Hastings Program
Hastings Program
GALA PROGRAM
RECOLLECTIONS How it all began…
AND REFLECTIONS
Tonight, as we reflect on our past and anticipate our future, I am gratified and
humbled by your support. Our efforts to advance bioethics responses to the
biggest challenges of our day rely on generous partners like you.
Warmest regards,
Mildred Z. Solomon
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From The Hastings Center’s
Board Chair
I hope that our program conveys the excitement of where the Center has
been and where we aim to go. Andy Adelson and Joshua Boger have played
outsized roles in helping to set our trajectory. Eric Topol and his impressive
work demonstrate why bioethics should matter to each of us. On behalf of The
Hastings Center, I thank all of them.
Sincerely,
Brad Gray
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GALA COMMITTEE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
HONORARY CHAIR CHAIR
Willard Gaylin, MD Bradford H. Gray, PhD
COMMITTEE SECRETARY
Andrew Adelson Peter C. Canellos, LLB
Liza Bailey
TREASURER
Joshua Boger, PhD
Liza Bailey
Alan R. Fleischman, MD
Bradford H. Gray, PhD
D. J. (Jan) Baker, JD
Frederic C. Rich, JD Barry S. Coller, MD
David Roscoe Marion Danis, MD
Michael Roth, PhD Joseph J. Fins, MD, MACP
Shonni Silverberg, MD Willard Gaylin, MD
John Usdan Francis Hartley Geer
Robert Huffines
Darrell Kirch, MD
Michele Moody-Adams, PhD
Gilbert S. Omenn, MD, PhD
Harriet S. Rabb, JD
Michael S. Roth, PhD
Cynda H. Rushton, PhD, RN, FAAN
Sarah Schlesinger, MD
Mildred Z. Solomon, EdD
John Usdan
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ADVISORY COUNCIL
Eli Y. Adashi, MD, MS, CPE, FACOG Christine Kemper
Andrew S. Adelson Lorraine A. LaHuta
Elizabeth Anderson Stacey Lane, JD, MS, MBE
Suzanne Baker, JD Jeffrey Lieberman
Sissela Bok, PhD Nancy Maruyama, MD
Nancy Cahners Meera Mayer, MBA
Art Caplan Harvey Motulsky
Wendy Chung, MD, PhD Donald Moulds, PhD
James Corbett, MDiv, JD Marc Nivet, EdD, MBA
Samuel W. Croll, III Stephen A. Oxman, DPhil
Irene W. Crowe, PhD Michele Penzer
Helen Darling David Pollock
Lee A. Davies, MBA Jean Margo Reid, JD
George Davis Eve Hart Rice, MD
Francine Durrer Frederic C. Rich, JD
Van C. Durrer II David L. Roscoe
Gretchen Dykstra Blair L. Sadler, JD
Harold S. H. Edgar, LLB Heather Sawitsky, JD, MPH
James P. Evans, MD, PhD Harold T. Shapiro, PhD
Renee Chenault Fattah, JD, MA Andrew Solomon
Holly Fogle James E. Stahl, MD, CM, MPH
Howard Getson, JD, MBA Theodore J. Stahl, MD
Al Glowasky Earl Steinberg
Kyle Good Brian M. Stolar, JD, MA
Mary Gover, MD Francis H. Trainer, Jr., MBA
Carol Greider, PhD Victor Villagra, MD, FACP
Richard W. Hallock Quinn Walker
Peter Hofmann, MD David R. Walt, PhD
Lisa Huffines, JD
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PRESIDENTS OF THE HASTINGS CENTER
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Our Honorees:
Andrew Adelson and Joshua Boger
HONOREE
Andrew Adelson
Andrew Adelson has an impressive reputation of building
organizations, helping them realize their full potential.
