POP/ROCK - Sept. 24, 1987

Dionne Warwick has been honored by the City of New York for raising more than $1 million for AIDS research in the city, city officials announced. Several city health services executives serenaded Warwick at City Hall Plaza with a slightly off-key rendition of “That’s What Friends Are For.” All royalties from the song were donated to acquired immune deficiency syndrome research. Warwick was also honored in Washington, being named “Ambassador of Health” by Secretary of Health and Human Services Otis Bowen.