The 2019 IAS Einstein Gala was held on March 14 and honored Jim Simons.

Honorary Gala Chairs
Sir James Wolfensohn, Wolfensohn and Company, LLC & IAS Board Chair Emeritus
Charles Simonyi, Microsoft Corporation & IAS Board Chair

Master of Ceremonies
David Rubenstein, The Carlyle Group & IAS Trustee

Special Presentation
“Einstein’s Dream”
Robbert Dijkgraaf, IAS Director and Leon Levy Professor

Special Video Tribute

The Institute for Advanced Study is grateful for the support of the following individuals and organizations that supported our inaugural Gala. If you would like to join in supporting the IAS, please visit www.ias.edu/give.

General Relativity Dinner Chairs
Peter Brown & Margaret Hamburg
S. S. Chern Foundation for Mathematical Research
Ashvin B. Chhabra & Daniela Bonafede-Chhabra
Neil & Natasha Chriss
Barbie & Chris Cole
Roger Ferguson & Annette Nazareth
Mark Heising & Elizabeth Simons
Alex & Diviya Magaro
John & Laura Overdeck
Nancy Peretsman & Robert Scully
David M. Rubenstein
Eric Schmidt
The Simons Foundation
Charles & Lisa Simonyi
Sir James & Elaine Wolfensohn

Special Relativity Dinner Chairs
The Column Group, at the request of Peter Svennilson
Stephen Della Pietra & Pamela Hurst-Della Pietra
Vincent Della Pietra & Barbara Amonson
Goldman Sachs Gives, at the request of R. Martin Chavez
Ken Griffin
Sonia & Paul Jones
Leonard & Judy Lauder Fund 
Marsha & Henry Laufer
Microsoft Corporation
Sudha & Narayana Murthy
Jonathan Nelson & Maya Stendhal
Pilar Crespi Robert & Stephen Robert
Tiger Global Management, LLC
Merryl & James Tisch
Zierk Family Foundation

Photoelectric Effect Vice Chairs
Mark Baumgartner
Afsaneh & Michael Beschloss
Kate Medina Guthart & Leo A. Guthart
David & Claudia Harding
Margaret Holen & David Coulson
Tomislav & Vesna Kundic
Elaine & Ken Langone
Robert Lourie & Ivana Stolnik
Nancy & Duncan MacMillan
Sandra Peterson
Siegel Family Endowment
Laura & Harry Slatkin
Cary & Marisela Staller
Shelby White
 
Brownian Motion Donors
Lalit & Kavita Bahl
Victoria & Michael Bershadsky
Carolina Esquenazi-Shaio & Jared B. Friedberg
Aristides & Elizabeth Georgantas
GoldenTree Asset Management LP
Robert & Cynthia Hillas
Jack & Nora Kerr
Jeanette Lerman-Neubauer & Joe Neubauer
Deborah Lunder & Alan Ezekowitz
Tamara & Kevin MacMillan
Eleanor & Howard Morgan
Raging Capital Management, LLC
Joan Solotar

Bose-Einstein Committee
Anonymous
Mr. & Mrs. Russell Carson
Carl Feinberg
Robert & Luisa Fernholz
Frey Family Foundation 
Patrick A. Gerschel Foundation
Jack & Juanita Goldstein
Sigurdur Helgason
Sarah & Landon Jones
David Marquardt
Jimmy & Becky Mayer
Kresimir & Suzanne Penavic
Stephen & Sandy Perlbinder
Jesse & Marissa Treu
Joyce and George Wein Foundation
Mike & Deedee Wigler
Zegar Family Fund
 
Associates
Albourne
Ken & Debbie Baron
CQS
Raffaella Cribiore
Michael & Nina Douglas
Jim & Judy Harpel
Gudjon Hermannsson & Yingxing Wang
Lili Lynton & Michael Ryan
Valerie & Jim McKinney
Osage Partners
Diana & Antonio Puerto
James & Jacqueline Rosinsky
Tomasina P. Schiro
Shirley M. Tilghman
Steve & Georgene Winick

Friends
Alejandra Arguello
Nick & Piraye Beim
Victoria Bjorklund
Bruce Boman
John Bonaccolta
Drs. Bobbi & Barry Coller
Cornwall Capital
First Quadrant
Robert F. & Ellen Potter Gaffney
Matthew & Hannah Granade
Vartan Gregorian
Jonathan Hanke
HMR Architects
Rush Holt
Wu-chung Hsiang
Kepos Capital LP
Eric A. Kohlmann
Jingyi Li
Samantha Kappagoda & David K.A. Mordecai
Loeb, Block & Partners LLP
Steve & Deidre Mariotti
The MIT Press
Northern Trust
Fanette Pollack
Carla Volpe Porter & Tim Porter
Ellen Rautenberg
Steven Holl Architects
Stevens & Lee 
Byron & Anita Wien
Jodi Yang

Contributors
Vittorio Sportoletti Baduel
Catherine Schaeder Batterman & Eric Batterman
Helena & Peter Bienstock
Antonio O. Elmaleh
Anthony & Judith Evnin
Gerald & Ruth Fischbach
Freia Habicht
Peter & Joyce Hendricks, in honor of Janine Purcaro
Bill & Colleen McAleer
Philip & Betsy Palmedo
Deborah & Alan Poritz
Harold T. & Vivian B. Shapiro
Brian F. Wruble

Other Institutional Supporters
Carnegie Corporation of New York
Fidelity Charitable
KPMG
RoundShield Partners LLP
Schwab Charitable
Studio Hillier Architecture 
Van Note-Harvey Associates, Inc.