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Richard Shadyac receives 2017 Ellis Island Medal of Honor

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Richard Shadyac, president and CEO of ALSAC, the fundraising and awareness organization for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, received the 2017 Ellis Island Medal of Honor, an award for individuals who have embraced America’s ideals of patriotism, tolerance, brotherhood and diversity, in a May 13 ceremony on Ellis Island in New York. Presented by the...

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