Terry A. Reiley, President of the Rehabilitation Institute of Michigan and the Michigan Orthopaedic Specialty Hospital, and Senior Vice President of the Detroit Medical Center, will receive the 21st Century Award. This award is presented to an alumna/us who has shown personal and professional leadership in one of these areas Ð global leadership, technological innovation, urban involvement or a commitment to diversity. Reiley received a master's degree in business from Wayne State University in 1990.
Ed Christian, Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of Saga Communications, Inc., will receive the Distinguished Corporate Leader Award, presented to an alumna/us who has enjoyed a lifetime of achievement in his or her chosen field. Christian received his bachelor's degree in mass communications in 1973.
The Delphi Corporation will receive the Corporate Citizenship Award, presented to an individual or organization that has invested in the both the community and Wayne State University and who exemplifies a spirit of volunteerism and service.
Writer, producer and director Monice Mitchell Simms, of Flower Girl Productions, Inc., will receive the Emerging Corporate Leader Award, presented to an alumna/us who is an entrepreneur or following a successful second career path, and who shows great potential for future leadership in a chosen field. Mitchell graduated from the Journalism Institute for Minorities in the College of Fine, Performing and Communication Arts in 1993.
A community reception begins at 5 p.m. and the program begins at 6 p.m. Tickets for the reception and ceremony are $20. To purchase tickets, call Kris Herzog in Corporate and Foundation Relations at (313) 577-9278. For more information and to see previous awardees, see the Corporate Leadership Award Web site: http://www.dev-alumni.wayne.edu/giving/cfr-awards.php