The Grand Ballroom of The Plaza Hotel on Fifth Avenue sparkled beneath crystal chandeliers that had illuminated New York high society for over a century. Tonight, the ballroom hosted the Centenary Gala of the Mercer Memorial Pediatric Foundation, celebrating one hundred years of philanthropic medicine and research. Six hundred guests—the Governor of New York, the Mayor, Nobel laureates in medicine, foreign ambassadors, and prominent philanthropists—filled the gilded room in black-tie…
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