Oct. 3, 2017 – The closing event for this year’s Carnegie Medal of Philanthropy was held at the magnificent Museum of the City of New York hosted by Ronay Menschel, Vice Chair of the Museum; Richard and Robert Menschel, 2015 Carnegie Medal of Philanthropy recipients; and Whitney Donhauser, President and Director of the Museum.  A final salute to the honorees was given by Vartan Gregorian, President of the Carnegie Corporation of New York. The evening included private tours of the critically acclaimed new exhibition, New York at Its Core.  Curators were on hand to answer questions and assist everyone in seeing some of the more interesting aspects of New York’s 400 Year History.