This Year’s Event to Honor Cathleen Black, President of Hearst Magazines
NEW YORK, November 1, 2007 — Jerry D’Elia, VP and Director of Manufacturing &
Distribution for Hearst Magazines, will chair New York University’s 2007 Prism Award event honoring
Cathleen Black, President of Hearst Magazines and author of the newly released
Basic Black: The Essential Guide for Getting Ahead at Work (and in Life). The Award is
presented by New York University in recognition of distinguished leadership in the graphic arts and
communications industry.
Sponsored by
NYU's Master of Arts
in Graphic Communications Management and Technology program, the 2007 Prism Award will be given
to Ms. Black during the
22nd Annual Prism Award
Luncheon on Wednesday, November 14th at the Pierre Hotel in New York City. Ms. Black has
chosen Mr. D’Elia as her luncheon chairman and he will present the award to her.
Previous NYU Prism Award recipients include Richard Smith, CEO and Editor in Chief of
Newsweek; Antonio M. Perez, President and Chief Executive Officer of Eastman Kodak Company; Anne M.
Mulcahy, Chairman and CEO of Xerox Corporation; William L. Davis, Chairman, CEO and President of
R.R. Donnelley & Sons Company; Henri Dyner, President and CEO of Sun Chemical Corporation;
Janet L. Robinson, President and General Manager of The New York Times; and Katharine Graham,
Chairman and former CEO of The Washington Post.
Mr. D’Elia has had a remarkable 46-year career in magazine publishing, first at McGraw-Hill
and, after a brief stint at Time Inc., he started at Hearst in 1980. After several promotions, he
was named Vice President and Director of Manufacturing & Distribution for all Hearst domestic
publications in 1990. D’Elia has his own share of awards, including the Franklin Event’s Power of
Communications, APPM’s Production Person of the Year, Women in Production’s Luminaire, Boy Scouts
of America’s Good Scout Award, NYC Technical College’s Gold Key, and the American Jewish Committee’s
Humanitarian Award. D’Elia has also been inducted into Publishing Executive’s Hall of Fame and the
Gravure Association’s Golden Cylinder Society.
Commenting on his selection as the NYU Prism Luncheon Chairman, he stated: “Having the true
honor of presenting Cathie Black with the NYU Prism Award is the biggest award of my career.”
The proceeds of the Prism Award Luncheon help to fund student scholarships as well as
student and program support for New York University’s Graphic Communications graduate program,
which offers curricula to develop the next generation of industry leaders. Since its inception, the
Prism Award Luncheon has raised millions of dollars for education.
The Graphic Communications graduate program is based within the NYU School of Continuing and
Professional Studies.
Among the University’s 14 colleges and schools, NYU SCPS has for the past 70 years focused
on creating continuing education, undergraduate and graduate programs for adults seeking to advance
in their careers and connect with the vibrant professional and academic networks centered within
the School. In addition to the Graphic Communications Management and Technology program, NYU-SCPS
offers professionally-focused Master’s degrees in Publishing, Direct and Interactive Marketing,
Public Relations and Corporate Communications, Fundraising, Human Resources Management and
Development, Real Estate, Construction Management, Hospitality Industry Studies, Tourism and Travel
Management, Sports Business, Management and Systems, Digital Imaging and Design, and Global
Affairs.
Tickets for the November 14th, 2007 Prism Award Luncheon are available from $750 per person
to $6,000 for a Sponsor’s Table of eight, and $10,000 for a Co-Chairmanship (which includes a dais
seat as well as a table of eight). Reservations and additional information are available from the
NYU SCPS’s Office of Special Events. Please contact Anna Condoulis at 212 998 7003, by fax at 212
995 4130, or by e-mail at
ac5@nyu.edu.
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