Currently a member of The Hastings Center Advisory
Council, Andy contributed his vision and expertise for
12 years on the Center’s Board of Directors. He also has
spearheaded the leadership phase of The Hastings Center’s 50th Anniversary
Comprehensive Campaign. In these capacities, Andy has continuously driven
change at the Center and strengthened its communications capacities and
financial stability. He has been a longtime advocate for The Hastings Center to
amplify public impact in pursuit of its mission.
Andy previously worked with the asset management firm Sanford C.
Bernstein & Co, Inc. as Chief Investment Officer and a member of the Board of
Directors. He is currently Treasurer of the Board of Directors of the Anti-
Defamation League and serves on the board of directors of the Grassroots
Business Fund and the Cahn Fellows.
Andy graduated from the University of Pennsylvania with a BS in economics
and went on to earn his MBA from the Wharton School in finance and
accounting. He is married with three children and in his free time enjoys golf,
skiing, and photography. The Hastings Center is thrilled to honor Andy through
tonight’s program and grateful for his generosity and investment in its long-term
success.
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HONOREE
Joshua Boger, PhD
Joshua Boger is a visionary scientist, entrepreneur, artist,
and change agent who has championed the mission of The
Hastings Center as a member of the Board of Directors.
Deeply committed to rigorous scholarship, he has enabled
the Center to recruit world-class bioethics scholars and to
develop nascent research questions into full-bodied research studies and policy
recommendations.
Joshua is the founder and former CEO of Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorpo-
rated. He is Vice-Chair of Boston’s Museum of Science and Chair of the Celebrity
Series, Boston’s leading non-profit presenter of performing arts, Chair Emeritus
of the Board of Fellows of the Harvard Medical School, former Chair of the Board
of Trustees at Wesleyan University, Chair Emeritus of the Network for Healthcare
Innovation, and former Chair of the national Biotechnology Innovation
Organization (BIO).
Joshua received his BA in chemistry and philosophy from Wesleyan
University and holds a PhD in chemistry from Harvard University. He also has
received an honorary doctorate in science from Wesleyan University. He and
his wife Amy—a pediatrician and ceramic artist—have three sons. Joshua is
also an accomplished professional photographer, concentrating on underwater
photographic art, with nine major gallery shows. The Hastings Center is thrilled
to honor Joshua through tonight’s program and grateful for his generosity and
investment in its long-term success.
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KEYNOTE SPEAKER
Eric Topol, MD
Eric Topol is the Founder and Director of the Scripps
Research Translational Institute, Professor,
Molecular Medicine, and Executive Vice-President of
Scripps Research. As a researcher, he has published over 1,200 peer-reviewed ar-
ticles, with more than 280,000 citations, been elected to the National Academy of
Medicine, and is one of the top 10 most cited researchers in medicine. His prin-
cipal scientific focus has been on the genomic and digital tools to individualize
medicine.
In 2016, Topol was awarded a $207 million grant from the NIH to lead a
significant part of the Precision Medicine (All of Us) Initiative, a prospective
research program enrolling 1 million participants in the U.S. This is in addition
to his role as principal investigator for a flagship $35M NIH grant to promote
innovation in medicine. He was the founder of a new medical school at Cleveland
Clinic, Lerner College of Medicine, with Case Western University. He has over
280,000 followers on Twitter (@EricTopol), where recently he has been reporting
insights and research findings for COVID-19.
Besides editing several textbooks, he has published 3 bestseller books on the
future of medicine: The Creative Destruction of Medicine, The Patient Will See You
Now, and Deep Medicine: How Artificial Intelligence Can Make Healthcare Human
Again. Lastly, Topol was commissioned by the U.K. in 2018-2019 to lead planning
for the National Health Service’s integration of artificial intelligence and new
technologies.
