The American Associates celebrated their tenth anniversary at the Morgan Library in New York. The evening began with a cocktail reception in Pierpont Morgan's belle époque private library and continued with a dinner for 160 in the new Renzo Piano annex, where displays highlighting the conservation of the Saint Catherine's library were on view.

The guests were welcomed by Costas Kondylis, who chaired the event. A member of the AASCF Board of Directors, Mr Kondylis was joined by fellow board members and cochairs Robert Shaw and Peter Vlachos, AASCF Vice-President. Following remarks by HRH Crown Princess Katherine of Yugoslavia, AASCF President, and Dimitris Dondos, Chairman of the London foundation, Dr Helen Evans, Curator of the Department of Mediaeval Art at the Metropolitan Museum and member of the US board, introduced the keynote speaker. Prof. Nicholas Pickwoad, leader of the library project, sumed up a decade of achievement in his talk, 'Where We Are, How We Got There and Where We Go Next'.