Gale to Be Honored at Charter Day, PINNACLE Society to Induct Four Alumni
Charter Day and The PINNACLE Awards — two prestigious University honors — will be presented in one evening, on Friday, June 5, at the College at Florham.
At the 20th Annual Charter Day, Stanley Gale, chairman and managing partner of Gale International, a premier international real-estate development and investment firm, will be honored. The company is an expert in complex, large-scale developments, including tall buildings, corporate campuses, mixed-use downtown revitalizations and master-planned communities, and has become one of the foremost experts on international development.
Stanley Gale
The Gale’s family legacy of entrepreneurship dates back to its beginnings in the residential market in 1922. In recent years, it has been dramatically expanded by Stan Gale as he has taken on a full portfolio of multidisciplinary commercial development and investment strategies. To date, Gale International has 26 projects in development throughout North America and Asia.
Domestically, the company’s focus on prime properties in compelling locations is exemplified by several recent initiatives including the headquarter buildings for the Sanofi-Aventis Group in Bridgewater, N.J., and State Street Bank in Boston, Mass., in two of the largest transactions in the United States. The company also plays a signature role in Boston’s downtown revitalization.
Abroad, Gale International serves as the lead developer for the first-ever U.S.-South Korean real estate joint venture, the 1,500-acre, $35-billion development known as Songdo International Business District (IBD) in Incheon, South Korea.
Charter Day honors individuals who have distinguished themselves as outstanding leaders in their professions and their communities. Proceeds support Charter Day academic scholarships.
The chairwoman of the Charter Day Executive Dinner Committee is Cheryl Beebe, MBA’88 (Metro), vice president and chief financial officer, Corn Products International, Inc., and a member of the FDU Board of Trustees.
For information on, support for and participation in the event, contact Laura Reynolds, director of donor relations/special events, University advancement (Metro), at 201-692-7036 or laura_reynolds@fdu.edu, or go to http://myfdu.net/charterday09 .
That same evening, four alumni will be inducted into the exclusive PINNACLE Society. The PINNACLE was introduced by the University in 1989 to formally recognize and acknowledge the contributions and achievements of its most distinguished alumni.
The PINNACLE inductees will be Wayne Hallard, BS’80, MBA’84 (Flor), retired manager, Verizon; Christopher Johnson, BS’93 (Flor), president, Hollister Construction Services; Daniel Lewis, MBA’76 (Flor), senior vice president, Booz & Company; and Lynn Moran, MBA’76 (Metro), founder and chief executive officer, Sonoran Life Transition and Performance Coaching, LLC.