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PR O G R A M
■ Opening Remarks
Mildred Z. Solomon, EdD
President, The Hastings Center
■ Honoree Presentations
Joshua Boger, PhD
Presented by Bradford H. Gray, PhD, Board Chair
Andrew Adelson
Presented by Frank Trainer
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Our Mission
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The Hastings Center:
Before computers:
Assembling the
Hastings Center
Report
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Marion Danis, MD Donna Morea
Rebecca Dresser Margaret O’Kane
Harold S. Edgar Gilbert S. Omenn, MD, PhD & Martha Darling
Rabbi Amy B. Ehrlich & Dr. Joseph J. Fins Robert Pearlman, MD, MPH
Sharon Erikson and Peter Carman Harriet and Bruce Rabb
Linda and Alan R. Fleischman Claire Reade and Dr. Earl Steinberg
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LEADERSHIP DONORS TO THE
50TH ANNIVERSARY CAMPAIGN
We are grateful to those who have so generously donated
to the leadership phase of our comprehensive campaign.
As of 10/6/20
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A Thousand Thank Yous
To Andy
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A well-deserved
Congratulations
and thanks, Andy,
for the good you do!
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Congratulations
Andrew Adelson
and
Joshua Boger
Thank you
for all that you do
to help others.
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Congratulations to
Andy Adelson
for all he has done for
The Hastings Center over the years.
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Congratulations to
Our Honorees
Andy Adelson
and
Joshua Boger
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Congratulations to
Our President
Mildred Solomon
for leading an institution that has
only grown more vital over time.
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We honor
Dan Callahan and Will Gaylin
who invented The Hastings Center fifty years ago
and watched it succeed.
Dan once said, “Raising questions is what
bioethicists do best,” but The Hastings Center has also
always sought to find answers to difficult questions through the
work of its scholars and collaborators.
We salute the Center and its many accomplishments on its
50th Anniversary, and we enthusiastically support the
Center’s continued commitment to pursuing just and
compassionate care across the life span and
the wise use of new technologies.
The Hastings Center’s best days lie ahead!
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Honoring our friend
JOSHUA BOGER
A great philanthropist
and supporter
of The Hastings Center
and its important
mission.
With love,
Shonni Silverberg &
John Shapiro
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Congratulations
to
ANDY ADELSON
A tireless advocate
for The Hastings Center
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Congratulations to
Millie, Brad, and
The Entire Hastings Team
on This Great
Milestone Event
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From the day you’re born we
never stop taking care of you.
That’s why we’re developing treatments for everything from cancer
to depression to controlling HIV, and restoring heart rhythms.
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Congratulations to
Dr. Mildred Solomon
and the
Hastings Center Team
for your invaluable research.
Thank you
for advocating for bioethics
and informing so many.
Peter Hofmann, MD
William Burback
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We Join in Celebrating the 50th Anniversary of
The Hastings Center and Salute its Staff, Scholars,
Fellows, Presidential Scholars, Board, Advisory
Council, Donors and Many Friends for Their
Commitment to its Vital Work.
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Vertex aims to create new
possibilities in medicine to cure
diseases and improve people’s lives
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Never Has
The Hastings Center
Scholarship Been More
Needed!
Liza and Michael Musgrave
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With thanks to
The Hastings Center
for inspiring
my latest book
and for
a half century
of superb work.
—Fred Rich
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To
ANDY ADELSON
and
JOSHUA BOGER
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Our friend, adviser, and champion
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We are proud to support
The Hastings Center
50th Anniversary Gala
Congratulations to my friend
Andy Adelson
for this well-deserved recognition
of his contributions to advancing
science and health policy.
— Loretta A. Ippolito
N E W YO R K | B EI J I N G | H O N G KO N G | LO N D O N | TO K YO | TO RO N TO | WA SH I N G TO N, D C | W I L M I N G TO N
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Congratulations to our friend,
Andy Adelson, for his great work on
behalf of The Hastings Center.
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Congratulations to The Hastings Center.
Thank you for the work you do to ensure
responsible health and science.
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Dear Hastings Center,
Andy Adelson
We congratulate our dear friend
Andy Adelson on being honored
for his dedication and
meritorious service on behalf of
the mission and great work of
The Hastings Center.