Born July 27

Ten-year-old John G. Rangos stood on a soda pop case beside his grandfather to hear President Roosevelt of the United States speak

Notices how Americans worked together and made sacrifices in support of the nation, as during World War II

• Served in the Armed Forces during the Korean War
• Received the National Defense Medal
• Received the United Nations Medal
• Received the Korean Campaign Medal
• Received the Presidential Unit Citation from President Truman and President Sigmund Ree of South Korea

• Advisor to Senator Hugh Scott (Senate 1958 – 1977). Hugh Scott served on the board of directors of Mr. Rangos' public company until 1994.
• Advisor to David L. Lawrence during campaign for governor (1959 – 1963)
• Board of Hellenic College holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology (1958 – 1962)

John F. Kennedy presidential campaign worker/advisor in PA, MD and WV

Founder and CEO of Chambers Development Inc., an environmental and waste management company

Delegate to Democratic Convention

Appointed by Henry Ford, CEO of Ford Motor Company, as a UNA representative representing the state of Pennsylvania; addressed the UN

Delegate to U.S. Olympics

Established the John G. Rangos Sr. Family Charitable Foundation

Received the Academy of Achievement Award from the America Ecumenical Patriarchate Order of St. Andrew the Apostle

• John G. Rangos Sr. School of Health Sciences at Duquesne University opens
• John G. Rangos Sr. Research Center at Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh opens
• Received the Community Service, Outstanding Philanthropist of the Year Award from the National Society of Fundraising Executives
• Received the Pittsburgh Man of the Year Award for Business and Labor from Vector's Community Service
• Received the Ellis Island Award

• Received the National Patriots Award from the Congressional Medal of Honor Society
• Received the Environmental Recognition Award from the Society for the Preservation of Greek Heritage

• With the support of Archbishop Iakovos, established the International Orthodox Christian Charities (IOCC)
• Received the B'nai B'rith International Award
• Received the Man of the Year Award from the Hellenic-American C of C
• Received the Handicapped Service Award from the Boy Scouts of America
• Received the Junior Achievement Award from the Southwestern PA Corporation
• Received the Art Rooney Award from the Catholic Youth Association

Became Vice Chair of USA Waste after merging with Chambers Development, Inc.

Established the Congressional Medal of Honor Foundation which supports the Congressional Medal of Honor Society

• Received the Man of the Year Award from the ALS Association
• Elected Archon of the Ecumenical Patriarchate Order of St. Andrew the Apostle

Received the Man of the Year Award from the Ronald McDonald House

• The John G. Rangos, Sr. – Massimo M. Trucco, MD, Diabetes Research Laboratory, located inside the Rangos Research Center at the Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh opens
• Awarded honorary Doctor of Health Science from Duquesne University

• Donated 71 acres for the Recreational Rail-to-Trail in Westmoreland County, PA to help complete the trail from Westmoreland County, PA to Washington D.C.
• John Rangos Chair supports the Johns Hopkins Colon Cancer drug study. Results of a four-year study performed by Dr. Francis Giardiello reveal that anti-inflammatory drug fails to prevent hereditary colon cancer
• Supported the opening of the John G. Rangos Sr. Library at St. Vladimir's Orthodox Theological Seminary in Crestwood, NY

Helped form the pilot partnership of the Information Networking Institute (INI) at Carnegie Mellon and Athens Information Technology (AIT) to offer the INI's Master of Science in Information Networking degree in Athens, Greece. Later helped develop programs in Qatar, Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, Australia, New Zealand, India and Portugal.

Medal of Honor Foundation sponsors Price of Freedom: Americans at War. The permanent exhibit opens at the Smithsonian National Museum of American History.

• Ground breaking for the John G. Rangos Sr. Building, the first of five structures in the new Science and Technology Park at Johns Hopkins, Baltimore, MD
• Along with Mayor Bloomberg and Andrew Athens, served as a Grand Marshall of the Greek Independence Parade, for the Federation of Hellenic Societies of Greater New York
• Recognized as a great role model and leader by the Chios Societies of the Americas and Canada, Inc. Mr. Rangos will serve as an Honorary Co-Chairman of the 52nd National Chian Convention

Projected opening of The Science and Technology Park at Johns Hopkins, Baltimore, MD