Join us for a presentation of the film, “How To Win A Nobel Prize,” directed by Gary Jobson. The short film, sponsored by Hope Funds for Cancer Research features interviews with Dr. James Allison, awarded the 2018 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his work in discovering how the body’s immune system can be harnessed to combat cancer; Dr. William Kaelin, awarded the 2019 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his work in the discovery of how cells sense and adapt to oxygen availability; and Dr. Jennifer Doudna, awarded the 2020 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for the development of a method for genome editing. Mr. Jobson will discuss the important work of the charitable Hope Funds for Cancer Research as well as his remarkable sailing career and how it has inspired his work today. A panel discussion will follow.
Gary Jobson is an award-winning journalist, television commentator and author based in Annapolis, Maryland. A former Vice President of the International Sailing Federation, he has authored 19 sailing books and is Editor at Large of Sailing World and Cruising World magazines. He was the America’s Cup Winning Tactician in 1977, sailing on Courageous with Ted Turner. Prior to winning the America’s Cup, he was selected for the All-America Intercollegiate Sailing Team and was named the Intercollegiate Sailor of the Year. He was elected to the Sailing World Hall of Fame and was inducted into the America’s Cup Hall of Fame by the Herreshoff Marine Museum, after having won the Nathanael G. Herreshoff Trophy, US SAILING’s most prestigious award.
Mr. Jobson was awarded a Doctor of Letters from the State University of New York Maritime College in 2005. He has been the National Chairman of the Leukemia Cup Regatta, the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society’s sailing program, since 1994. In 2004, he received the Spiral of Life Award from the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society and in 2011 the Charles M. Leighton Award for Outstanding Service. In addition to his accomplishments as a sailor and cancer advocate, Mr. Jobson is an award-winning journalist and writer, having won the Cable Ace Awards for the 1987 America’s Cup, an Emmy for his coverage of the 1988 Olympic Games, and the Best Sports Book Award of 2002, awarded to him by the Independent Publisher Book Awards in America for his book Fighting Finish. He is a Life Trustee of Hope Funds for Cancer Research.
About Hope Funds for Cancer Research
Hope Funds for Cancer Research was formed in 2006 to establish a funding vehicle that would take a rational scientific, medical, and investment approach to making grants for the most innovative and promising research efforts to address the most difficult-to-treat cancers, including pancreatic, lung, liver, sarcomas, esophageal, brain, gastric, renal and ovarian cancers, as well as rare leukemias, lymphomas and MDS. These cancers are insidiously aggressive illnesses that kill most of their victims within months, even with aggressive chemotherapy. The Trustees of the Hope Funds for Cancer Research believe that funding young, innovative researchers will lead to breakthroughs in these areas and increase life expectancy for those with these types of cancers. The Hope Funds for Cancer Research is a 509 (a)(1) charity under 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Service’s code.
Thursday, August 22nd
6pm
Harrison Room
Free
Reception following the presentation
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