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Nov. 17, 2009 - Went to NYC to receive the Accordia Award for Public Service. This is the new version of the Infectious Diseases Institute started by merle Sande and funded by Pfizer. Mark Dybul, Julie Gerberding and others were there. Was in NYC anyway for the DDCF Board of Trustees meeting in the AM and went up to see Megan at Columbia for a couple of hours. It is always wonderful to see Megan and I always have a great time when I visit her. We had a nice lunch.
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Nov. 20, 2009 - Had dinner with Chris over Francis and Diane Collins's house with Regina Benjamin, the newly appointed Surgeon General. Pleasant, but I believe that she is going to be a non-entity. She is a bit over her head. The H1N1 pandemic is starting to die down with widespread disease going from 48 states to around 30 states. Much less press interest. A lot more vaccine now available.
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Nov. 23, 2009 - Went to NYC to give remarks at the Healthright international dinner at the Mandarin Hotel. My remarks were honoring Jonathan Mann. Gave a warm speech about him and his character. His daughter Naomi was there and was very touched by my presence and remarks. She admitted publicly in her remarks that everyone in the family (even when she was a young girl) knew who "Tony" was since Jon would often speak of me. She said that she realized that Jon and I sometimes disagreed but that her father always greatly respected me. Nice evening. After dinner I went up to Columbia to see Megan for an hour. As usual, it was great to see her.
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November 24, 2009 - Briefed the Foreign Press Core on AIDS at the National Press Club. their .@?)
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Nov. 30, 2009 - Attended a World AIDS Day event at the White House (South Court Auditorium. Sec. Clinton and Sec. Sebelius were there as was Eric Goosby. They spoke about PEPFAR. Of note, striking difference from last year when anyone at White House mentioned PEPFAR, they would recognize me in the audience as the main architect of the Program. No one did that this time even though Hillary Clinton saw me and warmly waved at me from the stage. I believe that the new administration speech-writers and staff just have no idea who I am. Sic transit Gloria. Sebelius was her usual cold self and did not even make eye contact with me. Also, (amazingly) when she was with me a day or 2 later actually asked me as we were on the Hill together to speak with the Congressional Black Caucus (who never showed up - ugh!) "now just what do you do and what is your official title". When I told her, she smiled and said: "I just think of you as "the vaccine guy". She did not mean any harm, but she is really clueless....or actually uninterested in any interpersonal relationship at this level.
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Dec. 2, 2009 - Had dinner with Peggy Hamburg at Indique Restaurant on Connecticut Avenue. Just to catch up on how she is doing as Commissioner of FDA. Really nice person; has not changed.
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Dec. 5, 2009 - Went to Holiday Party at Sam and Jan Smith Donaldson's home in McLean. Usual warm and enjoyable time. Chris was in Istanbul teaching a course in Bioethics and so I went alone. Usual cast of characters: Colin Powell, General Casey, Ben Bradlee, Lee Hamilton, Antonin Scalia, Nina Totenberg, Bill Plante, John and Debbie Dingle, George Will, Terry McAuliffe, etc. etc.
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Dec. 9, 2009 - Time Magazine came out with a list of the 10 most important Medical breakthroughs of 2009. #2 was an "AIDS Vaccine" (the Thai trial) and #4 was an H1N1 vaccine. Of note, I played a significant role in the development of both of these.
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Dec. 12, 2009 - Wonderful Holiday sit-down dinner party at the Academy of Achievement Town House on 16th Street (Black Tie) hosted by Wayne and Catherine Reynolds. Usual cast of stars at the dinner - Senators, Congressmen, Media, etc. "Mystery" gust entertainer was Tony Bennett. The Reynolds's have been very generous to regularly include us at these functions.