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Photos: Asia Society 2011 Awards Dinner

January 12th, 2012
Former U.S. Deputy Secretary of State John C. Whitehead and Asia Society Trustee J. Michael Evans, Vice Chairman of Goldman Sachs. (Elsa Ruiz)
Ruth Newman, Asia Society Trustee Emerita, and Hal Newman, Asia Society Trustee. (Elsa Ruiz)
Seated, from left: Former U.S. Deputy Secretary of State John C. Whitehead and Ray Kelly, Commissioner of the New York City Police Department. Standing, from left: Cynthia Whitehead, David Earls, Samantha Earls, Asia Society Co-Chair Ronnie Chan, Asia Society President Vishakha Desai and Asia Society Co-Chair Henrietta Fore. (Elsa Ruiz)
Cocktail reception in the East Foyer of the Waldorf=Astoria. (Bill Swersey)
From left, Cynthia Whitehead, John C. Whitehead and Diana Taylor. (Elsa Ruiz)
From left, Kate Levin, Commissioner of the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, Bill Rudin, Chairman of Rudin Management, and Ray Kelly, Commissioner of the New York City Police Department. (Elsa Ruiz)
John C. Whitehead and Gyan Chandra Acharya, Permanent Representative of Nepal to the United Nations. (Elsa Ruiz)
Asia Society President Vishakha Desai, Cynthia Whitehead and journalist Kati Marton, widow of former Asia Society Chairman Richard Holbrooke. (Elsa Ruiz)
Former Asia Society President Bob Oxnam, former Asia Society Executive Vice President Jamie Metzl and Asia Society Co-Chair Ronnie Chan. (Noopur Agarwal)
Kumar Bhardwaj, Maria Gibson and Jai Moorjani. (Noopur Agarwal)
Asia Society Co-Chairs Ronnie Chan and Henrietta Fore. (Elsa Ruiz)
Asia Society Cultural Achievement Award winner David Henry Hwang, Tony Award winning playwright. (Noopur Agarwal)
Ida Liu (L), Managing Director of Citi Private Bank, and friends. (Noopur Agarwal)
Hafez Nazeri, Iranian composer, and Otilia Aionesei. (Noopur Agarwal)
Andrew Klaber (L) and Arjun Reddy. (Noopur Agarwal)
Asia Society Co-Chair Henrietta Fore and Asia Society Trustee Lulu Wang, founder of Tupelo Capital Management. (Noopur Agarwal)
From left, Steven Hoch, Co-Founder of Highmount Capital, Lisina M. Hoch, Asia Society Honorary Life Trustee, and Ronnie Chan, Asia Society Co-Chair. (Noopur Agarwal)
The Grand Ballroom at the Waldorf=Astoria. (Elsa Ruiz)

The Grand Ballroom at the Waldorf Astoria. (Elsa Ruiz)

Burmese democracy icon Aung Sang Suu Kyi accepts her Asia Society Global Vision Award. (Elsa Ruiz)
Silk Road Ensemble members Sandeep Das (L) and Shane Shanahan. (Elsa Ruiz)
Asia Society Cultural Achievement Award winner David Henry Hwang (L) and Asia Society Trustee Lulu Wang. (Elsa Ruiz)
Asia Society Co-Chair Ronnie Chan and Asia Society Chairman Emeritus Maurice R. Greenberg. (Elsa Ruiz)
From left, Asia Society Co-Chair Ronnie Chan, John C. Whitehead and Asia Society Chairman Emeritus Maurice R. Greenberg. (Elsa Ruiz)
From left, Asia Society Co-Chair Ronnie Chan, Japonica Partners CEO Paul Kazarian, John C. Whitehead and Asia Society Chairman Emeritus Maurice R. Greenberg. (Elsa Ruiz)
From left, Henry Paulson, Jr., former United States Treasury Secretary and CEO of Goldman Sachs, Asia Society Trustee J. Michael Evans and New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg. (Elsa Ruiz)
New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg (L) and John C. Whitehead. (Elsa Ruiz)
Emcee Dan Nainan. (Elsa Ruiz)
From left, Cynthia Whitehead, Taconic Capital Advisors Co-Founder Ken Brody, former United States Treasury Secretary and CEO of Goldman Sachs Hank Paulson, John C. Whitehead and Wendy Paulson. (Elsa Ruiz)
From left, Sheila Platt, former Asia Society President Bob Oxnam and former Asia Society President Nick Platt. (Bill Swersey)
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Some 400 guests made it to the Grand Ballroom of New York City's Waldorf=Astoria Hotel on Wednesday night for the Asia Society Awards Dinner, which honored former U.S. Deputy Secreatary of State John C. Whitehead, Tony Award winning playwright David Henry Hwang and Burmese democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi. New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, former U.S. Treasury Secretary Hank Paulson and New York City Police Commissioner Ray Kelly were among the attendees of the black-tie event.

For more coverage of the 2011 Asia Society Awards Dinner, click here.

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