b'ARoUND ThE WoRLD THE AMERICAN IRELAND FUND PITTSBURgh1 2 34 5 6The American Ireland Fund Pittsburgh GalaMARCh, 2014 The American Ireland Fund Pittsburgh Gala celebrated 25 years by honoring two-time Pulitzer Prize winner and Pittsburgh native, David McCullough. heinz Fields East ClubLounge was transformed into a bibliophiles dream, with oversized images of library shelves greetingguests and books used as dcor for food stations and transformed into flower arrangements, paying homage to McCulloughs literary works. A charismatic David McCullough captivated guests during astaged question and answer session during the VIP reception, followed by the general receptionwhere literature came to life as John Adams, Harry Truman, and Franklin Roosevelt impersonatorsthree of McCulloughs biography subjectsmingled with the crowd. Attending were Gala Co-Chairsgateway Financial President & CEO David Malone and Sy holzer, President of PNC Bank Pittsburgh,and Honorary Co-Chairs PNC Financial Services group CEO James Rohr, Pittsburgh SteelersPresident Arthur J. Rooney, II and former United States Ambassador to Ireland, Daniel M. Rooney.7On hand for the presentation to Mr. McCullough of a one-of-a-kind replica of a Pittsburgh bridgenamed for him were Gala Committee members Patricia Rooney, greta Rooney, Michael Mullen with 1 Dan & Patricia Rooney, David McCulloughwife Kelley, Andrea Carelli and husband Michael Toretti, and David Morehouse, with Chairman of 2 Kieran McLoughlin, David McCullough, The American Ireland Fund John Fitzpatrick, President and CEO of the Worldwide Ireland Funds, Dan Rooney, John Fitzpatrick3 Patricia Rooney, Martin Regan, Kieran McLoughlin and Pennsylvania Governor Tom Corbett. Evelyn OBrien, Ian OBrien, Rita Heberle, Don Heberle, Pat Gerrero, Don Heberle, Jr. 4 David Malone, Amb. Dan Rooney, David Morehouse, Sylvan Holzer5 James Rohr, Gov. Tom Corbett, Art Rooney II6 David McCullough, Amb. Dan Rooney, Andrea Carelli, Michael Toretti7 Tom VanKirk, Dr. Donald Fischerconnect2014 | 80'