Community Leader of the Year Breakfast
Date and Time
Friday Apr 11, 2014
7:30 AM - 9:45 AM EDT
Friday, April 11
7:30a.m. - 8:45a.m.
Early bird coffee service sponsored by Max Planck Florida Institute
Location
Cohen Pavilion
Kravis Center for the Performing Arts
701 Okeechobee Blvd.
West Palm Beach, Fl 33401
Fees/Admission
Discount Registration Deadline is Friday, April 4, 5pm
Members $35; Non-Members $45
After deadline members $40; Non-Members $50
Contact Information
Kelley Burke (561) 833-3711 ext.231
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Description
Alexander W. Dreyfoos will be honored as the Chamber's 2014 Community Leader of the Year. An engineer, inventor, and entrepreneur, he founded Photo Electronics Corporation, a company that specializing in high-tech photographic equipment and owned and operated WPEC TV 12. Mr. Dreyfoos' most noteworthy philanthropic achievements include founding the Palm Beach County Cultural Council and the Dreyfoos Hall of the Raymond F. Kravis Center for the Performing Arts. He is well known for making the largest donation in history to a Florida public school, which was renamed the Alexander W. Dreyfoos School of the Arts. He was the first person named to the Board of Trustees of The Scripps Research Institute following the organizations expansion into Florida.
