{"id":13098,"date":"2014-03-19T16:47:45","date_gmt":"2014-03-19T22:47:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/?p=13098"},"modified":"2014-03-20T11:34:27","modified_gmt":"2014-03-20T17:34:27","slug":"richard-stone-receives-newman-alumnus-award-tomorrow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/richard-stone-receives-newman-alumnus-award-tomorrow\/","title":{"rendered":"Richard Stone receives Newman Alumnus Award tonight"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Richard Berenson Stone, the attorney, philanthropist, humanitarian, teacher and national Jewish leader, is being recognized as the Isidore Newman Distinguished Alumnus of the year in the Reynolds Ryan Art Gallery at the school tonight, March 20, at 6:00 p.m.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_13099\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Stone_Richard.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-13099\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13099 lazyload\" title=\"Stone_Richard\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Stone_Richard-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Stone_Richard-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Stone_Richard-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 300px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 300\/225;\" \/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-13099\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13099 \" title=\"Stone_Richard\" src=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Stone_Richard-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Stone_Richard-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Stone_Richard-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/noscript><\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-13099\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">2014 Isidore Newman School Distinguished Alumnus Award recipient Richard Stone. (Photo by Alan Smason)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Founded in 1903, the Uptown private school recognizes one former student each year as a Distinguished Alumnus with this award presented to graduates it deems who &#8220;have made significant contributions in their specific fields of endeavor and taken a vigorous civic leadership role, bringing honor to the School through their achievements, both professionally and in the community.&#8221; It is viewed as the highest honor Newman can bestow on an alumnus. Last year the award went to education reformer Leslie Rosenthal Jacobs. Among other past noted Jewish recipients of the award are real estate developer Darryl Berger, philanthropists Walda and Sydney Besthoff and author Walter Isaacson.<\/p>\n<p>From 2011 to 2013, Stone was the chairman of the Conference of American Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations representing more than 50 of the most influential American Jewish bodies and has been at the forefront of Jewish leaders and thinkers for decades.<\/p>\n<p>He has been on the faculty of the Columbia School of Law in New York City since 1974 and currently holds the Wilbur Friedman Chair in Tax Law.<\/p>\n<p>A graduate of the Newman class of 1960, Stone matriculated to Harvard University, where he graduated magna cum laude from the undergraduate and Law School there. He began his legal work in private practice before being appointed an assistant to the Solicitor General of the United States. Stone was one of a few attorneys who represented the United States at the Supreme Court level.<\/p>\n<p>He is a co-founder of Lev Pharmeceuticals and Powermat, a wireless recharging device company, and the chairman of the board of Espro Acoustiguide, the second largest provider of hardware and other materials for acoustical museum guides.<\/p>\n<p>Stone first distinguished himself as a major player in the Jewish world when he became chairman of the National Conference on Soviet Jewry during the period of protests that occurred during the Cold War. He has also chaired the the policy arms of the Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America and the New York Jewish Community Relations Council.<\/p>\n<p>Stone has been a longtime resident of New York. During the tenure of Mayor Rudolf Giuliani, he served as the Mayor&#8217;s Manhattan representative on the Board of the City Universities of New York.<\/p>\n<p>Stone was a featured speaker along with Rabbi Joseph Telushkin at last year&#8217;s kickoff for the Centennial Celebration of the Jewish Federation of Greater New Orleans.<\/p>\n<p>The presentation of the Isidore Newman Distinguished Alumnus Award will be followed with light refreshments. 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