Gala Events with Formal Attire

Images from gala events featuring individuals in formal attire, engaged in conversation and toasting, set in elegant venues with soft lighting.

National Park Foundation (NPF) "Expedition America" gala and fund-raiser at Chelsea Piers, New York City, New York, with First Lady Laura Bush, Secretary Dirk Kempthorne, and NPF President and Chief Executive Officer Vin Cipolla among the speakers

National Park Foundation (NPF) "Expedition America" gala and fund-raiser at Chelsea Piers, New York City, New York, with First Lady Laura Bush, Secretary Dirk Kempthorne, and NPF President and Chief Executive Officer Vin Cipolla among the speakers

Office of the Secretary - Secretary Elaine Chao at the Annual Dinner of the Radio and Television Correspondents' Association

National Park Foundation (NPF) "Expedition America" gala and fund-raiser at Chelsea Piers, New York City, New York, with First Lady Laura Bush, Secretary Dirk Kempthorne, and NPF President and Chief Executive Officer Vin Cipolla among the speakers

06/30/2005. Madrid 6-30-05.-Luca de Tena, Mariano de cavia and Mingote awards.-photo Ernesto Agudo.Archdc.

National Park Foundation (NPF) "Expedition America" gala and fund-raiser at Chelsea Piers, New York City, New York, with First Lady Laura Bush, Secretary Dirk Kempthorne, and NPF President and Chief Executive Officer Vin Cipolla among the speakers

Administrator Christine Todd Whitman at ORD's AA Paul Gilman swearing-in , Environmental Protection Agency

Department staff greeting President George W. Bush, from behind rope line, during his visit to Main Interior

VIce President Joe Biden talks to Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood and his wife, Kathy LaHood, before the State Dinner in the East Room of the White House, May 19, 2010. At left, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and Energy Secretary Steven Chu talk with other guests.

University of Denver Chancellor Emeritus Daniel Ritchie, Nancy Anschutz of the Anschutz Family Foundation, National Park Foundation President Vin Cipolla, businessman Philip Anschutz, and Secretary Gale Norton, left to right, at National Park Foundation event at Phipps Mansion, Denver, Colorado

Office of the Secretary - Secretary Elaine Chao at the Annual Dinner of the Radio and Television Correspondents' Association

National Park Foundation (NPF) "Expedition America" gala and fund-raiser at Chelsea Piers, New York City, New York, with First Lady Laura Bush, Secretary Dirk Kempthorne, and NPF President and Chief Executive Officer Vin Cipolla among the speakers

Office of the Secretary - Secretary Elaine Chao at the Annual Dinner of the Radio and Television Correspondents' Association

Office of the Secretary - Secretary Elaine Chao at the Annual Dinner of the Radio and Television Correspondents' Association

Office of the Secretary - Secretary Elaine Chao at the Annual Dinner of the Radio and Television Correspondents' Association

The American Academy of Diplomacy's 15th Annual Diplomatic Awards Luncheon in the Benjamin Franklin Room, featuring speech by former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger on the contributions of the late Joseph Sisco. Also delivering remarks were Academy officers and award presenters including former U.S. Ambassador to the Soviet Union and France, Arthur Hartman; former U.S. Ambassador to Israel, Samuel Lewis; and former U.S. Ambassador to Hungary, Mark Palmer. Among those accepting writing awards were Washington Post diplomatic affairs correspondent Robin Wright; . 59 CF DS 15985 04_Am_Acd_Dipl_055.jpg

Activities at the National Park Foundation's Leadership Summit on Partnership and Philanthropy, in Austin, Texas, with Secretary Dirk Kempthorne joining First Lady Laura Bush among the participating dignitaries

Events at the 26th Annual Border Governors Conference in Hollywood, California, where Secretary Dirk Kempthorne joined Governors from the four U.S. states bordering Mexico--California Governor, and Border Governors Association Chairman, Arnold Schwarzenegger; Arizona Governor Janet Napolitano; New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson; and Texas Governor Rick Perry--along with the respective Governors of the Mexican states of Baja California, Chihuahua, Coahuila, Nuevo Leon, Sonora, and Tamaulipas, as well as other present and former U.S. Cabinet Secretaries and their Mexican counterparts for discussion of bi-national economic, resource, and security issues

National Park Foundation annual gala and fundraiser at the Chelsea Piers, New York City, New York, with Secretary Dirk Kempthorne joining First Lady Laura Bush, National Park Foundation Board member Roland Betts, National Park Foundation Vice Chair Regan Gammon, and Discovery Communications President and Chief Executive Officer David Zazlav among the dignitaries delivering remarks

