FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

MANHATTAN COLLEGE TO HONOR SY STERNBERG, CEO OF NEW YORK LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, AT ANNUAL DE LA SALLE MEDAL CEREMONY

RIVERDALE, N.Y.  – Manhattan College will present Sy Sternberg, chairman and chief executive officer of New York Life Insurance Company, with the De La Salle Medal at the College’s annual fund-raising dinner on Wednesday, January 19, 2005. The annual dinner and ceremony will be held at New York City’s Waldorf=Astoria Hotel, the Grand Ballroom (301 Park Avenue). Peter M. Musumeci Jr. ’72, executive vice president of Commerce Bank, will host the evening’s program.

Proceeds from the $750-per-plate fund-raiser support Manhattan College’s academic programs and also provide scholarship assistance to students. The black tie event begins with a cocktail reception at 6:30 p.m. followed by dinner and dancing at 7:30 p.m.  For more information regarding the De La Salle Medal Dinner, please call (718) 862-7837 or e-mail dlsdinner@manhattan.edu. Members of the press, please call (718) 762-7232 or e-mail melanie.farmer@manhattan.edu.

The De La Salle Medal was established in 1951 in honor of John Baptist de La Salle, founder of the Institute of the Brothers of the Christian Schools, whose mission was to provide a value-centered education. Since 1977, the De La Salle Medal has been conferred annually by the College’s board of trustees upon an individual or company that exemplifies the principles of excellence and corporate leadership.  Past recipients include Con Edison chairman and chief executive Eugene R. McGrath ’63, former Mayor of New York City Rudolph W. Giuliani ’65 and computer giant IBM.

About Manhattan College

Manhattan College was founded in 1853 upon the Lasallian heritage of excellence in teaching, inspired by St. John Baptist de La Salle.  Located in the Riverdale section of the Bronx, Manhattan College is an independent, Catholic, coeducational institution of higher learning offering more than 40 major programs of study in the areas of arts, business, education, engineering and science.  For more information about the College, visit www.manhattan.edu.

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