Release: On Receipt March 1, 2010 Contacts: Toni Calabrese Boelsen
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2010 Burke Award Honorees
The Burke Rehabilitation Hospital and Burke Medical Research Institute
To Honor Three with Burke Award June 2
On June 2, 2010, The Burke Rehabilitation Hospital and Burke Medical Research Institute will honor Peter J. DeLuca, William E. Griffin and Nancy A. Lieberman with the 2010 Burke Award, the highest honor bestowed by Burke and its board of directors. The presentations will be made at a special reception held from 6 to 9 p.m. on Burke’s campus, 785 Mamaroneck Avenue in White Plains.
The Burke Award is presented to individuals or a group for strength in overcoming a disability, for efforts made to ensure independence for individuals with disabilities, for the development of science and research that contributes to the better understanding of physical disability, and for contributions made to the development of rehabilitation.
Peter J. DeLuca joined the hospital’s board of directors in May 1982 and served as its president from 1990 to 2000. He is currently chair of the Burke Foundation, which uses funds to support the hospital, the research institute and other programs that foster the convalescence, rehabilitation, research, teaching and clinical activities of those suffering from physical disability.
He is special counsel to the New York law firm of Kaye Scholer, LLP, which he joined as managing partner in 1988. Previously he was executive vice president and general counsel and member of the board of General Foods Corporation. He has been general counsel of both PepsiCo, Inc. and Revlon, Inc., and a member of Revlon’s board.
Mr. DeLuca served on the New York State Bar Association House of Delegates and in 1988 was named Corporate Counsel of the Year. In 2002, he was awarded a citation plaque by the Association of the Bar of the City of New York for pro bono service, largely in connection with assisting 9/11 surviving families.
Mr. DeLuca was a member of The New York Court of Appeals Commission on Alcohol and Drug Abuse in the Profession and Judiciary. He served in World War II as a member of the U.S. Merchant Marine, and as a member of the U.S. Naval Reserve. Mr. DeLuca resides in Manhattan.
William E. Griffin is chairman of the Hudson Valley Bank (HVB) and president of the law firm Griffin, Coogan, Blose & Sulzer, P.C., which he founded in 1964. A Yonkers native and former professional baseball player, Mr. Griffin was one of the original organizers of Hudson Valley Bank and serves on many banking and real estate corporate committees.
Mr. Griffin is a member of the President’s Council for the Richard Nixon Library and Birthplace Foundation and serves as president of the Thomas and Agnes Carvel Foundation. He is a board member of St. Joseph’s Health Fund and a member of the development committee of St. Joseph’s Seminary.
He serves as director to numerous charitable organizations including the Msgr. Robert Fox Memorial Shelter for battered women, Msgr. Robert Fox Men’s Shelter Housing Corporation, the Hudson Valley National Foundation, and the Northern Ireland Children’s Enterprise.
Mr. Griffin is past president and current member of the board of stewards for the Society of the Friendly Sons of St. Patrick Westchester Chapter. He resides in Westchester County.
Nancy A. Lieberman is a partner at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP and Affiliates. Ms. Lieberman graduated summa cum laude from the University of Rochester in three years. She entered the University of Chicago Law School at 19.
Ms. Lieberman concentrates on merger and acquisition transactions involving public and private companies, including negotiated and contested acquisitions, leveraged buyouts, tender offers, recapitalizations and restructurings.
She advises corporations on various corporate governance issues and also has extensive experience in structuring and negotiating domestic and international joint ventures, a subject she has lectured on over the years.
In 1998, The National Law Journal listed her as one of “the 50 most influential women lawyers in America.” She is a trustee of the University of Rochester, a director of the Pacific Council on International Policy, and a member of the Council on Foreign Relations. Ms. Lieberman resides in Manhattan.
Tickets to the Burke Award Reception are $175 per person. For information on ticket purchases, sponsorship opportunities, journal advertisements and the silent auction, contact Tricia McTernan at 914-761-7111 or e-mail Tricia@HRGinc.net.
