Council Names International Citizen of Year

Jihan Sadat, wife of the late Egyptian president Anwar Sadat, wore her husband’s image on a gold coin on a necklace and sat at the right of Lester B. Korn at the dinner on Monday at the Regent Beverly Wilshire naming Korn as International Citizen of the Year by the International Visitors Council of Los Angeles. Korn is former ambassador to the United Nations Economic and Social Council.

Former Ambassador to Mexico John Gavin and his wife, Connie, Caroline Ahmanson (just returned from China), Charles Wick, Supervisor Deane Dana and Bee Lavery also paid tribute, as Korn’s wife, Carolbeth, sat in the audience with 350 friends including Mickey and Mary Carol Rudin, John and Kathy Tracy and Mike and Linda Curb. Said Korn: “Los Angeles is the symbol of the future.”

SALZBURG: The Los Angeles Philharmonic will be the first American orchestra to be in residence for both opera and concerts at the prestigious Salzburg Festival in August 1992--but, it’s going to be expensive.

That’s why dedicated supporters, called the Salzburg Celebration Committee, were dining at the Regency Club Monday evening. They’re contributing $10,000 a couple and will attend the orchestra’s Austrian performances and participate in the social whirl, including a reception at the hunting lodge of Princess Marianne zu Sayn Wittgenstein-Sayn and luncheon at Angeleno Richard Colburn’s Austrian country home. The orchestra will net $250,000 from the Patrons Tour, but needs more.

On the committee: Jennifer and Royce Diener (co-chairs and just back from Salzburg), Joan and John Hotchkis, Ginny and Henry Mancini, Nancy and Sid Petersen and Lynn and Stanley Beyer. Attending the dinner was Austrian Consul Gen. Christian Prosl. Speaker Peter Sellars gave an account of Olivier Messiaen’s opera, “St. Francois d’Assise,” which Esa-Pekka Salonen will conduct with the orchestra.

WEARIN’ THE GREEN: When she became president of Ireland, said Mary Robinson, she declared she wanted to “reach out to the extended Irish from around the world.”

At Jimmy’s Restaurant in Beverly Hills last week, Ireland’s head of state, tall and wearing a pink and gold brocade suit, twinkled her way through a crowd that obviously adored her. Said host Michael King, there with his wife Barbara: “We’re all Irish tonight.”

Listening to her applaud peace and the American Ireland Fund’s fund-raising efforts were Alice O’Neill Avery, Kevin Costner, Gretchen and Michael Wayne, Evelyn and Donly Brady, Kathleen McCarthy, Victoria McMahon, Claudia Mirkin and Tom Guinn, Anne Murphy and Dr. Franklin and Judith Murphy.

Then, Robinson and her husband, Nick, were whisked away to be with 300 presumably all-Irish lawyers.

PROPER: Los Angeles County Chief of Protocol Sandra J. Ausman and Alberto del Hoyo, general manager of the Regent Beverly Wilshire, host a reception Wednesday at the hotel’s Le Grand Trianon to introduce the newly appointed California Chief of Protocol William F. Black, former assistant chief of protocol for visits at the U.S. Department of State.

MR. CELEBRITY: Betsy Bloomingdale, Nancy Vreeland and Patti Skouras took over Fred Hayman’s corporate penthouse on Rodeo Drive to unveil plans for a “Fifty Fabulous Years” tribute Dec. 2 to Earl Blackwell, “Mr. Celebrity,” of Celebrity Services International.

Blackwell has Parkinson’s Disease, and the gala will benefit the Southern California chapter of the American Parkinson Disease Assn. Gregory Peck is honorary chair.

GUSTS OF GALAS: The legendary Marilyn Horne, former member of the Los Angeles Master Chorale, returns to her singing roots Nov. 23 to crown the “Victorian Romance Ball” festivities at the Biltmore. Elizabeth Levitt Hirsch chairs the chorale benefit. Ronald J. Arnault, chairman of the Music Center board of governors, is honorary chair. Penelope von Kalinowski and Kerman Beriker co-chaired the kickoff at the Beverly Hills Hotel . . . .

The same evening, Juniors of the Social Service Auxiliary will stage the Candlelight Ball, traditionally a Christmas affair, with a “Tis the Season” theme at the Sheraton Grande. President Pat Lorne headed the recent tell-all luncheon at Jimmy’s with ball chair Janie Crane and decorations chair Melinda Casey, promising much gold and glitter.

Because the USC/UCLA football game is earlier that day, they were urging that attendees pop their ball gowns in the trunks of their cars with the picnic baskets and take a hotel room for a quick change of clothes. It all benefits Regis House and needy families . . . .

The gala dinner before the opening of the Pasadena Symphony Saturday at the Pasadena Civic Auditorium will have the gourmet touches of Michelin star chef Bernard Bordaries.

WOOF/MEOW: “Puttin’ on the Dog and Cat” sounds fun. The Pasadena Humane Society & SPCA will picnic at the Rose Bowl Court of Champions Saturday. Restaurants will pile the brunch on the tailgates of new Range Rovers while guests view obedience demonstrations and watch the USC/Notre Dame game on big-screen TVs. Jazz, bluegrass and Dixieland will lend more cacophony to raising funds for a $4.3-million building project to add a new spay/neuter facility, 151 new kennels and a new cat ward.

KUDOS: To Dr. John J. Hopfield of Caltech and David S. Tappan Jr., retired chair of the Fluor Corp., named California Scientist and Industrialist of the Year by the California Museum of Science and Industry and the California Museum Foundation at a Beverly Wilshire dinner. Jess Marlow emceed. Dr. Arnold O. Beckman and John C. Argue were in the crowd . . . .

To Lynne and Dick Cheney and Ruth and Ed Shannon, receiving the Albert Schweitzer Leadership Awards from the Hugh O’Brian Youth Foundation Nov. 13 . . . .

To Richard Riordan, recipient of the Los Angeles Heritage Award from Project Restore (to restore City Hall) Saturday at a gala at City Hall . . . .

To Los Angeles Mary and Joseph League’s afternoon theater party star honorees Tuesday: Elise and Marty Pasetta . . . .