Geoffrey Beene

April 29, 2009
CFDA Names Recipients of Two Scholarships
The Council of Fashion Designers of America has named the 2009 recipients of the Geoffrey Beene Design Scholarship and CFDA Scholarship, which total $75,000. Read more

April 17, 2009
20-year Study Determines How Personal Genomics Affects Behavior
With initiative and a few bucks, consumers nowadays can send tubes of saliva to a company that will analyze their DNA and offer personalized risk assessments for a host of common conditions including diabetes, heart attack, and Alzheimer disease (AD). Read more

March 26, 2009
Video: ABC Nightline Report on Alzheimer's Disease (Part 1)
Meryl Comer, President of the Geoffrey Beene Gives Back® Alzheimer's Initiative, is featured on Part I of this ABC Nightline Report on Alzheimer's Disease. Watch the video

March 26, 2009
Video: ABC Nightline Report on Alzheimer's Disease (Part 2)
Watch Terry Moran of ABC's Nightline and Meryl Comer get the results of their "spit tests." Watch the video

January 11, 2009
Student Given Award for Green Line
From small-town Ames to the big city of New York, Danielle Sponder, senior in apparel merchandising, design and production, found herself surrounded by some of biggest names in the fashion world - the "people you only dream of meeting." She then became one of four students to receive the 2009 Geoffrey Beene National Scholarship on Wednesday, a scholarship worth $25,000. Read more

January 9, 2009
YMA FSF Dinner Raises Over $1 Million
For the fourth year in a row, and despite the miserable economy, this week's YMA Geoffrey Beene Fashion Scholarship Fund Dinner in New York raised more than a million dollars. The event, which was attended by more than 700 people, raised a total of $1.1 million. Read more

January 8, 2009
Philadelphia University Fashion Design Student Awarded $25,000 YMA Geoffrey Beene Scholarship
Jessica Steele, a senior fashion design major at Philadelphia University, was awarded a prestigious $25,000 Geoffrey Beene National Scholarship Jan. 7 at the YMA Geoffrey Beene Fashion Scholarship Dinner in New York. Read more

January 8, 2009
Design students, Zac Posen, Mindy Grossman, and Les Steiger honored at FSF Geoffrey Beene Fashion Scholarship Fund dinner
The FSF Geoffrey Beene Fashion Scholarship was established to award money to talented young design students, but even the big guns came out last night for the award ceremony and dinner at the Mariott Marquis Hotel. Zac Posen, Home Shopping Network's Mindy Grossman, and Les Steiger of Macy's were honored with awards. The night, emceed by Tim Gunn, brought out the likes of Iman and Patricia Field (who both presented awards) and supporters like Francisco Costa, Molly Sims, Mary Alice Stephenson, and Richie Rich. Read more

January 5, 2009
In Economic Turmoil and Uncertainty, the Promise of an Education is Inspirational...
Economic Turmoil and Uncertainty, the Promise of an Education is Inspirational and Life-Changing for Four (4) Deserving and Gifted Fashion Students to Receive $100,000 in 2009. Read more

January, 2009
French lessons: Leadership in Alzheimer's disease
Published by Meryl Comer, President of the Geoffrey Beene Gives Back® Alzheimer's Initiative. Read more

November 7, 2008
When Americans Give Respect, Geoffrey Beene Gives Back™ with a $500,000 Challenge to Help End Abuse
The Family Violence Prevention Fund (FVPF) - the nation's leading organization working to prevent domestic, dating and sexual violence and protect adult and child victims - has teamed up with Geoffrey Beene Gives Back™ to offer Americans a novel way to give back to a great cause during challenging economic times.
In support of the RESPECT! Campaign^SM, Geoffrey Beene Gives Back™ today announced that starting on Monday, November 10, it will donate $5 to the FVPF every time individuals offer an "act of respect" on the campaign's site, GiveRespect.org, up to a total $500,000 through December 31. Read more

October, 2008
2008 Geoffrey Beene Cancer Research Center Retreat
The Cancer Biology and Genetics Program and the Human Oncology and Pathogenesis Program held their first joint retreat on May 9 and 10, 2008, at the Skytop Lodge in Skytop, Pennsylvania. This was the first formal opportunity for both programs to come together and learn about each other's current research and to establish potential collaborations. Read more

October 27, 2008
Fashion Scholarship Fund Announces 2009 Honorees
The Fashion Scholarship Fund, formerly called the YMA Fashion Scholarship Fund, has announced that designer Zac Posen, HSN CEO Mindy Grossman and Macy's Central Men's GMM Les Steiger will be honored at the 2009 FSF Geoffrey Beene Fashion Scholarship Dinner on January 7, 2009. The annual dinner will also present four lucky students each with $25,000 Geoffrey Beene Scholarships. Read more

October 9, 2008
New Geoffrey Beene Gift to Memorial Sloan-Kettering Puts Total Support Over $100 Million
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center has announced the gift of a membership interest in Geoffrey Beene, LLC, the company that controls the business and fashion empire created by legendary designer Geoffrey Beene. Read more

October 4, 2008
Men's Designer Fashion & Style: Geoffrey Beene
Geoffrey Beene is one of the finest and most affordable lines of menswear you might ever consider. Read more

October 1, 2008
Early Alzheimer's disease diagnostics: Wait! Wait! Don't tell me!
Published by Meryl Comer, President of the Geoffrey Beene Gives Back® Alzheimer's Initiative. Read more

July 9, 2008
The "tipping point" in the Alzheimer's dialogue: It's all about the messenger
Published by Meryl Comer, President of the Geoffrey Beene Gives Back® Alzheimer's Initiative. Read more

