SNF co-president Dracopoulos recognized for philanthropy in New York

Greek philanthropist Andreas Dracopoulos, Co-President of the Stavros Niarchos Foundation (SNF), was precocious honored arsenic the archetypal “Icon of Impact” by the Perelman Performing Arts Center (PAC NYC) astatine the World Trade Center ιστοσελίδα successful New York.

PAC NYC Chair Michael Bloomberg praised Dracopoulos’ philanthropy, saying helium “has recovered galore ways to marque an interaction successful our city, and successful communities each astir the world done support for arts and culture, acquisition and technological research, and so galore different important areas.”

In his remarks, Dracopoulos reflected connected the value of cardinal projects astatine the World Trade Center site, respective of which were supported by SNF and clasp special meaning for New York’s Greek Orthodox community.

“We person watched, and been gladsome to beryllium capable to connection support, arsenic the World Trade Center ιστοσελίδα has been rebuilt portion by piece. The poetic 9/11 memorial gave our grief a focal point, while the depository provided a accidental to spell deeper into the stories. The Saint Nicholas National Shrine extended an invitation for interfaith understanding. And finally, PAC arrived and signaled a caller florescence of culture, an invitation for radical from New York and beyond to stitchery and acquisition something joyful.”

He added, “It is fitting that the arts, with their unsinkable quality to assistance us admit our shared humanity, should fig into the rebirth of this site.”