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ANDREA JOHN CATSIMATIDIS
WEDS CHRISTOPHER NIXON COX
IN NEW YORK CITY CEREMONY
New York,
NY-June 4...The daughter and son
of two celebrated American political and philanthropic
families, Andrea John Catsimatidis Cox and Christopher Nixon
Cox,were married today at the Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox
Cathedral on Manhattan's Upper East Side.
Mrs. Cox, 21,
is the daughter of John Catsimatidis,
Chairman and
CEO of the Red Apple Group, Gristides Foods, and the Red
Apple Group
subsidiary,
United Refining Company. Mr. Catsimatidis and
his wife, Margo, are well-known philanthropists and
political donors, who have contributed to both Republican
and Democratic candidates and office holders across the
country.
Mr. Cox, 32, is the son of Patricia Nixon Cox and New York
State Republican Chairman Ed Cox. He is the grandson of the
late President Richard Milhous Nixon.
The wedding took place
almost 40 years to the day after the groom's parents were
married at a nationally-celebrated White House Rose Garden
ceremony.
Following today's ceremony,
a reception for more than 700 guests was held in the Grand
Ballroom of New York's Waldorf Astoria Hotel, featuring
luminaries from across the nation, including:
Julie Nixon
Eisenhower
Secretary of
State Hillary Clinton,
Senator Chuck
Schumer
Pennsylvania
Governor Tom Corbett
Former New
York State Governor George Pataki
Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani
Former
Secretary of State Henry Kissinger
Former Pennsylvania Governor Ed Rendell
New York State
Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos
Congressman Charles Rangel
Congresswoman
Carolyn Maloney
Congressman Gus Bilirakis
New York
Police Commissioner Ray Kelly
Former Congressman Mike Bilirakis
Former Manhattan District Attorney Robert Morgenthau
Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus
Mr. Cox, an attorney, was a
Republican candidate for Congress in New York's First
Congressional District in 2010. Mrs. Cox, 21, is President
of the New York University Republican Club. Both are active
in New York civic and philanthropic endeavors.
The bride's dress
was designed by Reem Acra. The Groom was outfitted by Tom
Ford. The happy couple, which will spend their honeymoon in
Hawaii and California, will reside in New York.
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