Event Will Include Performance by GRAMMY Award–Winning Artists Anita Baker and Tony Bennett

Michael Greene at the 41st Annual GRAMMY Awards (photo: www.grammy.com).

New York, April 14, 1999—The Juvenile Diabetes Foundation International (JDF) will honor Michael Greene, President and CEO of the Recording Academy at JDF’s Fifth Annual Music Industry Dinner tonight at the Sheraton New York Hotel & Towers. Performances by Anita Baker and Tony Bennett, eight-time GRAMMY winners, will highlight the black-tie event held to raise funds to find a cure for diabetes and its complications.

    “The JDF is a very special organization with the most noble of missions, helping children,” said Michael Greene. “I am pleased that so many music friends will be on hand to enjoy the great performances by Anita and Tony. Music people are always among the first to try and better the human condition. I’m fortunate just to play a small part in such a great evening for such a worthy cause.”

    Mr. Greene has had a long involvement with charitable causes. Currently, he serves as President of the NARAS Foundation—dedicated to advancing music education in schools and ensuring access to a rich cultural legacy—and MusiCares Foundation, which provides outreach, educational, and financial assistance to music people in need, and as the National Corporate Spokesman for the American Music Therapy Association.

    “We at JDF are very grateful to have Michael Greene as our honoree this year,” said Dr. James E. Mulvihill, President & CEO of JDF. “His presence here tonight will not only help us raise funds for diabetes research, but will help us raise awareness for this debilitating disease, which affects 16 million Americans and kills one of us every three minutes.”

    For the past five years, the Juvenile Diabetes Foundation International has been honoring outstanding leaders in the music industry to help raise funds to find a cure for diabetes and its complications. Since 1993, this event has raised over $1.7 million for diabetes research. Past honorees included Bruce Lundvall, President of Blue Note Records (1997); Keith Clinkscales, President & CEO of Vibe Magazine, and Lydia Cole, Vice President of Black Entertainment Television (1996); Russell Simmons, CEO of Rush Communications, and Andrea Harrell, President & CEO of Uptown Entertainment (1994); and Jheryl Busby, President & CEO of Motown Records, and Dick Scott, President of Dick Scott Entertainment (1993).

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