Fundraising gala for the National Park Foundation's African American Experience Fund (AAEF) at the Rainbow Room in Rockefeller Center, New York City, New York, where Secretary Dirk Kempthorne joined former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations and civil rights leader Andrew Young, former Assistant Secretary of Labor and Little Rock school integration pioneer Ernest Green, Coca-Cola Company Vice President Ingrid Saunders Jones, public television news correspondent and moderator Gwen Ifill, and AAEF Board of Trustees Chairman Robert Harris among the dignitaries on hand

Office of the Secretary - Secretary Elaine Chao at the Annual Dinner of the Radio and Television Correspondents' Association

Secretary Dirk Kempthorne with Britain's former Prime Minister, Margaret Thatcher, at Main Interior

Opening reception for the National Park Foundation's Leadership Summit on Partnership and Philanthropy, in Austin, Texas, with Secretary Dirk Kempthorne joining First Lady Laura Bush, Texas Governor Rick Perry, and National Park Foundation Board of Directors member and International Paper Chairman and Chief Executive Officer John Faraci among the dignitaries on hand

Office of the Secretary - Secretary Elaine Chao at the Annual Dinner of the Radio and Television Correspondents' Association

Secretary Dirk Kempthorne with Britain's former Prime Minister, Margaret Thatcher, at Main Interior

Activities at the National Park Foundation's Leadership Summit on Partnership and Philanthropy, in Austin, Texas, with Secretary Dirk Kempthorne joining First Lady Laura Bush among the participating dignitaries

Fundraising gala for the National Park Foundation's African American Experience Fund (AAEF) at the Rainbow Room in Rockefeller Center, New York City, New York, where Secretary Dirk Kempthorne joined former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations and civil rights leader Andrew Young, former Assistant Secretary of Labor and Little Rock school integration pioneer Ernest Green, Coca-Cola Company Vice President Ingrid Saunders Jones, public television news correspondent and moderator Gwen Ifill, and AAEF Board of Trustees Chairman Robert Harris among the dignitaries on hand

10/01/2002. Madrid, 2-10-02 -Alfonso Guerra (Psoe). -photo Ernesto Agudo.

Department staff greeting President George W. Bush, from behind rope line, during his visit to Main Interior

Office of the Secretary - Secretary Elaine Chao at the Annual Dinner of the Radio and Television Correspondents' Association

Office of the Secretary - SECRETARY DONALD EVANS AT THE RADIO AND TV CORRESPONDENTS DINNER

2006 Family Heritage Awards Ceremony at the National Park Service's Ellis Island Immigration Museum in New York City, New York, with Acting Interior Secretary P. Lynn Scarlett among the speakers and former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright, author Frank McCourt, advertising executive Shelly Lazarus, and major league baseball's Tommy Lasorda among the featured awardees

Department staff greeting President George W. Bush, from behind rope line, during his visit to Main Interior

06/29/2005. Madrid 06-29-05 Mariano de Cavia award.....Photo:Ángel de Antonio......Archdc.

Events at the 26th Annual Border Governors Conference in Hollywood, California, where Secretary Dirk Kempthorne joined Governors from the four U.S. states bordering Mexico--California Governor, and Border Governors Association Chairman, Arnold Schwarzenegger; Arizona Governor Janet Napolitano; New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson; and Texas Governor Rick Perry--along with the respective Governors of the Mexican states of Baja California, Chihuahua, Coahuila, Nuevo Leon, Sonora, and Tamaulipas, as well as other present and former U.S. Cabinet Secretaries and their Mexican counterparts for discussion of bi-national economic, resource, and security issues

Fundraising gala for the National Park Foundation's African American Experience Fund (AAEF) at the Rainbow Room in Rockefeller Center, New York City, New York, where Secretary Dirk Kempthorne joined former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations and civil rights leader Andrew Young, former Assistant Secretary of Labor and Little Rock school integration pioneer Ernest Green, Coca-Cola Company Vice President Ingrid Saunders Jones, public television news correspondent and moderator Gwen Ifill, and AAEF Board of Trustees Chairman Robert Harris among the dignitaries on hand

Secretary Gale Norton, far left, with Arizona Senator John McCain, center, and New Mexico Congressman Tom Udall, far right, at events at Department of Interior headquarters honoring former Secretary of Interior Stewart Udall and the late Congressman Morris Udall

Office of the Secretary - SECRETARY DONALD EVANS AT THE RADIO AND TV CORRESPONDENTS DINNER

