U. S. Steel, Pittsburgh Penguins Team Up in Support of Braddock Carnegie Library

United States Steel Corporation (NYSE: X) (“U. S. Steel”) and the Pittsburgh Penguins announced today that Penguin’s alumni and Hockey Hall of Famer Bryan Trottier and David B. Burritt, President & CEO of U. S. Steel, will serve as Honorary Co-Chairs of an $18 million capital campaign to renovate the Braddock Carnegie Library. The historic institution launched the campaign in support of a major building renovation.

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U. S. Steel, Pittsburgh Penguins Carnegie One Capital Campaign in Support of BCLA

“This valued community asset is ready for an upgrade to equip it with the state-of-the-art tools necessary to serve the next generation of Mon Valley families,” said David B. Burritt, President & CEO, U. S. Steel. “At U. S. Steel, our Best for All strategy includes the communities in which we live and work, which is why we are pleased to help kickstart the campaign with a $500,000 donation. Just as we focused on getting to the future faster, the library is ready to write its next chapter, and we are pleased to be a partner with the Pittsburgh Penguins in this important community effort.”

During the rise of the steel industry, U. S. Steel founder Andrew Carnegie chose Braddock - the home of his first steel mill called Edgar Thomson Works - as the site of his “free to the public” library. The Braddock library would become the first of 1,687 free public libraries he would fund throughout the United States.

Carnegie envisioned the library as a place for employees, their families, and the community to gather and grow. The renovation plan includes much-needed physical improvements, to enable the Braddock Carnegie Library Association (BCLA) to better fulfill its social mission as a responsive, essential place of community learning, development, and enrichment for its neighbors.

“Education has always played an important role in my life and has helped me to reach such great heights in my career,” said seven-time Stanley Cup Champion Bryan Trottier. “I believe in the value of a strong community, and in the importance of having a place to gather to learn and have fun. The Braddock Carnegie Library is a vital piece of this community, and I am proud to lead this campaign alongside our good friends at U. S. Steel.”