[NU Sports] NU NIGHT IN NYC

[NEONRye at aol.com]

Just wanted everyone on the List to know that last night I attended one of  
the most special alumni events ever held in "The Big Apple".  Our own List  
member (and my friend) Willie Weinbaum was a Co-Producer of "A Toast To The  
Past, A Toast To The Future", a "Broadway"-style musical theater review  held at 
the Hudson Theater with a cast of NU luminaries and future stars of  stage, 
screen and TV.  President Bienen was there, as was Dean O'Keefe of  the School of 
Communications and Richard Dean (former 'Cat defensive back in the  late 
'60's and older brother of Randy Dean, former NU QB and NY Giant backup  QB), who 
is President of the Northwestern Alumni Association, which sponsored  the 
event.  I think it may well have been the most well attended event I  have ever 
been to in my 30+ years as an alum in NY.  NU has finally  recognized that the 
"critical mass" of alums in the NY-NJ-CT area has expanded  exponentially in 
the last 20 years, and is doing something about it--opening an  Alumni Office in 
Rockefeller Center.  As a former President of Northwestern  University 
Entertainment Alliance (NUEA) East (a sponsor of the program last  night), I 
couldn't be more pleased.  Now if we could only make the "Dance"  just once in our 
lifetime.....
 
Since Sanford (Sandy) Sacks, former NU football player from the Fifties and  
the "Godfather" of NU alumni events in NY, was kidding me all night about my  
active participation in the List (He even asked me when I had time to practice 
 law, since he said I send so many posts.:-)), I couldn't resist the  
opportunity to send this report.
 
Paul Levinson