Office of the Assistant Secretary for Administration and Management - Secretary Elaine Chao's 2001 Honor Awards Ceremony

Fundraising gala for the National Park Foundation's African American Experience Fund (AAEF) at the Rainbow Room in Rockefeller Center, New York City, New York, where Secretary Dirk Kempthorne joined former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations and civil rights leader Andrew Young, former Assistant Secretary of Labor and Little Rock school integration pioneer Ernest Green, Coca-Cola Company Vice President Ingrid Saunders Jones, public television news correspondent and moderator Gwen Ifill, and AAEF Board of Trustees Chairman Robert Harris among the dignitaries on hand

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Office of the Secretary - SECRETARY DONALD EVANS AT THE RADIO AND TV CORRESPONDENTS DINNER

Department staff greeting President George W. Bush, from behind rope line, during his visit to Main Interior

Brad Grey and Sumner Redstone Brad Grey and Sumner Redstone at the 2006 Los Angeles Free Clinic Annual Dinner Gala held at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, USA on November 20, 2006. Copyright: xZoonar.com/Lumeimages.comx 21807810

Office of the Secretary - Secretary Elaine Chao at the Annual Dinner of the Radio and Television Correspondents' Association

Office of the Secretary - SECRETARY DONALD EVANS AT THE RADIO AND TV CORRESPONDENTS DINNER

Madrid, 09/08/2015. ABC Forum with Manuela Carmena. Photo: Ángel de Antonio Archdc.

Madrid, 06/02/2003. Presentation of the Mariano de Cavia, Luca de Tena and Mingote awards at the Casa de ABC, presided over by Their Majesties the King and Queen. In the image, Don Guillermo Luca de Tena toasts the King in the presence of Don Juan Carlos and Doña Sofía. At his side, Antonio Mingote.

Office of the Secretary - Labor Leaders Management with President Bush and Secretary Elaine Chao

Office of the Secretary - Secretary Elaine Chao at the Annual Dinner of the Radio and Television Correspondents' Association

President of Iceland, Olafur Ragnar Grimsson, left, during visit to Department of Interior headquarters, touring the Department of Interior Museum exhibit of contemporary and historical photography of National Parks

Fundraising gala for the National Park Foundation's African American Experience Fund (AAEF) at the Rainbow Room in Rockefeller Center, New York City, New York, where Secretary Dirk Kempthorne joined former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations and civil rights leader Andrew Young, former Assistant Secretary of Labor and Little Rock school integration pioneer Ernest Green, Coca-Cola Company Vice President Ingrid Saunders Jones, public television news correspondent and moderator Gwen Ifill, and AAEF Board of Trustees Chairman Robert Harris among the dignitaries on hand

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Fundraising gala for the National Park Foundation's African American Experience Fund (AAEF) at the Rainbow Room in Rockefeller Center, New York City, New York, where Secretary Dirk Kempthorne joined former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations and civil rights leader Andrew Young, former Assistant Secretary of Labor and Little Rock school integration pioneer Ernest Green, Coca-Cola Company Vice President Ingrid Saunders Jones, public television news correspondent and moderator Gwen Ifill, and AAEF Board of Trustees Chairman Robert Harris among the dignitaries on hand

Former Secretary of Interior Stewart Udall appearing as guest of honor at Department of Interior headquarters events celebrating the contributions of the former Secretary and the late Congressman Morris Udall

Administrator Christine Todd Whitman at Clean Air Excellence Awards, Mayflower Hotel, Washington, DC , Environmental Protection Agency

Fundraising gala for the National Park Foundation's African American Experience Fund (AAEF) at the Rainbow Room in Rockefeller Center, New York City, New York, where Secretary Dirk Kempthorne joined former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations and civil rights leader Andrew Young, former Assistant Secretary of Labor and Little Rock school integration pioneer Ernest Green, Coca-Cola Company Vice President Ingrid Saunders Jones, public television news correspondent and moderator Gwen Ifill, and AAEF Board of Trustees Chairman Robert Harris among the dignitaries on hand

Administrator Christine Todd Whitman at National Summit on Small Business and the Environment, Lowes Hotel, Washington, DC , Environmental Protection Agency

Activities at the National Park Foundation's Leadership Summit on Partnership and Philanthropy, in Austin, Texas, with Secretary Dirk Kempthorne joining First Lady Laura Bush among the participating dignitaries

Madrid, 01/29/2014. ABC bullfighting award. The winner was Manuel Jesús Cid Sala. In the image, José Miguel Santiago Castelo with Soledad Luca de Tena and Juan Manuel de Prada.

