Bill Kurtis led a conversation with former British Prime Minister Tony Blair in front of more than 2,000 guests at this fundraising fête, where Mitchell Feiger and Pamela Netzky were honored with the event’s namesake award and the Robert R. McCormick Foundation received the Distinguished Community Leadership Award. The March 7 event, held at the Hyatt Regency Chicago (151 E. Upper Wacker) raised more than $2.5 million to support education initiatives at the Illinois Holocaust Museum.

Photos by Mariah Smith