The ANNOTICO Report
In 1998 Joseph J. Grano, Jr. received "La Bellissima
America" award for
his leadership role in preserving the heritage of Italian-Americans,
and in
1996, he received the Ellis Island Medal of Honor in
recognition of
distinguished contributions to our country.
PRNewswire
May 6, 2005
WELLESLEY, Mass. -- Joseph J. Grano, Jr., Chairman and
CEO, Centurion
Holdings, LLC and Chairman, Homeland Security Council,
will speak at Babson
College’s 86th Commencement ceremonies on Saturday, May
21, 2005 at 10:00
a.m.
>From 2001- 2004, he was Chairman of UBS Financial Services
Inc. (formerly
UBS PaineWebber). Grano is also Chairman of the Homeland
Security Advisory
Council, reporting to Secretary Michael Chertoff under
the U. S. Department
of Homeland Security. In addition to being one of the
financial service
industry’s leading executives, he is involved in many
educational and
philanthropic endeavors.
Grano was instrumental in helping to bring about the merger
of PaineWebber
with UBS in 2000, when he was named President & CEO
of UBS PaineWebber and
the following year was named Chairman & CEO. He was
Chairman of the Board
of Governors of the National Association of Securities
Dealers (NASD) and a
member of the NASD’s Executive Committee.
He holds honorary degrees from Pepperdine University and
Queens College,
City University of New York. He served as Vice Chairman
of the Queens
College Foundation Board of Trustees, and was on the
Board of Directors of
the YMCA of Greater New York. He is a member of the Council
for the United
States and Italy, a member of the City University of
New York’s Business
Leadership Council and a member of the Board of Directors
at Lenox Hill
Hospital.
In 2002, Grano received the Corporate Leadership Award
from the Thurgood
Marshall Scholarship Fund for his commitment to education.
He was the 39th
recipient of the USO Gold Medal Award for Distinguished
Service, and was
named Business Leader of the Year by Georgetown University’s
School of
Business. In 1998 he received "La Bellissima America"
award for his
leadership role in preserving the heritage of Italian-Americans,
and in
1996, he received the Ellis Island Medal of Honor in
recognition of
distinguished contributions to our country.
Babson College in Wellesley, Mass., is recognized internationally
as a
leader in entrepreneurial management education. Babson
grants BS degrees
through its innovative undergraduate program, and grants
MBA and custom MS
and MBA degrees through the F.W. Olin Graduate School
of Business at Babson
College. Babson Executive Education offers executive
development programs
to experienced managers worldwide. For information, visit
http://www.babson.edu/.