Barbara Tober at the 2014 Giving Back Foundation Gala in New York.

The National Institute of Social Sciences congratulates trustee Barbara Tober and her husband, Donald, who will be honored for their philanthropy by the New Jewish Home at the fourth annual “Eight Over 80” benefit. The gala, which celebrates “the creativity and significance of the over-80 generation,” will be held on Tuesday, April 4, at the Mandarin Oriental in Manhattan.

Other honorees include designer Iris Apfel, actress, dancer and choreographer Carmen de Lavallade, civil rights leader Vernon Jordan, television producer Norman Lear, chef Jacques Pépin, and businessman/philantropist Morris W. Offit.

For more information, or tickets, visit the Eight over Eighty website: http://8over80.org.