ADVISORY/NYC Police and Fire Commissioners and NYSE Chairman to Join Forces to Honor the NYSE Fallen Heroes Fund.Asignment Desks ADVISORY ... for Tuesday (March 6) --(BUSINESS WIRE) MEDIA ADVISORY: - Johnson & Johnson - Merck Consumer Pharmaceuticals to Donate $25,000 Check to New York Stock Exchange New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) World's largest marketplace for securities. The exchange began as an informal meeting of 24 men in 1792 on what is now Wall Street in New York City. Fallen Heroes Fund - New York City Police Commissioner The New York City Police Commissioner is the head of the New York City Police Department, appointed by the Mayor of New York City. Governor Theodore Roosevelt, in one of his final acts before becoming Vice President of the United States in March 1901, signed legislation replacing Bernard Kerik and Fire Commissioner Thomas Von Essen Thomas Von Essen was appointed the 30th Fire Commissioner of the City of New York by Mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani on April 15, 1996 and served in that position until the end of the Giuliani Administration on December 31, 2001, nearly four months after the September 11, 2001 attacks. , along with New York Stock Exchange (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange ) Chairman Richard A. Grasso will be joining forces to recognize the NYSE Fallen Heroes Fund at a presentation on March 6 at 8:35 AM on the Trading Floor at the New York Stock Exchange. Presenting the $25,000 check to the Commissioners on behalf of the Fund, which assists the families of NY's brave men and women of the NY City Police and Fire Departments who have died during the line of duty, will be Jerry Hanson, Franchise Director at Johnson & Johnson - Merck Consumer Pharmaceuticals Co., a joint venture of Johnson & Johnson (NYSE: JNJ JNJ Johnson and Johnson (stock symbol) JNJ Journal of Nursing Jocularity ) and Merck (NYSE: MRK MRK Merck & Company (stock symbol) MRK Mayer-Rokitansky-Kuster (anomaly) MRK Manual Remote Keying ). The check amount is the result of efforts by thousands of Wall Street investment bankers and traders who helped raise money by participating at Pepcid Complete's "Sizzlin' on the Street" event recently held. The celebration, held in front of the NYSE, marked the launch of Pepcid Complete, the first non-prescription, fast and long-lasting heartburn remedy.
WHO: NYSE Chairman Richard A. Grasso
NYC Police Commissioner Bernard Kerik
NYC Fire Commissioner Thomas Von Essen
Johnson & Johnson - Merck Franchise
Director Jerry Hanson
WHEN: March 6, 2001
8:00 AM arrival at 18 Broad Street
8:35 AM Check Presentation
WHERE: New York Stock Exchange
NYSE Trading Floor
18 Broad Street
(1) Anyone wishing to cover this event must contact Peter Collins at
(212) 527-8847.
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