From the Archives
A Yale Club dinner honoring cabaret, journalism, broadcasting and interfaith public service.
The 2009 Honorees
Singer & Cabaret Artist
Marilyn Maye began singing professionally as a child and later gained national attention through appearances on Steve Allen’s television program.
She recorded seven albums and thirty-four singles for RCA and appeared seventy-six times on The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson.
Rabbi, Broadcaster & Chaplain
Rabbi Joseph Potasnik has served Congregation Mount Sinai in Brooklyn Heights since 1972 and as executive vice president of the New York Board of Rabbis.
He has also worked in radio and served as chaplain to the New York City Fire Department, the Fraternal Order of Police and the New York Press Club.
Broadcaster, Author & Teacher
Robert Sherman is widely known for his work at WQXR as program director, executive producer and senior consultant.
He hosted The Listening Room, presented the Young Artists Showcase and created the long-running folk program Woody’s Children. He also taught at Juilliard and wrote about music for The New York Times.
Journalist & White House Correspondent
Helen Thomas worked as a journalist beginning in 1942 and spent fifty-seven years with United Press International as a correspondent and White House bureau chief.
She covered every president from John F. Kennedy onward and broke barriers as the first female officer of the National Press Club and the first female president of the White House Correspondents’ Association.
