Hall of Fame Philadelphia Sports Icon Ed Snider to be Awarded the 2004 Greater Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce William Penn Award

Hall of Fame Philadelphia Sports Icon Ed Snider to be Awarded the 2004 Greater Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce William Penn Award

WHAT: Ed Snider, Chairman of Comcast-Spectacor, will receive the 2004
Greater Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce William Penn Award at a
gala in his honor. Mr. Snider joins a long and prestigious list
of those who have been awarded Greater Philadelphia's highest
honor for business leaders.

Mr. Snider is best known for bringing professional hockey to
Greater Philadelphia and for guiding the Philadelphia Flyers to
consecutive National Hockey League Championships in the mid-
1970s. He came to Philadelphia in 1964 as Vice President of the
Philadelphia Eagles, before pursuing aspirations to bring a
professional hockey franchise to Philadelphia, which he
accomplished in 1967. Mr. Snider's efforts have landed him in
the NHL Hall of Fame, and his civic contributions have endeared
him to citizens of Greater Philadelphia.

The William Penn Award Gala, sponsored by Wachovia, will feature
a retrospective on Mr. Snider's illustrious business leadership
and highlight the contributions he has made to the Greater
Philadelphia region.

WHO: Ed Snider, Chairman of Comcast-Spectacor; Stephen D. Steinour,
Chairman & President, Citizens Bank of Pennsylvania, and
Chairman, Greater Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce; Mark S.
Schweiker, President & CEO, Greater Philadelphia Chamber of
Commerce; Hugh C. Long, II, State CEO, Pennsylvania/Delaware,
Wachovia; Greater Philadelphia business leaders and the Greater
Philadelphia business community.

WHEN: Friday, April 22, 2005
8 p.m. to 8:40 p.m. (award presentation ceremony)

WHERE: Park Hyatt at the Bellevue
Grand Ballroom
Broad & Walnut Street
Philadelphia

CONTACT: Richard G. Barnes
215-790-3615
rbarnes@philachamber.com

PRNewswire -- April 21

Source: Greater Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce

Web site: http://www.philachamber.com/

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