Oliver R. Grace Award for Distinguished Service in Advancing Cancer Research

Fred Hassan
Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer
Schering-Plough Corporation
Kenilworth, NJ

Mr. Hassan was honored for his leadership at Schering-Plough, a global health care company committed to the development of new medicines and immune-based therapies for cancer and infectious and inflammatory diseases that are designed to improve the health and quality of life for patients around the world. 

Donald J. Gogel, president & CEO of Clayton Dubilier & Rice, co-chairman of the Cancer Research Institute Board of Trustees, and a dinner co-chair and presented the Grace Award to Mr. Hassan. 

William B. Coley Award for Distinguished Research in Tumor Immunology

Cornelis J.M. Melief, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor, Dept. of Immunohematology
Leiden University Medical Center

Chief Scientific Officer
ISA Pharmaceuticals B.V.
Leiden, The Netherlands

Dr. Melief was honored for his novel insights into the relationship between tumors and the host’s immune system, in particular his description of certain key mechanisms of cytotoxic T lymphocyte recognition of tumor antigen and their subsequent activation, and for his development of innovative therapies that have been applied in the clinic or are being translated in the clinic based on improved insights into cell-mediated immunity.

Glenn Dranoff, M.D., an associate professor of medicine at the Harvard Medical School and Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, presented the Coley Award in Tumor Immunology to Dr. Melief.

William B. Coley Award for Distinguished Research in Basic Immunology

Frederick W. