Gold Medal
Dinner & Award Ceremony
Honoring Activist Peter Meade
Boston Park Plaza Hotel
April 2006
Peter
Meade, community activist and Blue
Cross executive received the Eire
Society’s
69th Gold Medal Award for his tireless
volunteer work in the Boston Irish
community and beyond. The 2006
prestigious Gold Medal Dinner and Award
Ceremony
took place on the evening of Saturday,
April
8, 2006 at the Park Plaza on 64
Arlington Street in Boston.
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Mr. Meade is
a Dorchester native and first generation Irish
American whose parents immigrated from County
Clare, Ireland. As Executive Vice President
for Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts,
Peter Meade directs the company's public, government
and community relations, legislative and regulatory
affairs, and corporate communications. In this
capacity, Meade draws upon his broad experience
in the public and private sectors. He served
the city of Boston as public safety coordinator
and commissioner of parks and recreation during
the White administration. From 1983 to 1992,
Meade gained a reputation for astute political
analysis and commentary as a radio talk show
host at WBZ-AM. His business career also included
serving as Vice President at Warner Amex Cable
Communications and President and CEO of The
New England Council.
In addition
to his responsibilities at Blue Cross Blue
Shield of Massachusetts, Peter shares his time
and effort with various community and service
organizations. He is the Chair of the Rose
Fitzgerald Kennedy Greenway Conservancy and
Co-Chairman of the MassINC Board of Directors.
He serves on the Board of Directors for the
John F. Kennedy Library Foundation, the Anti-Defamation
League of New England and The New England Council.
He is also on the Board of Catholic Charities,
having just completed a term as its Chair.
He is the former Vice Chair of his alma mater,
Emerson College, and former member of the board
of directors of Neighborhood Health Plan and
Health Care for the Homeless.
The Eire Society's
Gold Medal is awarded annually to a person
of Irish heritage who has made significant
contributions to society and to their chosen
fields of expertise. Previous recipients include
President John F. Kennedy, filmmakers John
Ford and John Huston, Irish actress Siobhan
McKenna and former poet Seamus Heaney. Previous
recipients include President John F. Kennedy,
filmmakers John Ford and John Huston, long
time US Ambassador to Ireland William V. Shannon
and former Speaker of the US House of Representatives
John W. McCormack. See
the list and details of all Gold Medal Award
Recipients...
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Photos
by Karen Ann Thornton © 2006 |
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The
Head Table: Edris Kelley, Eire Society
President; Ed Forry, Managing editor
to the Boston Irish Reporter; and
David Barry, Boston's Irish Consul
General
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Peter
Meade with Senator Marian Walsh
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Trisha
Giffen Carty and Tom Carty, Eire
Society Director
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Anna
O'Brien, Eire Society Board of Director
with husband Philip O'Brien, Eire Society Officer; and Ron O'Keefe
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Betsy
and Ed Hines, Marshfield; Edris Kelley,
President of the Eire Society
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Norma
Barry; Bill Pear, Eire Society Past
President and Margaret Stapleton,
Eire Society Past President
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Glenn
Bronson and Janae Walker, Eire Society
Members
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Aine
Greaney, Irish writer with Peter
Meade, Gold Medal Honoree
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Peter
Meade, Gold Medal Honoree;
James O'Brien, Eire Society Director and Nikki Tsongas
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Pete
Estes, Eire Society Vice President;
David Barry, Irish Consul General
with his wife Norma Barry; and Michael
O'Connor, Board President of the
Irish Cultural Centre
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