- Prominent figures in business, sports, media and philanthropy came out for the <a title="Reginald F. Lewis Foundation" href="http://www.reginaldflewis.com/"><strong>Reginald F. Lewis Foundation</strong></a> Gala Luncheon at the Lewis Estate in East Hampton on Saturday, June 25, 2011. Event chair <strong>Leslie Lewis Sword</strong>, Lewis' eldest daughter, announced that this year’s gala raised more than $665,000 toward a $1 million endowment challenge grant from The <a title="Eddie C. Brown" href="http://www.blackenterprise.com/2011/04/20/power-moves-eddie-browns-5-strategies-for-success-in-business/"><strong>Eddie C.</strong></a> and C. Sylvia Brown Family Foundation, in support of the <a title="Reginald F. Lewis Museum" href="http://www.africanamericanculture.org/"><strong>Reginald F. Lewis Museum of Maryland African American History & Culture</strong></a>. Harvard Law School Bussey Professor Emeritus Frank E. A. Sander, who taught and mentored Lewis at Harvard Law, received the Millennium Member Award. <a title="Profit Investment Management" href="http://www.profitfunds.com/"><strong>Profit Investment Management</strong></a> CEO <strong>Eugene A. Profit</strong> received the <a title="Reginald F. Lewis" href="http://www.blackenterprise.com/2010/09/05/no-3-reginald-f-lewis-the-global-dealmaker/"><strong>Reginald F. Lewis</strong></a> Award, presented to an African American entrepreneur who has broken barriers to become internationally successful before the age of 50. </em>—Alfred A. Edmond Jr.
Leslie Lewis Sword, Eugene Profit and Loida Lewis (Image: Robert Delacruz)
- Sylvia and Eddie C. Brown
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- Alma Rangel, Dr. Rosalyn Fugett-Wiley (sister of Reginald F. Lewis), former NYC Mayor David Dinkins, Leslie Lewis Sword
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- Carolyn Fugett, mother of Reginald F. Lewis
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- Gala emcee and CBS2 News anchor Maurice Dubois with wife Andrea.
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- Leslie Lewis-Sword, Loida Lewis and Star Jones
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- Sports journalist William Rhoden and NFL star Dhani Jones
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- <b>Black Enterprise</b> Editor-in-Chief Derek T. Dingle, Reginald F. Lewis Award honoree Eugene Profit, and <b>Black Enterprise</b> Editor-at-Large Alfred Edmond Jr.
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- The gala ended with dancing to the sounds of DJ M.O.S.
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