Former H.J. Heinz Chairman, Dr. Anthony J.F. O'Reilly, Knighted for his Service to Northern Ireland; First Irishman Ever to Receive Knighthood.News/Assignment Editors DUBLIN, Ireland--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 5, 2001 Former Chairman of H.J. Heinz, Dr. Anthony J.F. O'Reilly was named a knight bachelor knight bachelor n. pl. knights bachelors or knight bachelors An English knight of the lowest rank; a bachelor. Noun 1. by the Queen of England Noun 1. Queen of England - the sovereign ruler of England female monarch, queen regnant, queen - a female sovereign ruler in a New Year's Honors List. Dr. O'Reilly was honored for his long and distinguished service to Northern Ireland Northern Ireland: see Ireland, Northern. Northern Ireland Part of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland occupying the northeastern portion of the island of Ireland. Area: 5,461 sq mi (14,144 sq km). Population (2001): 1,685,267. . As a dual citizen of Britain and Ireland, the knighthood knighthood: see chivalry; courtly love; knight. is substantive rather than honorary, allowing him to use the title Sir Anthony O'Reilly. Dr. O'Reilly obtained the permission of the Irish Government before accepting the award, which is the first full knighthood awarded to an Irish citizen. The award is largely in recognition of his work with The Ireland Funds, a charitable organization This article is about charitable organizations. For other uses of the word charity, see Charity. A charitable organization (also known as a charity) is an organization with charitable purposes only. he founded in the mid-1970s. The U.S. arm of the Funds is known as The American Ireland Fund and based in Boston. Dr. O'Reilly said, "This honor recognizes the thousands of people in the Ireland Funds worldwide who have worked for peace and reconciliation in Ireland, North and South." The Ireland Funds is a worldwide network of people of Irish ancestry and friends of Ireland devoted to supporting programs of peace and reconciliation, arts and culture, education and community development and have raised almost $100 million for more than 1,000 worthy projects in Ireland. Though Dr. O'Reilly was knighted for his charitable work, he is also known for his business accomplishments. Until September Until September is a 1984 romantic drama set in France. It stars Karen Allen as an American tourist in Paris who falls in love with a married Frenchman (Thierry Lhermitte). External links 2000, Dr. O'Reilly served as the chairman of the H.J. Heinz Company, where he grew Heinz from a $1.1 billion company in 1973 to over $9.4 billion in sales last year. Dr. O'Reilly is now chairman of Waterford Wedgwood plc, the luxury goods group that produced the famous Times Square Millennium Ball. Dr. O'Reilly is also the executive chairman of Independent News & Media PLC, a worldwide publishing group that encompasses newspaper and magazine publishing, electronic media and outdoor advertising in Ireland, the United Kingdom, New Zealand New Zealand (zē`lənd), island country (2005 est. pop. 4,035,000), 104,454 sq mi (270,534 sq km), in the S Pacific Ocean, over 1,000 mi (1,600 km) SE of Australia. The capital is Wellington; the largest city and leading port is Auckland. and South Africa and operates the largest radio network in Australia. Other awards in the New Year's Honors List included an honorary knighthood for the film director Steven Spielberg, Irish comedian Spike Milligan, and a knighthood for British Olympic oarsman, Steve Redgrave. |
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