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The club was founded as the Princeton Alumni Association of New York in 1866. In 1886, it reorganized as the Princeton Club of New York, incorporating as a club under New York laws on December 12, 1899. [6] [7] Unlike other alumni clubs on Clubhouse Row, the organization had no financial relation to Princeton University. [4] [8]
In 2009, the Museum of the City of New York compiled its own list, entitled "The New York City 400", of the 400 "movers and shakers" who made a difference in the 400 years of New York City history since Henry Hudson arrived in 1609. McAllister was "the only person on the original Four Hundred to also make the museum's list." [22]
The Baker Retailing Center also hosts an annual CEO Summit in New York City. [41] On February 26, 2020, Erika H. James was named dean of the Wharton School, [42] effective July 1, 2020. She is both the first woman and the first African-American to lead the business school. [43]
The Penn Club of New York (usually referred to as Penn Club) is an American 501(c)7 not-for-profit, private social club located on Clubhouse Row [5] in the Midtown Manhattan neighborhood of New York City. The club's 14-story building, which is a designated landmark, is located at 30 West 44th Street and initially was occupied by The Yale Club ...
Caroline Webster "Lina" Schermerhorn Astor (September 22, 1830 – October 30, 1908) was an American socialite who led the Four Hundred, high society of New York City in the Gilded Age. [1] Referred to later in life as "the Mrs. Astor" or simply "Mrs. Astor", she was the wife of yachtsman William Backhouse Astor Jr.
The novellas in Old New York are set in—you guessed it!—old New York, and are "vintage Wharton, dealing boldly with such themes as infidelity, illegitimacy, jealousy, the class system, and the ...
The Harvard Club library. After the Penn Club of New York (est. 1901) became the first alumni clubhouse to join Clubhouse Row for inter-club events at 30 West 44th Street [4] after Harvard Club of New York City (est. 1888) at 27 West 44th, then New York Yacht Club (est. 1899) at 37 West 44th, and Yale Club of New York City (est. 1915) on East ...
A sinkhole that formed on the eastbound side of I-80 near Wharton, New Jersey caused traffic snarls on the busy highway, about 40 miles west of New York City. Westbound lanes were unaffected.