CBS Correspondent Byron Pitts to Address 71st McCormick Unsung Heroes Awards Banquet on Monday, May 2nd

April 18, 2011

SPARKS, Md., Apr 18, 2011 (BUSINESS WIRE) --

McCormick & Company, Incorporated (NYSE: MKC) announced that Byron Pitts, prominent correspondent for CBS News and "60 Minutes" will deliver the keynote address at the 71st Annual McCormick Unsung Heroes Award Banquet to be held on Monday, May 2 at the Marriott Hunt Valley Inn.

A total of 107 high school senior boys and girls, two of whom will be honored as the 2011 Charles Perry McCormick Scholarship winners, have been chosen to represent 67 area public, private, parochial and independent schools. The scholarship, valued at $36,000 over four academic years, will be presented to one male and one female athlete selected as the top Unsung Heroes.

(See the end of this release for the list of nominees.)

Originally established in 1940 by the late Charles P. McCormick, the program recognizes unselfish team play and honors those who contribute substantially to the success of their teams without receiving acclaim. The program is reflective of McCormick's core belief in The Power of People - a phrase that has been part of the Company culture for many years.

The banquet will salute deserving male football players and female players. More than 700 city and county officials, school administrators, coaches and family are expected to attend.

Byron Pitts will bring an inspiring message to the audience. Despite being deemed functionally illiterate until the age of 12 and having a chronic stutter until the age of 20, Baltimore-born Pitts is an author as well as an award-winning TV journalist. His success and achievements have come as the result of hard work and dedication, as Pitts has overcome the obstacles and challenges that life has thrown his way. He has documented his inspirational life journey in his book "Step Out on Nothing."

An alphabetical listing by school of each of the 107 players nominated for the 2011 Unsung Heroes Award follows:

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Archbishop Curley High School Brad Faulhaber Archbishop Spalding High School Brya Freeland Vincent Rubino Baltimore City College High School Chelsea Eldridge John A. Thomas Baltimore Lutheran School Chandler Class Josh Schildwachter Baltimore Polytechnic Institute Imani Stokes George Gillem, IV Boys' Latin School Maximillan E. White Bryn Mawr School Dyllan Peterson Calvert Hall College High School Michael Wade Carver Vo-Tech High School Nakia Jefferson Brian Brown Catholic High School of Baltimore Asha Hale Christina Augins William M. Moore, III Chesapeake High School Eric Doyle Digital Harbor High School Markita Sutton Alphonso Greene, IV Erin Eller Wayne Wilford Dunbar High School Darlena Green Leo Eades Chelsea Wageley Timothy Summers, Jr. Eastern Technical High School Leanne Pfeifer Michael Wright Edmondson-Westside High School Mariah Farouq Dontrel Guy Forest Park High School Shawdae Williams Patrick Makell Franklin High School Rachel Rubin Christopher L. Jefferson Frederick Douglass High School Matthew Goode Friends School Jonathan Loewenberg Gilman School John Henrich Hereford High School Marieke Oosterwijk Nate Macon

Institute of Business & Entrepreneurship Quaishay Anderson Tavon Shedrick

Institute of Notre Dame Julia Horn John Carroll School Tiffany Clunie Robert Clingerman, III Kenwood High School Morgan Smith Aaron Ridgeway, III Lake Clifton High School Chanel Johnson Maurice K. McNeil Kelli Pease John Anthony Luedtke, Jr. Rachael Wiley Hisham Ziyout Kevin McKeown Maritime Industries Academy Kyashia Maple Deminiken Arrington, Jr. Maryvale Preparatory School Carolyn Hildreth McDonogh School Bailey Ewing Colin Renner Mercy High School Caitlin McKay Mergenthaler Vo-Tech High School Tonisha Patterson Staccato Butler, Jr. Millford Mill Academy Treasure Maddox Ange Nmah Mount de Sales Academy Allyson Elizabeth Curley Mount Saint Joseph High School Jacob Mooney New Town High School Andre Johnson Northwestern High School Dante Jones Notre Dame Preparatory School Mary Kate Conway Our Lady of Mount Carmel Joshua Snyder Donae Fluitt Stephanie Folkerts Devon Hopkins Ashley Green Tae Kim Patapsco High School Stephanie Goins Isaiah Colmore Patterson High School Jasmine Massenburg Donta Dewitt Shannon Jones Lewis Braml Alysha Davis Daniel Shear Taylor Burgess Brian Gardener Reginald F. Lewis High School Trent Thomas Roland Park Country School Lauren Edwards Seton Keough High School Camille Hines Southside Academy Myrea Carroll Jerrell Briscoe Southwestern High School Kelsey Swann Delroy Collette Sparrows Point High School Maggie Shifflett Shawn Fitzpatrick St. Frances Academy Alex Brown St. Mary's High School Kelly Broussard Connor Crowley St. Paul's School Taylor R. Michel St. Timothy's School Moriah Ray Sydnie Hickey Gabriel Eicholtz W.E.B. DuBois High School Jenah Everage Christopher Gaines Western High School Reven Smith Western School of Technology Juliette Sardin Rodney Rector, II & Env. Science Woodlawn High School Victoria Loving Andrew Watson

SOURCE: McCormick & Company, Incorporated

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