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Vice President Cheney and Secretary Gutierrez
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| Contact: |
Jan
Kosko |
| When: | Wednesday,
July 20, 2005 10:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. (EDT) |
| Where: | Omni
Shoreham Hotel 2500 Calvert St., NW Washington, D.C. |
Vice President Dick Cheney and Commerce Secretary Carlos Gutierrez will present four U.S. organizations with the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award, the nation’s highest Presidential honor for performance excellence and quality achievement.
The 2004 Baldrige Award recipients are: The Bama Companies, Tulsa, Okla. (manufacturing category); Texas Nameplate Company, Inc., Dallas, Texas (small business category); Kenneth W. Monfort College of Business, Greeley, Colo. (education category); and Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital Hamilton, Hamilton, N.J. (health care category).
This is the second time that Texas Nameplate has been named a recipient of the Baldrige Award; the first time was in 1998. Cheney, Gutierrez and four executives representing the Baldrige Award recipients will give brief remarks.
Pre-Set: 6 a.m. EDT-6:30 a.m. EDT; all satellite trucks and camera equipment need to be pre-set. Satellite trucks should park on the driveway immediately to the left of the Omni Shoreham Hotel entrance on 2500 Calvert Street. If you have any questions, please contact Jen Breuder at (202) 281-6823.
Media Check-In: 8:30 a.m. EDT-10 a.m. EDT; doors to the ceremony close at 10:20 a.m. News media must show a badge with photo or a photo ID with a business card to gain admission to the ceremony. Please fax credential requests including name and title on company letterhead to Jan Kosko at (301) 926-1630 by close of business on Tuesday, July 19, 2005.
Set
Up: 60’ Throw
300’ Cable Run
TV Quality Lighting and Sound
Media Interviews: To schedule an interview with executives from the 2004 Baldrige Award recipients, contact: Vicki Adams, The Bama Companies, (918) 746-0707, vicki@relationsinc.com; Valorie Ross, Texas Nameplate, (214) 428-8341, 214 428-8341, vross@nameplate.com; Mike Leonard, Monfort College, (970) 351-1273, michael.leonard@unco.edu; and Judy Kelley, Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, (609) 584-6678, jkelley@rwjuhh.edu.
Further information on the Baldrige Award and the 2004 recipients is available at www.baldrige.nist.gov.
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