There were a trio of winners to be honored with the Yitzhak Rabin Public Service Award of Philadelphia, presented by the Philadelphia-Israel Chamber of Commerce.
Cooperation was the key ingredient in picking the winner of this year’s Yitzhak Rabin Public Service Award of the Philadelphia-Israel Chamber of Commerce, with the honor going to Drexel University, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia and Hebrew University for their joint landmark research breakthroughs in pediatric care. Celebrating at the special function feting the three (from left) are John Fry, president of Drexel; Vered Nohi-Becker, executive director, PICC; Richard A. Bendit, president, PICC, and senior vice president, assistant general counsel, Berkadia Commercial Mortgage LLC; Dr. Joseph St. Geme III, physician-in-chief at CHOP; Dr. Robert Levy, Dream Team investigator for CHOP; Amy Throckmorton, principal investigator of "Giving Kids a Chance" at Drexel University; and Richard M. Fox, vice president, PICC, and managing partner, Start-up NationCapital.
