Houlihan Joins Girardi At Alzheimer's Benefit

"Irish" Jim Houlihan continued his benevolent efforts when he was joined by New York Yankees manager Joe Girardi,  YES Network Yankees voice/ESPN Radio host Michael Kay and CBS Sports voice Jim Nantz  to give big assist to Alzheimer's Research on Wednesday night at the Grand Central Oyster Bar's 95th Birthday Bash to benefit Girardi's Catch 25 Foundation.

Houlihan was the dinner co-chair, joining Kay, Nantz, Cirillo World president John Cirillo and Oyster Bar executive chef Sandy Ingber as co-chairmen and honorees at the sold out gala.

All six honorees has had a parent or in-law afflicted with Alzheimer's.

The Yankees organization was well represented in the jam-packed, 240-person crowd at the Oyster Bar in support of their skipper, including chief operating officer Lon Trost, vice chairperson Jennifer Steinbrenner Swindal and minority owner, Broadway producer Jimmy Nederlander.

They were joined by the Alzheimer's Association's New York City chapter president Lou-Ellen Barkan,  Frasier sitcom star actor David Hyde Pierce, a pair of ex-Yankees now with the YES Network - David Cone and John Flaherty - and  former Brooklyn Dodgers great and Ralph Branca.

Through Joe Giardi's Catch 25 Foundation, three important charities benefited from the event:  The New York City Chapter of The Alzheimer's Association, as well as the Central Illinois Chapter, based in Peoria; and Alzheimer's Research at the Texas Medical Center's Neurological Institute.

Houlihan received the Catch 25 Champion Award from Girardi's Foundation for his tireless efforts as co-chair (he was responsible for half the table sales); Girardi received the inaugural Jerry Girardi Award, which honors his father who is ailing with Alzheimer's; Nantz was honored with the Jim Nantz, Sr. Tribute Award which remembers his late father; Kay and his sister Debbie LoBue received the Rose Kay Tribute Award in memory of his mother; Cirillo, his wife Fran and her brother John Pasheluk accepted the Joan Pasheluk Tribute Award in memory of their mother who died of  Alzheimer's; and Ingber was joined  by his wife Susan to receive the Ruth Friedman Tribute Award in memory of Susan's mother.

James J. Houlihan is a partner at Houlihan-Parnes/iCap Realty Advisors LLC of White Plains, New York, a multi-faceted commercial real estate firm and has managed its daily operations since becoming a partner in 1987. 

Mr. Houlihan is also the president of iCap Realty Advisors, of New York, a mortgage advisory company located in Manhattan. Mr. Houlihan serves on the Westchester County Parks Department Board, the Executive Committee of the President's Council of Fordham University and the Board of Directors of the Irish Arts Center. 

Mr. Houlihan, his wife Pat, and their five children, currently reside in Bronxville, New York.