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Hilton Hotels<br />

Renews its Third Year of Sponsorship<br />

On September 8,<br />

2003, Hilton Hotels<br />

Corporation<br />

announced that it<br />

would renew its<br />

third year of<br />

sponsorship of <strong>The</strong><br />

<strong>History</strong><strong>Makers</strong>.<br />

Hilton’s support was<br />

officially recognized at <strong>The</strong> <strong>History</strong><strong>Makers</strong> celebrity event, An<br />

Evening With B.B. King, where Gerhard Seibert, area vice<br />

president, Midwest and general manager of the Palmer House<br />

Hilton in Chicago served as an honorary co-chair.<br />

Floyd Pitts, Hilton Hotels Corporation’s Senior Director of<br />

Diversity Programs noted,“<strong>The</strong> <strong>History</strong><strong>Makers</strong> archive<br />

demonstrates the rich and wonderful past, present and future<br />

of African Americans in the United States. Hilton Hotels is<br />

proud to support an initiative that incorporates new<br />

technologies for education.”<br />

In years past, Hilton Hotels has offered in-kind support<br />

providing lodging for production crews and talent during<br />

celebrity interviews. In 2004, Hilton will host Salutes to the<br />

<strong>History</strong><strong>Makers</strong> in four markets across the nation. On March<br />

13, 2004, the Palmer House Hilton will kick off its national<br />

initiative with a Salute to the Chicago <strong>History</strong><strong>Makers</strong> and on<br />

April 30th, the Washington Hilton will host a Salute for the<br />

Washington, D.C. area <strong>History</strong><strong>Makers</strong>.<strong>The</strong>se will be followed<br />

up in the fall by Salutes to the New York <strong>History</strong><strong>Makers</strong> at the<br />

New York Hilton and the Los Angeles-area <strong>History</strong><strong>Makers</strong> at a<br />

Hilton Hotels Corporation location.<br />

“We are extremely pleased that Hilton Hotels has chosen to<br />

support <strong>The</strong> <strong>History</strong><strong>Makers</strong> in this way,” says Executive<br />

Director Julieanna Richardson,“Because of supporters like<br />

Hilton, <strong>The</strong> <strong>History</strong><strong>Makers</strong> has become the largest archive of<br />

its kind in the country.”<br />

Special thanks to the following<br />

individuals and companies who are<br />

providing much-needed in-kind<br />

support:<br />

Aly’s Posey Patch<br />

American Airlines<br />

Amy Billingsley<br />

Freddie Bertucci & Freddie’s<br />

Bob Callahan<br />

Carmen Corbett<br />

Chicago Tribune<br />

Coca Cola Bottlers<br />

Coca Cola Company<br />

Comcast<br />

Howard Ellman<br />

Audrey Epps<br />

Beth Gallagher<br />

Rev. M. Coleman Gilchrist<br />

Harris Bank & Trust<br />

Walter Hill<br />

Donation<strong>Makers</strong><br />

Hilton Hotel Corporation<br />

Candace Hollis<br />

Sanford Horwitz<br />

House of Blues Hotel<br />

Jewel Osco<br />

Jenner & Block, LLC<br />

Nancy John<br />

Mekeda Johnson<br />

Fernando Jones<br />

Larry Levy<br />

Servelure McMath<br />

Sharon Morrow<br />

Cynthia Moreland<br />

Doris Odem<br />

Katrina Paleski<br />

<strong>The</strong>ma Peters<br />

Floyd Pitts<br />

Ken Price<br />

Phyllis Ray<br />

Roscor<br />

John & Sharon Fairley Rogers<br />

Gwendolyn Rutledge<br />

Belkis M. Santos<br />

Gary Siebert<br />

Second Presbyterian Church<br />

Susan Sharpe<br />

Ray Shepard<br />

Deborah Thomas<br />

Janet Thomas<br />

Schiele Graphics<br />

Thrifty Car Rental<br />

UIC Library<br />

Dorothy Williams<br />

16 <strong>The</strong> <strong>History</strong><strong>Makers</strong> Winter 2004

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