Allied Security President William C. Whitmore, Jr., to Receive Anti-Defamation League's Torch of Liberty Award.Business Editors PHILADELPHIA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 19, 2004 William C. Whitmore, Jr., President and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of King of Prussia-based Allied Security, the nation's largest privately owned contract security services Security services are state institutions for the provision of intelligence, primarily of a strategic nature, but also including protective security intelligence. Examples include the Security Service (MI5) and the Secret Intelligence Service (MI6) in the United Kingdom, and the company, has been named as this year's recipient of the Anti-Defamation League's Torch of Liberty Award. Whitmore will be honored at the prestigious Torch of Liberty Award Dinner on Wednesday, June 9 at 5:30 p.m. at the Park Hyatt Philadelphia at the Bellevue. Tribute Committee Co-Chairs are Howard Gittis, Vice Chairman, MacAndrews & Forbes Holdings Inc., Mark L. Alderman ALDERMAN. An officer, generally appointed or elected in towns corporate, or cities, possessing various powers in different places. 2. The aldermen of the cities of Pennsylvania, possess all the powers and jurisdictions civil and criminal of justices of the , Executive Committee Chair of Wolf, Block, Schorr and Solis-Cohen, Ronald R. Rabena, Senior Vice President of Allied Security, and Jay T. Snider, Founder and Managing Partner of Snider Capital. Whitmore has been selected as the 21st recipient of the Torch of Liberty Award because his professional life and extensive involvement in civic and charitable activities have personified the mission of the ADL: working to secure justice and equal rights for all, combating prejudice and bigotry Bigotry See also Anti-Semitism. Beaumanoir, Sir Lucas de prejudiced ascetic; Grand Master of Templars. [Br. Lit.: Ivanhoe] Bunker, Archie middle-aged bigot in television series. of all kinds and building bridges of understanding. "The ADL is extremely pleased to be honoring Bill Whitmore. Through his deeds and achievements he has become not only a successful businessman and company leader, but also a man dedicated to helping other achieve and succeed without regard to race, creed or religion," said Larry Spector, Board Chairman of ADL's Eastern Pennsylvania/Delaware Region. The King of Prussia King of Prussia, industrialized suburban area (1990 pop. 18,406), Montgomery co., SE Pa. It has glass and steel fabricating, food processing, printing and publishing, and varied manufacturing (textiles, liquified petroleum gas, water-treatment and electrical native has been instrumental in growing his company from SpectaGuard, a regional Philadelphia-based contract security company, into Allied Security, a major national provider of security services with more than 23,000 employees and 65 offices. He is active in many professional, civic and charitable endeavors, including the Board of Directors of the ISMA ISMA See: International Security Market Association , the worldwide organization of Chief Security Officers; Chairman of the Board of the Philadelphia Police Foundation; an Advisory Board Member of the LeBow College of Business at Drexel University Drexel University, at Philadelphia, Pa.; coeducational; founded 1891 by Anthony J. Drexel, opened 1892, chartered 1894 as Drexel Institute of Art, Science, and Industry. It was renamed Drexel Institute of Technology in 1936 and gained university status in 1970. and Big Brothers and Big Sisters of Montgomery County Montgomery County may refer to:
The Torch of Liberty Award was created in 1983 to recognize leaders in business, community affairs and charitable endeavors who have distinguish themselves in their dedication to presenting liberty and advancing the causes of human rights, dignity and equal opportunity. |
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