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President's corner. (Jazzercise's donation to leukemia research and Lynna M. Lesko) (column)

Society News

| June 22, 1991 | Cakridas, Peter N. | COPYRIGHT 1991 Leukemia Society of America. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

Eight years ago we began to publish this newsletter. Volume 1, No. 1 of the four-page Society News featured a story on one of our research grantees, spotlighted Jazzercise for its major fund-raising support, and reported that E. Donnall Thomas, M.D., had recently received the Society's highest honor--the Robert Roesler de Villiers Award.

Lynna M. Lesko, M.D., Ph.D., was the research grantee profiled in that issue. She is still closely associated with the Society, serving on several national committees and assisting new researchers. Jazzercise is still providing strong financial support (their events have contributed nearly $4 million since 1982). And, Dr. Thomas, a 1990 Nobel Prize winner in medicine, is still a Society leader in our Washington State Chapter.

In the last eight years, this publication has: introduced us to many of our outstanding researchers, national volunteers and professional leaders, and national award recipients; provided regular ...

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