Kerry Washington Honored at Lehman College 50th Anniversary Celebration and Leadership Awards Dinner in NYC

Lehman College The City University of New York’s only four-year college in the Bronx has a diverse student body of more than 13,000 and offers more than 90 undergraduate and graduate programs. Bronx native Kerry Washington received the Lehman Award for Artistic Achievement at the Lehman College 50th Anniversary Celebration and Leadership Awards Dinner on April 11, at the Ziegfeld Ballroom in New York.

Jose Luis Cruz and Kerry Washington

Lehman College President José Luis Cruz, said, “Ms. Washington is an outstanding role model for our students – an accomplished artist who works tirelessly for equality and education. We are thrilled to present her with the Lehman Award for Artistic Achievement.”

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Also honored at the Lehman Anniversary were philanthropists and business leaders including Iven Seidenberg, the former chairman and CEO of Verizon Communications and his wife Phyllis, both Lehman College alums, received the Distinguished Alumnus Award for their work with the Seidenberg Family Foundation. Joanne Walsh Stavrou and Christopher Stavrou received the Lehman Medal for Business, Cultural and Civic Leadership, for their work promoting educational opportunity for all.

From left: Lehman College President José Luis Cruz and his wife, Dr. Rima Brusi; honorees Christopher Stavrou and Joanne Walsh Stavrou; honoree Kerry Washington; honoree Wendy Lehman Lash; Lehman College Foundation Chair Myrna Rivera; honorees Ivan and Phyllis Seidenberg; and Lehman College.