LEE A. IACOCCA

For the past 25 years Lee Iacocca has been a familiar entity on America's business landscape. From his days at Ford Motor Company where he introduced the legendary Mustang, to his rescue of Chrysler Corporation as its Chairman and later to his authorship of two best-selling books, Lee Iacocca personifies America's "can-do" spirit. And as a first-generation American, he epitomizes the American dream. It was these qualities that in 1982 led President Ronald Reagan to appoint him head of a citizen's group to restore the Statue of Liberty and its companion monument, Ellis Island.

As chairman of The Statue of Liberty-Ellis Island Foundation, Inc. - the group responsible for the historic restoration and preservation of America's most beloved symbol - Iacocca took on the Herculean task of successfully raising the tens of millions of dollars from private sources necessary to underwrite the project. And the rest is history. By the time Lady Liberty was rededicated in 1986, she had undergone a total overhaul that would ensure she remain forever a symbol of freedom throughout the world.

Today, Iacocca remains active with The Statue of Liberty-Ellis Island Foundation, Inc. And while he has retired from the automobile industry and lives in California, he is involved in a variety of business ventures, most notably the development and marketing of an electric bicycle.

When approached to collaborate with Peter B. Kaplan on a book to celebrate the beauty and wonder of the Statue and her historic restoration, Iacocca didn't hesitate. Leading the national effort to restore this great symbol remains a project for which he feels understandable pride - A treasured accomplishment of this consummate businessman.