Event honoring the Washington National Opera in the Benjamin Franklin Room, with appearances by Secretary Condoleezza Rice and other Department officials

Office of the Secretary - Secretary Elaine Chao and President George W Bush at the Women's Conference on Small Business

09/14/2000. san sebastian tribute to chillida in the kurssal photo josegarcia Tribute to Chillida on the occasion of the inauguration of the Chillida-Leku Museum.

Office of the Secretary - Secretary Elaine Chao at the Annual Dinner of the Radio and Television Correspondents' Association

Former First Lady Nancy Reagan prepares to present the Ronald Reagan Presidential Medal of Freedom to Mr. Bob Hope during his 94th birthday celebration. 2LT Michele O'Brien, Public Affairs Officer with the Space and Missile Systems Center (standing in the background), participated in the ceremonies. Base: Los Angeles Air Force Station State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Madrid, 07/07/2022. Presentation of the Mariano de Cavia, Luca de Tena and Mingote awards, by HM King Felipe to Andrés Trapiello, Inés Artajo and Emilio Morenatti. Photo: Ernesto Agudo. ARCHDC.

madrid, 19-6-08.-mariano de cavia and mingote awards 2008-photo ernesto acute.archdc.

Office of the Secretary - Secretary Elaine Chao at the Annual Dinner of the Radio and Television Correspondents' Association

Appearance by Secretary Gale Norton at the San Diego, California Regional Chamber of Commerce Congressional Luncheon, for a speech on the Bush Administration energy vision for America

Department staff greeting President George W. Bush, from behind rope line, during his visit to Main Interior

June 26, 2002. Madrid...26..6..02..Cavia, Luca de Tena and Mingote Awards Ceremony...Photos Jose Garcia, Ernesto Agudo, Chema Barroso, Jordi Romeu, Jaime Garcia...Archdc.

Activities at the National Park Foundation's Leadership Summit on Partnership and Philanthropy, in Austin, Texas, with Secretary Dirk Kempthorne joining First Lady Laura Bush among the participating dignitaries

Madrid, 10/12/2015. Presentation of the Mariano de Cavia, Luca de Tena and Mingote awards, by His Majesty Kings Felipe VI and Letizia to Carlos Herrera, Miguel Henrique Otero and Javier Barcáiztegui. Photo: Matias Nieto ARCHDC.

Administrator Christine Todd Whitman at National Summit on Small Business and the Environment, Lowes Hotel, Washington, DC , Environmental Protection Agency

Adare Manor Donald Evans

Fundraising gala for the National Park Foundation's African American Experience Fund (AAEF) at the Rainbow Room in Rockefeller Center, New York City, New York, where Secretary Dirk Kempthorne joined former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations and civil rights leader Andrew Young, former Assistant Secretary of Labor and Little Rock school integration pioneer Ernest Green, Coca-Cola Company Vice President Ingrid Saunders Jones, public television news correspondent and moderator Gwen Ifill, and AAEF Board of Trustees Chairman Robert Harris among the dignitaries on hand

Princess Marianne zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Sayn during the opening from her photo exhibition in the castel of Sayn in Bendorf

Fundraising gala for the National Park Foundation's African American Experience Fund (AAEF) at the Rainbow Room in Rockefeller Center, New York City, New York, where Secretary Dirk Kempthorne joined former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations and civil rights leader Andrew Young, former Assistant Secretary of Labor and Little Rock school integration pioneer Ernest Green, Coca-Cola Company Vice President Ingrid Saunders Jones, public television news correspondent and moderator Gwen Ifill, and AAEF Board of Trustees Chairman Robert Harris among the dignitaries on hand

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken meets with Swedish Foreign Minister Ann Linde in Stockholm, Sweden, on December 1, 2021.

Kennedy Space Center Director Bob Cabana, left, and Astronauts Memorial Foundation board chair Eileen Collins, acknowledge guests during a tribute honoring U.S. Air Foce Maj. Robert Lawrence. Both Cabana and Collins are former NASA astronauts. Selected in 1967 for the Manned Orbiting Laboratory Program, Lawrence was the first African-American astronaut. He lost his life in a training accident 50 years ago. The ceremony took place in the Center for Space Education at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex.

Former President George H.W. Bush, with former First Lady Barbara Bush to his left and Secretary Gale Norton to his right, at ceremony at the Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial, Washington, D.C., featuring unveiling of dedication panel for statue of Roosevelt in wheelchair

01/11/2001. Madrid 11-1-01.HM Queen Sofia, greets Maestro Rostropovich in the Auditorium.Photo Ernesto Agudo.Archdc.

