A PUBLICATION FOR FRIENDS OF MD ANDERSON FALL 2016 CELEBRATING 75OF MAKING YEARS CANCER HISTORY® CONTENTS UPCOMING EVENTS DECEMBER IN THIS ISSUE 1: Beaumont Santa’s Elves 5: San Antonio 4 Mattress Mack gives back A Conversation With a Living Legend® $500,000 supports two Honoring Dr. Condoleezza Rice gastroenterology clinical trials. 8: Houston 6 My Moon Shot Santa’s Elves Survivor reflects on Colorectal 10: Houston Cancer Moon Shot. Little Galleria Breakfast With Santa 7 Feature JANUARY MD Anderson has been built on 11: Palm Beach a foundation of philanthropy over Making Cancer History® Seminar the past 75 years. FEBRUARY 20: Indian Wells 14 Rogers Award ® Prevention expert receives Making Cancer History Seminar GRANT MILLER prestigious $15,000 award. A Conversation With a Living Legend® in Dallas honoring Kenneth H. Cooper, M.D., raises more than $730,000. p. 15 3 NEWS MAKERS From left, Nadine Eidman, Lourdes Hernandez, All aboard Dorothy Paterson MD Anderson Cancer Center and Kim Mongcopa give cancer the Board of Visitors welcomes boot. p. 14 SPENCER YOUNG/FCS PHOTOS business, community leaders SECTIONS Diamond anniversary gala photos: 4 Donors Make a Difference p. 10-11 6 Moon Shot Momentum FCS PHOTOS ACCESS ANSWERS 12 Among Friends To become a patient: Call 877-632-6789 or fill out 12 Spotlight the self-referral form at mdanderson.org. F. CARTER SMITH/FCS PHOTOS F. 13 Survivors Say New members of the MD Anderson Cancer Center For more information, please visit www.mdanderson.org/gifts Board of Visitors attend an orientation session or call 800-525-5841. 14 Philanthropy in Action to learn more about their role in advancing the Download Promise at www.mdanderson.org/Promise. institution’s mission to end cancer. p. 3 Back Cover: If you do not want to receive certain fundraising iPromise: Lily Deagan and Lucy Keith communications from MD Anderson, please visit our website at www.mdanderson.org/FundraisingOptOut or contact us at 855-344-5272. Ronald DePinho, M.D. Allison Schaffer President Assistant Editor Senior Communications Specialist Tadd Pullin Senior Vice President for Leslie Friedman The University of Texas Institutional Advancement Senior Communications Specialist MD Anderson Cancer Center Patrick Mulvey Marily Scaria Development Office - Unit 705 Vice President for Development Senior Communications Designer P.O. Box 301439 Brette Peyton Contributing Writers Houston, TX 77230-1439 Executive Director, Public Relations Lily Deagan 713-792-3450 Wayne Gibbens ON THE COVER: Sarah Watson Lucy Keith 800-525-5841 As the stage is set for MD Anderson’s 75th Editor, Program Director Amy Scarbrough anniversary gala in November, former mdanderson.org/gifts Development Communications presidents Charles LeMaistre, M.D., and John [email protected] Mendelsohn, M.D., pause with Ronald DePinho, Comments? Suggestions? We welcome your perspective. M.D., current president. F. CARTER SMITH/FCS PHOTOS youtube.com/MDAnderson Email us your thoughts: [email protected]. NEWS MAKERS mdanderson.org/newsroom WELCOME ABOARD The MD Anderson Cancer Center Board of Visitors adds nine new members The MD Anderson Cancer Center Board of Visitors, an appointed board of volunteers charged with advancing MD Anderson’s mission to end cancer, welcomed nine new members at its Nov. 11 annual meeting. The new group reflects the board’s national and international presence. FY2017 OFFICERS Chair: Jim Mulva Chair-elect: Marsha Shields Vice Chair: Don Evans Immediate Past Chair: Mel Klein substantial holding in oil and gas operating The MD Anderson company Foreland Resources, LLC and a Cancer Center Board of large holding in global tax services firm Ryan Visitors welcomes new members: (standing, from LLC. Deason serves on several boards and left) Richard Anderson, committees, including the advisory board of Alan Batkin and James Archer; and (seated, from Valesco Industries. He lives in Dallas. left) Christopher Damico and Ebru Ozdemir. Not pictured: Bill Daley; Doug Susan Zane Epstein, M.D. Deason; Susan Epstein, Epstein is a family physician and serves M.D.; and Larry Hayward on several committees and boards for Dell F. CARTER SMITH/FCS PHOTOS F. Children’s Medical Center, the Texas Child Study Center, The Seton Breast Care Center Richard H. Anderson multi-national companies on business and and the Jewish Federation of Greater Austin. Anderson was CEO of Delta Air Lines Inc. from political issues around the world. He resides in She is a graduate of The University of Texas 2007 to 2016 and recently served as executive Greenwich, Connecticut. at Austin and earned her medical degree chairman of Delta. Previously, he was from The University of Texas Health Science executive vice president of UnitedHealth Group William M. (Bill) Daley Center in San Antonio. Epstein has been a Inc. from 2004 to 2007, serving as president for Daley is a managing partner and head of philanthropic leader in her community for the Commercial Services Group. Prior to that, U.S. Operations for Argentière Capital. Prior more than 20 years. She resides in Austin. Anderson was CEO of Northwest Airlines Corp. to joining Argentière in 2014, he served as He currently is the lead director for Medtronic President Obama’s Chief of Staff from January Lawrence H. (Larry) Hayward Inc. and serves on the board of directors of 2011 to January 2012 and was involved in all Hayward serves as chairman of the board of Cargill Inc. He resides in Houston. aspects and issues faced by the president and directors and CEO of Leslie’s Poolmart Inc., the administration. Daley was vice chairman the world’s largest retailer of swimming James B. Archer of JPMorgan Chase Inc. and chairman of the pool supplies with nearly 900 stores Archer serves as the president and CEO of Midwest Region of the U.S. from 2004 to 2011. operating in 35 states across the U.S. Prior KJ Energy, MV2 Entertainment and the JL Bar He lives in Chicago, Illinois. to joining Leslie’s, he served as president of Ranch & Resort. He has more than 35 years of ABCO Desert Markets, a leading food and experience in the oil and gas industry. In 1993, Christopher D. Damico drug retailer located in Arizona, as well as Archer founded Multi-Chem Group. In 2011, Damico was born and raised in Pennsylvania president and CEO of Carr Gottstein Foods Co. he established the James B. & Lois R. Archer and began his career in New York with Swiss He lives in Phoenix, Arizona. Charitable Foundation, which provides grants to Bank in 1988, focusing on leveraged corporate nonprofit organizations, including MD Anderson, finance. In 1992, he was transferred to London Ebru Ozdemir and currently serves as chairman of the board. where he extended his banking experience Ozdemir is the founder and chairperson He lives in San Angelo, Texas. into mergers and acquisitions and high yield. of Limak Investments, the investment arm In 1998, Damico joined Morgan Stanley and of Limak Group Companies, whose portfolio Alan R. Batkin was promoted to managing director in 2000. includes airports, ports, energy generation, Batkin is the chairman and CEO of Converse He resides in Pacific Palisades, California. distribution and trading assets. She received Associates Inc., a strategic advisory firm. her Bachelor of Science in civil engineering From March 2007 to December 2012, he Douglas R. (Doug) Deason from Bogazici University and her master’s served as vice chairman of Eton Park Capital Deason serves as president of Deason Capital in international business and finance from Management L.P., a global, multidisciplinary Services LLC (DCS), managing family assets, Fordham University. She resides in Istanbul, investment firm. From 1990 to 2007, he was including a large holding of Xerox Corporation Turkey. vice chairman of Kissinger Associates Inc., a shares, municipal bonds, a majority holding in geopolitical consulting company that advises FUNimation Entertainment and 1200 Media, a ALLISON SCHAFFER LEARN MORE AT mdanderson.org/gifts 3 DONORS MAKE A DIFFERENCE He’ll save you money and then some Mattress Mack donates $500,000 to cancer research BY ALLISON SCHAFFER conic Houston businessman Jim McIngvale lives for his family and his work. “I started Gallery Furniture in 1981. We’re stillI at it 35 years later,” he says. “We have fun every day taking care of customers and trying to benefit the community.” Better known as “Mattress Mack,” McIngvale opened Gallery Furniture, now a major retailer, with just $5,000. After he crafted the signature tag line — “Gallery Furniture will save you money!” — business began to boom. Today, Gallery Furniture has expanded to three stores and includes a gigantic furniture warehouse. Yet one thing has remained the same throughout the years — McIngvale’s passion for giving back. Recently, he made a $500,000 gift to MD Anderson. “I first heard about MD Anderson while playing football for The University of Texas. Freddie Steinmark went there in 1969,” McIngvale recalls. “It was clear that MD Anderson was a very special place.” He credits the institution and John Stroehlein, M.D., chair ad interim, Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, for giving him more time with his father. “My father was diagnosed with liver cancer,” says McIngvale. “Dr. Stroehlein, along with Dr. Papadopoulos, helped him live an extra 20 years.” Over the years, McIngvale and Stroehlein have grown even closer, with Stroehlein treating many Gallery Furniture employees and even “Mattress Mack” himself. McIngvale’s gift will support two unique studies led by Stroehlein. The first clinical “MD Anderson is trial aims to understand the efficacy of domperidone, a drug used to relieve nausea. The second study dedicated to patients focuses on MD Anderson’s geriatric population. “Jim’s generosity knows no bounds,” says and to improvements in Stroehlein. “His compassion for helping others, health care. That’s what whether they be his own employees or complete strangers, will have an impact on cancer patients Houston is all about worldwide for years to come.” MD Anderson saves lives every day, says — helping people and McIngvale.