Committee Chairs: Ivan G. Seidenberg, Chairman and CEO, Verizon Communications, Inc.; David J. Pecker. Chairman, President and CEO, American Media, Inc; Charles Knott, CEO, and William Miller, President Americas, Flint Group, Inc.

- Event raised nearly $500,000 for Pace Scholarships -

NEW YORK, NY, MAY 1, 2009 – Pace University today announced that Thomas J. Quinlan III, a 1985 graduate of the University who is President and Chief Executive Officer of RR Donnelley, the largest print and related services company in the world with more than $11 billion in annual revenue, is the 2009 recipient of its Leaders in Management Award. The award, along with an honorary Doctor of Commercial Science degree, was presented to Quinlan at a Pace fundraiser held at Cipriani Wall Street on Thursday, April 30, which so far has raised nearly $500,000 for scholarships.

“Tom combines an approachable demeanor with the competitive nature of a great champion,” said Stephen J. Friedman, President of Pace University. “He leads by example and is an inspirational role model for our students.”

In 2007, after just five years with RR Donnelley, Quinlan was appointed CEO. Today, he oversees over 600 locations on four continents and more than 60,000 employees. At 46 years old, he is one of the youngest CEOs in the company’s 145-year history, and one of the youngest to currently lead a Fortune 500 company (Donnelley is ranked as the 229th largest American corporation by Fortune magazine on the basis of 2008 revenue.)

Quinlan credits his success at such an early age to his parents and friends – who constantly encouraged him and instilled in him an unparalleled work ethic – and to his years at Pace, which helped him gain the business acumen and management tools for competing in today’s rapidly evolving global economy.

Quinlan’s achievements reach beyond the boardroom where he has been a member of many philanthropic endeavors, including the American Cancer Society’s Board of Ambassadors and the Committee Encouraging Corporate Philanthropy. He has also continued to ardently support many of RR Donnelley’s civic causes such as literacy, the arts, and freedom of speech. Specific to Pace, he has funded technology advancement initiatives.

Past recipients of Pace’s Leaders In Management Award, an annual tradition since 1962, include James Lipton, Dean Emeritus of the Actors Studio Drama School at Pace University; Michael O’Reilly, retired Vice Chairman and Chief Financial Officer of The Chubb Corporation; Herbert Henkel, Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of the Ingersoll-Rand Company; Ivan G. Seidenberg, Chairman and CEO, Verizon Communications; Barry M. Gosin, Chief Executive Officer of Newmark Knight Frank; David Rockefeller, retired chairman of Chase Manhattan Bank; Edward D. Miller, then President and Chief Executive Officer, AXA Financial Inc; Thomas C. Hays, chairman and CEO of Fortune Brands, Inc; and Eugene R. McGrath, former Chairman of the Board of Consolidated Edison, Inc.

Pace is in the sixth year of “It’s Time: The Centennial Campaign for Pace University” which has achieved $89 million toward a goal of $100 million to help Pace reshape itself for its second century.

About Pace: For 103 years Pace University has produced thinking professionals by providing high quality education for the professions on a firm base of liberal learning amid the advantages of the New York metropolitan area. A private university, Pace has campuses in New York City and Westchester County, New York, enrolling nearly 13,000 students in bachelor’s, master’s, and doctoral programs in its Lubin School of Business, Dyson College of Arts and Sciences, Lienhard School of Nursing, School of Education, School of Law, and Seidenberg School of Computer Science and Information Systems. www.pace.edu

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