July 1, 2008
National Leaders to Discuss Challenges in Diagnosing Early-Stage Alzheimer Disease
The Alzheimer's Research Forum has assembled a Virtual Town Hall on Wednesday, July 9, 2:00-3:30 p.m. (U.S. East Coast Time) with a panel of thought leaders to address the challenges and solutions to early-diagnosis of AD. Read more

June 7, 2008
A Double Header with Geoffrey Beene, Inc. and Macy's
On June 7th and 8th several Founding Fathers took to the pitcher's mound with the A's and the Padres to accept two donations totaling $100,000 from Geoffrey Beene, Inc. with support from Macy's. Read more

May 22, 2008
CFDA Scholarship
From the CFDA Annual Report Read more

May 15, 2008
Chic CFDA Countdown: Carolina Herrera
The CFDA Awards are fast approaching and today we are bringing you a sure thing. Carolina Herrera won't be waiting on pins and needles in anticipation of the evening; the designer is a guaranteed winner. Herrera is being honored with the Geoffrey Beene Lifetime Achievement Award. Read more

March, 2008
Probing the Genomic Basis for Cancer
Imagine a day when a patient could have a biopsy taken from a tumor, have the entire genome of the tumor characterized, and then be treated with drugs and other therapies that are tailored to the exact genetic changes present in the tumor cells. The scenario is not science fiction, but a goal that investigators at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center and other institutions have recognized as one of the most promising avenues for treating cancer. Read more

February 2008
Love Your Heart, Go Red For Women
Go Red For Women is the American Heart Association's nationwide movement to wipe out heart disease, the #1 killer of women. Read more

February 6, 2008
Leeds School Student Nicole Baum Wins $25,000 Geoffrey Beene Scholarship
A childhood case of insomnia resulted in the development of a jewelry company and now a $25,000 Geoffrey Beene National Scholarship Award for Nicole Baum, a junior studying marketing and international business at the University of Colorado at Boulder's Leeds School of Business. Read more

January 14, 2008
Beene Scholarships Awarded at YMA Dinner
The annual YMA Geoffrey Beene Fashion Scholarship Dinner announced the four winners of the $25,000 Geoffrey Beene National Scholarship Awards on Wednesday evening at the Marriot Marquis in Midtown Manhattan. Read more

January 14, 2008
YMA's Finish Line Sprint
Jay Baker doesn't like finishing in second place. When the lifelong retailer and former Kohl's president found out that last week's YMA Fashion Scholarship Fund award dinner was $170,000 short of raising the most money ever for the organization, he set out to change that. Read more

December 6, 2007
Alzheimer's Researcher and Geoffrey Beene Foundation Exec Honored with the 2007 Senator Proxmire Award
Meryl Comer, President of the Geoffrey Beene Gives Back® Alzheimer's Initiative will be honored at the 2007 Senator William Proxmire Awards on Thursday, December 6 in the LBJ Room of the United States Capitol. Read more

December 2007
Top 25 Celebrity Philanthropists In The World
In line with our February theme, ‘Issue with a Heart', we scoured the globe for bastions of generosity within the celebrity cartel. Celebrity do-gooders, more often than not, tend to attract a legion of detractors than admirers for their charitable gestures. Read more

November 29, 2007
Members of Bipartisan Alzheimer's Study Group Announced
Former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich and former U.S. Senator Bob Kerrey, co-chairs of the Alzheimer's Study Group (ASG), announced the full membership of the task force they have assembled to develop and advance strategies to overcome Alzheimer's. Read more

November 13, 2007
Ross Levine Named to Geoffrey Beene Chair
Physician-scientist Ross L. Levine has been named the incumbent of a Geoffrey Beene Junior Faculty Chair. Read more

September 27, 2006
Estate of Fashion Designer Geoffrey Beene Donates Funds to Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
A gift from the Estate of renowned fashion designer Geoffrey Beene will enable Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center (MSKCC) to launch an ambitious research initiative to be known as the Geoffrey Beene Cancer Research Center. Read more

August 13, 2007
Beene Campaign to Promote Charitable Efforts
Since Geoffrey Beene's death in 2004, the foundation running the designer's company has donated more than $75 million to cancer research, education and animal protection. Read more

June 5, 2007
YMA and Beene Team
The YMA Fashion Scholarship Fund and the Geoffrey Beene Foundation have formed a five-year strategic alliance with Beene's foundation, pledging to contribute $2 million to the fund over that period, in addition to a $1 million contribution last year. Read more

May/June 2007
Geoffrey Beene - Designer and Philanthropist
In a small salon tucked into Manhattan's Sherry-Netherland hotel, society fashion designer Mildred O'Quinn kept a Louis XIV chair in green satin. One day, in 1954, her young apprentice spilled mayonnaise from his sandwich onto the satin and was promptly fired. Read more

May 7, 2007
Geoffrey Beene - Toast of the Scene
Such a fab-a-mataz uptown evening. Only it's downtown with the Mad-Ave fashion crowd at the Gramercy Park Hotel. Read more

March 20, 2007
Geoffrey Beene Sets The Bar High For Philanthropy
With a $5 million gift to the Council of Fashion Designers of America, the Geoffrey Beene Estate has set the philantropy bar high. Read more

February 15, 2007
The 2006 Slate 60: Donations
The 60 largest American charitable contributions of the year. Read more

September 29, 2006
Sloan-Kettering Receives $44 Million From Beene Estate
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York City has announced a $44 million gift from the estate of fashion designer Geoffrey Beene that will enable Sloan-Kettering to launch an ambitious cancer research initiative. Read more

February 1, 2006
Fashion Designer Bequeaths $10 Million to Animal Medical Center
The Animal Medical Center (AMC) has recently announced a $10 million gift from the late fashion designer, Geoffrey Beene. Mr. Beene, an animal lover and supporter of the AMC during his life, died in 2004 at the age of 77. Read more