21st Annual Golf Tournament Raises Over $270,000 for Research and Education at CSHL
Cold Spring Harbor, NY - -July 10, 2014 - On June 17th, 190 golfers took to the greens on a summery day at Piping Rock Club for Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL)’s 21st annual golf tournament. Run by golf chairman Eddie Chernoff, the event featured a morning and afternoon shotgun start and a live auction. The outing brought in over $270,000.
At the awards dinner, Dr. Bruce Stillman, President and CEO of CSHL, introduced the event’s honoree, Ed Travaglianti, President of TD Bank Long Island and a member of CSHL's Board of Trustees. “With a banking career spanning 40 years, Ed is at the top of the list when it comes to preeminent citizens of Long Island,” Dr. Stillman remarked, “Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory is very fortunate to have had Ed’s guidance and counsel for so many years.”
Mr. Travaglianti also sits on numerous other boards including those of Long Island University, the Don Monti Memorial Research Foundation and Winthrop Hospital.
About Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
Founded in 1890, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL) has shaped contemporary biomedical research and education with programs in cancer, neuroscience, plant biology and quantitative biology. CSHL is ranked number one in the world by Thomson Reuters for the impact of its research in molecular biology and genetics. The Laboratory has been home to eight Nobel Prize winners. Today, CSHL's multidisciplinary scientific community is more than 600 researchers and technicians strong and its Meetings & Courses program hosts more than 12,000 scientists from around the world each year to its Long Island campus and its China center. For more information, visit www.cshl.edu.
Pictured: l-r: CSHL COO Dill Ayers; CSHL Trustee & Honoree Ed Travaglianti; CSHL President & CEO Dr. Bruce Stillman