The New York Public Library Honors Stephen A. Schwarzman, Chairman, CEO and Co-Founder, The Blackstone Group, at June 18 Corporate Dinner

The New York Public Library will honor Stephen A. Schwarzman, Chairman, CEO and Co-Founder, The Blackstone Group at its 2007 Corporate Dinner on Monday, June 18. The event will take place at The New York Public Library, Fifth Avenue and 42nd Street, with cocktails in Astor Hall at 6:30 p.m. and dinner in the Celeste Bartos Forum at 7:30 p.m. The evening's special guests, both of whom will speak at the event, are Library Trustee and humorist, Calvin Trillin, and CNBC Anchor Maria Bartiromo. New York Public Library Chairman Catherine C. Marron and Library President Paul LeClerc will present the award to Mr. Schwarzman. The evening is expected  to raise more than $2.1 million with proceeds supporting the Research Libraries of The New York Public Library. For more information about the event, please call (212) 997-0100.

"This is the first time that the Library has honored one of its own Trustees in this way," said President LeClerc. "And we couldn't have done better than to start with Steve Schwarzman. He's one of the most prominent businessmen in the world, and, as Trustee of the Library for the past six years, has shown a clear commitment to supporting one of the greatest free sources of knowledge and information in America."

The Co-Chairmen of the dinner are J. Tomilson Hill, Vice Chairman, The Blackstone Group, and James B. Lee, Jr., Vice Chairman, JPMorgan Chase & Co. The Dinner's Vice Chairs include Peter Allan Atkins, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP; Richard I. Beattie, Simpson, Thacher & Bartlett LLP; Edgar M. Bronfman, Jr., Warner Music Group; Samuel C. Butler, Esq., Cravath Swaine & Moore LLP; Gregory J. Fleming, Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc.; Richard S. Fuld, Jr., Lehman Brothers; Victor F. Ganzi, Hearst Corporation; Henry R. Kravis, Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co.; Kenneth D. Lewis, Bank of America Corporation; Harold McGraw III, The McGraw-Hill Companies; Raymond J. McGuire, Citigroup; William G. Parrett, Deloitte; Thomas A. Renyi, The Bank of New York Company, Inc.; Eric S. Schwartz, Goldman, Sachs & Co.; Joshua L. Steiner, Quadrangle Group, LLC; Sir Howard Stringer, Sony Corporation; G. Kennedy Thompson, Wachovia Corporation; Edgar Wachenheim III, Greenhaven Associates; and Jim Wiatt, William Morris Agency, Inc.

Stephen A. Schwarzman
Stephen A. Schwarzman is Chairman, CEO and Co-Founder of The Blackstone Group. He has been involved in all phases of the firm's development since its founding in 1985 and approves all capital commitments by the firm. Mr. Schwarzman began his career at Lehman Brothers, where he was elected Managing Director in 1978 at the age of 31. He was engaged principally in the firm's mergers and acquisitions business from 1977 to 1984, and served as Chairman of the firm's Mergers & Acquisitions Committee in 1983 and 1984. Mr. Schwarzman is Chairman of the Board of The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. He is also a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and The Business Council, and is on the boards of various organizations, including The New York Public Library, the New York City Ballet, the Film Society of Lincoln Center, the JP Morgan Chase National Advisory Board, and the New York City Partnership Board of Directors. Mr. Schwarzman is also a Trustee of The Frick Collection in New York City. Mr. Schwarzman holds a BA from Yale University and an MBA from Harvard Business School. He has served as an adjunct professor at the Yale School of Management.

About The New York Public Library
The New York Public Library was created in 1895 with the consolidation of the private libraries of John Jacob Astor and James Lenox with the Samuel Jones Tilden Trust. The Library provides free and open access to its physical and electronic collections and information, as well as to its services. It comprises four research centers – the Humanities and Social Sciences Library; The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts; the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture; and the Science, Industry and Business Library – and 87 Branch Libraries in Manhattan, Staten Island, and the Bronx. Research and circulating collections combined total more than 50 million items, including materials for the visually impaired. In addition, each year the Library presents thousands of exhibitions and public programs, which include classes in technology, literacy, and English as a second language. The Library serves some 15 million patrons who come through its doors annually and another 21 million users internationally, who access collections and services through the NYPL website, http://www.nypl.org.

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