by Lorraine Shanley, Member, Board of Trustees, The Bronxville Historical Conservancy

April 27, 2022: Renowned pioneer of “patriotic philanthropy” and himself a leading donor to major cultural institutions as well as a bestselling author, David M. Rubenstein will be the featured speaker at the Annual Brendan Gill Lecture on Friday, April 29, at 8 pm at Sarah Lawrence's Barbara Walters Campus Center.  He focuses on the evolution of the American story and his quest to preserve for our citizenry many of the important icons of our nation’s history.

This free lecture is open to the public and presented each year by The Bronxville Historical Conservancy as a gift to the community. A reception with the speaker will follow the presentation. Register at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or call 914-961-6790.

Rubenstein joins an illustrious roster of previous Gill speakers, including Mo Rocca, Jill Lepore, Douglas Brinkley, the late Cokie Roberts, Jon Meacham, and Michael Beschloss, among others.  

Mr. Rubenstein is Co-Founder and Co-Chairman of The Carlyle Group, one of the world’s largest and most successful private investment firms. Established in 1987, Carlyle now manages $301 billion from 26 offices around the world. 

Mr. Rubenstein is Chairman of the Boards of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, the Council on Foreign Relations, the National Gallery of Art, and the Economic Club of Washington. He serves on many other boards and is a Fellow of the Harvard Corporation. A leader in the area of Patriotic Philanthropy, he has made transformative gifts for the restoration or repair of the Washington Monument, Lincoln Memorial, Jefferson Memorial, Monticello, Montpelier, Mount Vernon, Arlington House, Iwo Jima Memorial, the Kennedy Center, the Smithsonian, the National Archives, the National Zoo, the Library of Congress, and the National Museum of African American History and Culture. He has also provided to the U.S. government long-term loans of his rare copies of the Magna Carta, the Declaration of Independence, the U.S. Constitution, the Bill of Rights, the Emancipation Proclamation, the 13^th Amendment, the first map of the U.S. (Abel Buell map), and the first book printed in the U.S. (Bay Psalm Book). 

Finally, Mr. Rubenstein is an original signer of The Giving Pledge, a promise that he will designate a significant portion of his assets to philanthropy.  He is host of The David Rubenstein Show and Bloomberg Wealth with David Rubenstein; and the author of the bestselling The American Story, How to Lead, and The American Experiment which Publishers Weekly praised as “a rewarding survey of what makes America tick.”

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