. Donald E. and
Betty Anne ‘Bebe’ Warren
Cardiologist Dr. Donald E. Warren is the founding chairman of Palm Beach Atlantic University, where he served as chairman of the trustees for 38 years before retiring in 2007; the West Palm Beach university’s library is named for him. Meanwhile, he built a successful medical practice. He is a past president of the American Heart Association, Palm Beach County Chapter; and of the Community Foundation of Palm Beach and Martin Counties. Among her efforts for Palm Beach Atlantic, Betty Anne “Bebe” Warren founded the Woman of Distinction Award and was its longtime chairwoman. She chaired the Good Samaritan Medical Center ball in 1993.
Floyd L. Wideman Jr.
Married to Lois, Floyd L. Wideman Jr. has been an active volunteer with the Town of Palm Beach, serving for a decade on the Architectural Commission (1996-2006) and as both an alternate and voting member of the Planning and Zoning Commission. A retired manufacturing executive, he also served on the committee that oversaw the recent renovation of the Palm Beach Par 3 Golf Course.
Society Editor Shannon Donnelly contributed to this story.
Link to original article. Thanks to the Palm Beach Daily News
Category : News
October 20th , 2010 → 6:16 pm @ Palm Beach Centennial
Any business or entity with ties to the Town of Palm Beach is eligible to become an Official Project Sponsor of the Centennial.
Click here to download information about sponsorship.
Click here to download the application form.
| 211 Palm Beach/Treasure Coast | Maus & Hoffman |
| Action Sportswear | Michael Rose Orchestra |
| Alley, Maas, Rogers & Lindsay, PA | Neiman Marcus Palm Beach |
| Barclays International Realty | Palm Beach Atlantic University |
| Barrett-Jackson | Palm Beach Board of Realtors |
| Bellissimo | Palm Beach Chamber of Commerce |
| The Brazilian Court Hotel & Beach Club | Palm Beach Civic Association |
| The Breakers Palm Beach | Palm Beach Copy Service |
| Café Celini | Palm Beach County Cultural Council |
| Cardinal Newman High School | Palm Beach Daily News |
| Carey O’Donnell PR Group | Palm Beach Day Academy |
| Carl Domino, Inc. | Palm Beach Film Institute |
| Cassie & James Boutique | Palm Beach Hotel & Condominium |
| Catholic Charities Diocese of PB, Inc. | Palm Beach Police Foundation |
| Celedinas & Reese Insurance | Palm Beach Residential Properties |
| C’est Si Bon | Palm Beach Round Table |
| Century’s End Marketing/PB Native | Palm Beach Society Magazine |
| Citi Bank Palm Beach | Palm Beach Symphony |
| Chartis Insurance Group | Palm Beach Theater Guild |
| The Chesterfield Hotel | Paramount Church |
| Christopher Kaufmann Jewelers | Preservation Foundation of Palm Beach |
| Classic Bookshop | Publix-Palm Beach |
| The Colony Hotel | Rapunzel’s Closet |
| Coudert Institute | Raymond F. Kravis Center for the Performing Arts |
| The Cystic Fibrosis Foundation | Rehabilitation Center for Children & Adults |
| Devine Style Inc. | Michael Reiter and Associates |
| Edward & Deborah Pollack Fine Art | Mr. & Mrs. Michael Reiter & Family |
| Episcopal Church of Bethesda-by-the-Sea | The Rotary Club of Palm Beach |
| The Flagler Museum | Royal Poinciana Chapel |
| Florida Stage | Royal Poinciana Way Association |
| Garden Club of Palm Beach | Saks Fifth Avenue |
| Greater South County Road Association | The Society of the Four Arts |
| Green Island Gardens | Star Group International |
| Gunster | Stephen Bonanno Sandals |
| Hangen Thompson Gallery | Taglialatella Galleries |
| Hedrick Brothers Construction | Tom Guard – Web Designer |
| The International Society of Palm Beach | Town of Palm Beach Recreation Department. |
| Jones, Foster, Johnston & Stubbs, PA | Town of Palm Beach United Way |
| Konstantine Vaneris-Omega Communications | Tropical Fruit Shop |
| Joy of Palm Beach | Ursula Vicari |
| Junior League of the Palm Beaches | The Van Buren Family Foundation |
| Lilly Pulitzer, Inc. | Wally Findlay Galleries |
| Liman Gallery | Wells Fargo |
| Main Street News | William R. Eubanks Interior Design, Inc. |
| Mar-a-Lago Club | Wilmington Trust |
| Marley’s Palm Beach Collection | Worth Avenue Association |
Category : Centennial Supporters / Project Sponsors
October 20th , 2010 → 6:15 pm @ Palm Beach Centennial
Action Sportswear has created some custom Centennial logo-wear to commemorate the Town’s celebration.
