22nd Annual Cresset Award Dinner
Honoring Bill Giles
April 22, 2010
Please Touch Museum
Memorial Hall, Fairmount Park
Philadelphia, PA
Quick Facts | Levels of Support
The Cresset Award of Rosemont College was established by the Board of Trustees in 1984. It is given to outstanding individuals who have demonstrated a strong commitment to promoting values and to improving the quality of life through vigilant support of quality education for all people. The award is symbolized by the cresset, a vessel used since the 14th century to hold the burning flame responsible for providing a guiding light through the darkness.
The 2010 Cresset Award Dinner will benefit the Rosemont College Experience Fund. An integral part of Reflect | Renew | Rejoice: The Campaign for Rosemont College, the Rosemont Experience Fund will support the annual operations of the College that provide each student with the educational experience that is unique to Rosemont. The Rosemont Experience Fund provides funding for institutional scholarships, grants, academic resources, athletic programs, and other areas of need.
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| “The community is very fortunate to have historic and beautiful Rosemont College as a neighbor and friend. I am so glad that I can participate in Reflect | Renew | Rejoice: The Campaign for Rosemont College through the 2010 Cresset Dinner. I hope friends and associates join me in this most worthwhile journey.” | |
“Bill is one of Philadelphia’s most civically minded citizens and genuinely cares about the community in which he lives,” said Rosemont President Sharon Latchaw Hirsh, Ph.D. ’70. “He has contributed a great deal of time and energy to many worthy organizations in our area and Rosemont is so delighted to be among them. We are pleased to honor Bill Giles with this year’s Cresset Award.”
Giles is very well known for his prolific front office baseball career which began in 1959 when he was named GM of the Nashville Vols, a Cincinnati Red’s minor league team. From there he moved throughout the industry arriving in Philadelphia with the opening of Veterans Stadium, at the request of the Carpenter family, to assist with the business end of the operation in 1969.
In 1981, while serving as the executive director of the Philadelphia Phillies, Giles organized a group of investors to purchase the Phillies when the Carpenter family put the team up for sale. The acquisition was a success and Giles would go on to serve as President of the club until June 1997, when he accepted the position of Chairman. Four years later, Giles was nominated to serve as honorary president of the National League (NL), a role in which he represents the NL at the All-Star Game and postseason play.
During Giles’ tenure, the Phillies have obtained five National League championships, two World Series titles, and a new home in Citizens Bank Park, a project which Giles played a key role in the design concept and securing the financing from the Commonwealth and the city of Philadelphia.
While it seems as though baseball has been Giles’ life he has found time to serve many of the Philadelphia’s regions most prestigious and prolific organization. For 18 years, Giles served as the Chairman of the Philadelphia Convention and Visitor Bureau and was instrumental in bringing the Pennsylvania Convention Center and the Marriott Hotel to fruition. Today he holds the title of chairman emeritus with the organization.
Other volunteer titles that he has held include member of the executive committee of the Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce and Philadelphia Sports Congress; past president of the Boy Scouts of America and the Corporate Alliance for Drug Education. Currently, Giles is on the board of the Pennsylvania Chamber of Commerce and the Police Athletic League. He is a member of the Union League, the Rotary Club, and the visitors boards of the Temple University Medical School and Temple’s Journalism School. Additionally, Giles has been honored many, many times for his contributions to Philadelphia region.
Giles and his wife, Nancy, reside in Villanova, Pennsylvania, and are the proud parents of three grown sons, Michael, Joseph, and Christopher and eight grandchildren.
Sharon Latchaw Hirsh, Ph.D. (right) welcomes 2010 Cresset Award recipient Bill Giles (center right) and Cresset Dinner committee chairs, Dan and Margo Barry Polett ’61 to Rosemont College’s historic Main Building.
Sponsorship Opportunities
Platinum Sponsor: $25,000
Two tables for 10, Inside cover of program, listing in program
$21,000 tax deductible
Gold Sponsor: $15,000
Table for 10, Gold page ad, listing in program
$13,000 tax deductible
Silver Sponsor: $10,000
Table for 8, Silver page ad, listing in program
$8,400 tax deductible
Bronze Sponsor: $5,000
Tickets for 5 (half table), Half page ad, listing in program
$4,000 tax deductible
Individual Ticket: $400
$200 tax deductible
Program Book - Advertisements/Congratulatory Messages
Full page (7.5 " x 9.5 ") - $5,000
Half page (7.5 " x 4.5 ") - $2,500
Quarter Page (3.5 " x 4.5 ") - $1,000
Associate Listing (3.5 " x 2 ") - $500
Please submit black and white advertisements as high-quality PDF files.
Congratulatory messages may be submitted via email. Please submit all Program Book ads and messages to jgreen@rosemont.edu no later than Monday, April 12. Files sent after the deadline can not be guaranteed placement in the Program Book.
To sponsor the Cresset Award Dinner or for more information, please contact:
Christyn Moran, Vice President for College Relations
christyn@rosemont.edu or 610.527.0200 ext 2216
ROSEMONT COLLEGE'S 2010 CRESSET AWARD QUICK FACTS
| Venue & Date: |
Thursday, April 22, 2010, 6:30 pm Please Touch Museum If you are using a GPS, please use the following address:
4231 North Concourse Drive Please visit www.pleasetouchmuseum.org for directions |
| Dinner Committee: | Dan and Margo Barry Polett '61 - Dinner Chairs
Dan DiLella |
| Previous Recipients: | 2009 - Deb Takes ’98 2008 - Fred & Kathy Mullan Rotondaro '65 2007 - Pat Ciarrocchi '74 2006 - Robert Ryan & Barbara Spiro Ryan 2005 - Helen Meeks Horstmann, MD '67 2004 - Thoman J. Healey & Margaret Sachs Healey, Ph.D. '67 2003 - John Thomas Paul & Judith Savaiano Paul '70 |