Penske Media Vice Chairman Gerry Byrne received the U.S. Navy’s top civilian honor, the Distinguished Public Service Award, on Friday in New York City, in a ceremony attended by Byrne’s colleagues, friends and fellow veterans. He was also joined by his wife, Liz, and his daughter Megan, an actor currently appearing on Broadway in “Harry Potter and the Cursed Child.”
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, who served as a Marine officer in Vietnam and was awarded the Navy
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