You can download this form for more information or contact David Minton at 561.820-9292 or dsminton@bellsouth.net
Izod Ladies Pima Cool Polo $40.
Izod Ladies Silkwash 3/4 Sleeve Shirt $40.
Ladies V-neck Tee Shirt 20. Izod Mens Pima Cool Polo $40.
Mens long sleeve oxford shirt $40. Cotton Tee Shirt $20.
Ballcap $20.
Visor $20.
Liberty Insulated Bag $25.
Large Tote Bag $25. Pro
Golf/Sport Towel $20.
Centennial Pins $20.
Category : Centennial Apparel / Memorabilia
October 14th , 2010 → 6:34 am @ Palm Beach Centennial
The Town of Palm Beach Centennial Commission is organizing four official events to mark this important milestone:
Details and plans of the four official events are decided by the Host Committee for each event. The Chairmen and Chairwomen of the Host Committees and Host Committee Members will be announced in the near future.
If you are interested in serving on the Host Committee for one of the four official events, contact the Centennial Commission.
Category : Centennial Celebration Weekend
October 14th , 2010 → 6:06 am @ Palm Beach Centennial
Significant Donors to the Palm Beach Centennial
Donations to the Centennial are used to fund official celebration events and programs. Charitable Contributions are tax deductible in accordance with I.R.S. codes and regulations. Contributions may be sent to the main office of the Centennial Commission located at the Royal Poinciana Plaza, Suite _____ Palm Beach, Florida 33480. For additional information contact the Centennial Office at 561-659-5354 or Bill Bone the Commission Chairman at 561-832-0623.
Contributions valued at $50,000 or more
The Breakers Palm Beach
Wells Fargo
Publix – Palm Beach
Contributions valued at $25,000 or more
Alex and Ani
Mrs. Betsy Matthews
The Flagler Museum
The Mar-a-Lago Club
Palm Beach Society Magazine
Contributions valued at $10,000 or more
Celedinas & Reese Insurance
Contributions valued at $5,000 or more
Chartis Group Insurance
Christopher Kauffman Jewelers
Green Island Gardens
Gunster
Hedrick Brothers Construction
Mr. Bill Bone, Esq.
The Palm Beach Daily News
The Colony Hotel
Contributions valued at $1,000 or more
Dan & Sheila McDonnell
Mr & Mrs. Michael Reiter and Family
Michael Reiter & Associates
Ms. M. Elizabeth Rogers
Mr. Jimmy Ryan
The International Society of Palm Beach
The Law Firm of Alley, Maas, Rogers & Lindsay, P.A.
The Van Buren Family Foundation, Inc.
Cynthia Van Buren, Esq.
Mr. Leo Albert and Family
Contributions valued at $500 or more
Mr. & Mrs. Richard Kleid
Mr. & Mrs. Zach Morfogan
Mr. & Mrs. James Goodman
| Miriam & Alec Flamm | Michelle & Howard Kessler | Bill & David Koch |
| Sylvia Hassenfeld | Talbott Maxey | Peggy & Dudley Moore |
| Bobbi & Harry Horwich | Tom Quick | Kathryn & Leo Vecellio |
Category : List of Significant Donors
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