Madrid. 17.3.2002. Entry into the royal academy of the history of Luis Miguel Enciso. Photo: Julian de Domingo. Archdc.

Events at the 26th Annual Border Governors Conference in Hollywood, California, where Secretary Dirk Kempthorne joined Governors from the four U.S. states bordering Mexico--California Governor, and Border Governors Association Chairman, Arnold Schwarzenegger; Arizona Governor Janet Napolitano; New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson; and Texas Governor Rick Perry--along with the respective Governors of the Mexican states of Baja California, Chihuahua, Coahuila, Nuevo Leon, Sonora, and Tamaulipas, as well as other present and former U.S. Cabinet Secretaries and their Mexican counterparts for discussion of bi-national economic, resource, and security issues

Madrid. 6/29/2005. Mariano de Cavia Award. Photo: Julian de Domingo. Archdc.

NASA Ames Research Center 70 Year Anniversary Gala Dinner held at Santa Clara University, Santa Clara, California with special guest speaker Nichelle Nichols of Star Trek fame.

Administrator Christine Todd Whitman at ORD's AA Paul Gilman swearing-in , Environmental Protection Agency

Secretary Gale Norton, left, and Virginia Governor Mark Warner, center, among the dignitaries at events marking debut of the Lewis and Clark Bicentennial traveling exhibit, Corps of Discovery II, at Monticello, Virginia

Reception at Harry S. Truman Building for actress Angelina Jolie, greeted by Department officials and staff including Secretary Colin Powell, Under Secretary for Global Affairs Paula Dobriansky, and Secretary's Open Forum Chairman William Keppler. Jolie participated in Open Forum panel discussion of the documentary film that she narrated, "Trading Women," an investigation of Southeast Asian sex trafficking.

Ohio Governor Ted Strickland, Neal Armstrong at the NASA 50th Anniversary Gala Celebration - Ohio Astronaut Reunion

Fundraising gala for the National Park Foundation's African American Experience Fund (AAEF) at the Rainbow Room in Rockefeller Center, New York City, New York, where Secretary Dirk Kempthorne joined former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations and civil rights leader Andrew Young, former Assistant Secretary of Labor and Little Rock school integration pioneer Ernest Green, Coca-Cola Company Vice President Ingrid Saunders Jones, public television news correspondent and moderator Gwen Ifill, and AAEF Board of Trustees Chairman Robert Harris among the dignitaries on hand

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton shakes hands with a New Zealander woman in New Zealand Prime Minister John Key's office, in Wellington, New Zealand, on November 4, 2010. New Zealand Prime Minister John Key is to the right of the Secretary.

Madrid. 19.6.2008. Cavia Awards 2008. Photo: Julian de Domingo. Archdc.

Announcement, at the Sewall-Belmont House on Capitol Hill, of the introduction of bipartisan Congressional legislation for permanent authorization of the Preserve America and Save America's Treasures programs, with Secretary Dirk Kempthorne joining First Lady Laura Bush, New York Senator Hillary Clinton, New Mexico Senator Pete Domenici, North Carolina Congressman Brad Miller, Ohio Congressman Miichael Turner, Advisory Council on Historic Preservation Chairman John Nau III, and National Trust for Historic Preservation President Richard Moe among the featured speakers

The White House Project hosts Chilean President Michelle Bachelet

Administrator Christine Todd Whitman at National Summit on Small Business and the Environment, Lowes Hotel, Washington, DC , Environmental Protection Agency

The White House Project hosts Chilean President Michelle Bachelet

Dr. Jill Biden, Second Lady of the United States, chats with entrepreneurs from the Middle East at a Global Entrepreneurship Summit Women�s Day event in Marrakech, Morocco, on November 19, 2014.

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Former Apollo astronauts meet with the media at the Apollo/Saturn V Center prior to an anniversary banquet highlighting the contributions of aerospace employees who made the Apollo program possible. From left are Neil A. Armstrong and Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin who flew on Apollo 11, the launch to the moon; Gene Cernan, who flew on Apollo 10 and 17; and Walt Cunningham, who flew on Apollo 7. This is the 30th anniversary of the launch and moon landing, July 16 and July 20, 1969. Neil Armstrong was the first man to set foot on the moon

The White House Project hosts Chilean President Michelle Bachelet

Administrator Christine Todd Whitman at ORD's AA Paul Gilman swearing-in , Environmental Protection Agency

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