Chamber will honor five local leaders

The Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce said it will honor "five outstanding leaders" on May 19 at its annual meeting, which also happens to be the chamber's 100th annual meeting.

The honorees are Peter S. Lynch of Fidelity Investments, past president Linda Whitlock of the Boys & Girls Club of Boston, Bentley University president Gloria C. Larson (right), Boston Mayor Thomas M. Menino, and Jack Connors (left), a founding partner of the Boston ad agency Hill Holliday, the chamber said in a press release.

The event at the Boston Convention and Exhibition Center is billed as the chamber's "centennial celebration," and former Secretary of State Colin L. Powell has been scheduled as the keynote speaker, the chamber said.

“For 100 years, the chamber’s success has been driven by the region’s talented government and business leaders,” chamber president and chief executive Paul Guzzi said in a statement. “These five individuals have accomplished a great deal for Greater Boston. They have lived up to the ideal of this Chamber, set forth by our first president J.J. Storrow, that the business leaders of Boston could come together to ‘accomplish some good for the welfare of our city and state.’"

The file photo of Larson was taken by Pat Greenhouse of the Globe staff; the file photo of Connors by David L. Ryan, also of the Globe staff)
(By Chris Reidy, Globe staff)