FOURTH ANNUAL NATIONAL ALZHEIMER'S GALA

March 27 • Grand Hyatt Hotel

BY DONNA SHOR
PHOTOS BY TONY POWELL

THE EVENT: The gala underscored the urgent need for an Alzheimer's Disease cure, with fi ve million U.S. suff erers now, including half a million under 65 as early onset victims, and 75 million Baby Boomers aging in the wings.
THE GUESTS: George Vradenburg and his wife Trish co-chaired this year's gala. Also spotted: Phyllis George, the former Miss America, fi rst network woman sportscaster, and former fi rst lady of Kentucky; actress Jean Smart (two Emmys; Frasier, 24, and the new fi lm Lucky You) a friend of Trish's since their Designing Women days; lovely Princess Yasmin Khan; Meryl Comer; emcee Terry Moran of ABC; Mark Shriver; Bitsey Folger; Dianne and Alan Kay; Nancy and Harold Zirkin; Rabbi Michael Lerner (of Tikkun); John and Dana Daly; Michelle and Allen Berman, and journalists Matt Cooper and Al Kamen.

Sen. Tom Harkin and Stephen McConnell	Bobby Shriver

Harry Johns, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, Sen. Susan Collins and George Vradenburg	Sen. Susan Collins

Princess Yasmin Khan and Trish Vradenburg	Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, Sen. Tom Harkin and Stephen McConnell

Phyllis George and Jean Smart

Susan Blumenthal, Jeff Morby and Jerry and Phyllis Rappaport