NEW YORK LIFE ANNOUNCES CIRILO A. MCSWEEN NEW YORK LIFE RAINBOW
PUSH EXCEL SCHOLARSHIP RECIPIENTS

Second Annual Award Honors Seven High-Performing College Students

New York Life Insurance Company announced the recipients of the second annual Cirilo A. McSween New York Life Rainbow PUSH Excel Award given to seven high-performing college students who have achieved academic excellence and play an active role in their communities. The students were awarded at a recent ceremony at New York Life.

Pictured from left to right are:
Geoffrey Griffin, from Baker, Louisiana, a junior marketing major at Grambling State University; Erica DuPree, a native of Farmville, North Carolina, a sophomore social work major at North Carolina A&T University; Brandon Celestin, a native of Grosse Pointe, Michigan a junior marketing major at the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School of Business; Sy Sternberg, chairman and chief executive officer of New York Life Insurance Company; Micah Hunter, from Brooklyn, New York, a senior psychology major at Hampton University; Cirilo A. McSween, New York Life's first African-American agent who joined New York Life in 1957; DaNia Allen, a native of Chicago, Illinois, a computer information systems junior at DePaul University; Steven Richardson, a native of Matteson, Illinois, a sophomore business administration major at Prairie State College; and Eboni Mack, from Detroit, Michigan, a junior communication studies major at University of Michigan.

New York Life Insurance Company, a Fortune 100 company founded in 1845, is the largest mutual life insurance company in the United States and one of the largest life insurers in the world. Headquartered in New York City, New York Life’s family of companies offers life insurance, annuities and long-term care insurance. New York Life Investment Management LLC provides institutional asset management and retirement plan services. Other New York Life affiliates provide an array of securities products and services, as well as institutional and retail mutual funds.

Please visit New York Life’s Web site at www.newyorklife.com for more information.

 

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