FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: October 8, 2021

MEDIA ADVISORY

THE 76^th ANNUAL ALFRED E. SMITH MEMORIAL FOUNDATION DINNER DEADLINE FOR PRESS CREDENTIALS HAS BEEN EXTENDED TO FRIDAY, OCTOBER  15, 2021 AT NOON.

The 76thAnnual Alfred E. Smith Memorial Foundation Dinner is scheduled for Thursday, October 21 at 7:30pm at the Javits Center Expansion located at 429 11th Ave, New York, NY 10001. The Keynote Speaker will be the Honorable Condoleezza Rice, 66^th United States Secretary of State. 

This year’s Alfred E. Smith Memorial Foundation Dinner commemorates the Diamond Anniversary of the dinner and will also feature an exclusive prerecorded congratulatory message by President George W. Bush, an In Memoriam for Alfred E. Smith IV, and remarks by this year’s “Happy Warrior Award” recipient Mr. Frank Bennack Jr., Executive Vice Chairman & Former CEO of Hearst.

Members of the press interested in covering the event must submit their request for credentials no later than Friday, October 15, 2021 at noon. You are asked to please include the names of reporters, camera operators and/or photographers in the request. Please submit requests to  [email protected] and you will receive instructions regarding press check-in and the itinerary for the event. 

Proof of vaccinations and face-coverings will be required of everyone in attendance.

We are hereby attaching the press release for the 76^th Annual Alfred E. Smith Memorial Foundation Dinner.

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