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Home / Awards / Servitor Pacis Award / 2007 THE SERVITOR PACIS AWARD RECIPIENTS
2008 - Joseph E. Spinnato, KGCHS For the past twenty-five years, Joseph E. Spinnato has been directly involved in the betterment of life in and for New York. In his current capacity as President and Chief Executive Officer of the Hotel Association of New York City, Inc., he has brought to this venerable association a new image and direction. He has moved the one hundred thirty year old organization into a more active and visible role in the city. The Association represents more than 230 hotels, employs more than 30,000 people and generates billions of dollars in revenues for the city. In 1982, then Mayor Edward I. Koch appointed Mr. Spinnato as the Fire Commissioner of New York City. As Fire Commissioner, a position he held for 5 years prior to his appointment to the Hotel Association, Spinnato was responsible for the fire protection of the city and its 7 1/2 million residents. Before joining the Fire Department, Mr. Spinnato served as First Assistant to the Special Prosecutor for Nursing Homes for 5 years. Previously, he was at the Nassau County District Attorney's Office for 10 years serving as First Assistant to the District Attorney and also Chief of the Rackets Bureau. Mr. Spinnato's humanitarian interests are extensive and varied. He is a Knight of Malta, served as the Lieutenant of the Knights of the Holy Sepluchre of the Eastern Lieutenancy for 5 years, and in 2007 was appointed to the Grand Magisterium of Holy Sepulchre in Rome. A quintessential New Yorker, Spinnato was born in Queens and attended public schools there until he entered LaSalle Military Academy in Oakdale, New York. He graduated St. John's University in Hillcrest and received his law degree from the University of Miami Law School in Coral Gables, Florida. Mr. Spinnato is married to the former Madeline Romano, a graduate of St. John=s University at Hillcrest. They have one daughter, Janine, who graduated from Fairfield University in Fairfield, Connecticut, and from St. John's University School of Law. Her husband, Sean P. Leyden, is also an attorney and is a partner with the law firm of Garfunkel, Wild & Travis. They have three children, Sean Joseph, Jason Michael and Joseph Terence.
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