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Penske Media Vice Chairman Gerry Byrne Receives U.S. Navy’s Distinguished Public Service Award

Penske Media Vice Chairman Gerry Byrne has been honored with the U.S. Navy's Distinguished Public Service Award.

While presenting Byrne with the award, Carlos Del Toro, Secretary of the Navy, hailed the media executive as “an extraordinary human being” and praised him for “his philanthropic work, his energy [and] his passion.” Byrne’s career in media has included stints as the publisher of Variety and Crain’s New York Business, along with leadership roles at organizations such as Norman Lear’s ACT III Communications. Byrne said he once asked Lear how he managed to balance his busy professional life with his philanthropic work for organizations like People for the American Way, a left-leaning non-profit that the TV guru founded.

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