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Gala benefits AMU scholarships
February 26, 2007
General Peter Pace, USMC, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, was the guest of honor at Ave Maria University's third annual Gyrene Gala Feb. 24.
Pace, the first Marine to serve as chairman of the Joint Chiefs, was inducted into the Ave Maria Gallery of Gyrene Greats at the event, the proceeds of which will benefit the AMU Marine Corps Scholarship program. Pace was one of five inductees into the gallery this year; the four civilian inductees were Arthur L. Allen, president and C.E.O. of Allen Systems Group; Thomas S. Monaghan, chancellor at AMU; William J. Schoen, chairman of Health Management Associates; and Carleton Tronvold, a founder of the child welfare and juvenile justice agency Four Oaks of Iowa.
"Tonight you honor me in a way I know I don't deserve," Pace said of his induction into the gallery. "But I will accept this honor on behalf of so many Marines who have taught me so many wonderful things, and as the representative of 2.4 million American men and women-active, guard and reserve-who serve this nation to the very best of their abilities with great honor and distinction."
Named for the jocular nickname given to Marines during the first and second world wars, the Gyrene Gala is held annually to benefit the AMU Marine Scholarship program, which assists combat veterans from all branches of the U.S. armed forces who have served in the Gulf War and current war in Iraq.
For more information on the Marine Corps Scholarship program, contact Erin Flaherty, assistant director of admissions, at erin.flaherty@avemaria.edu.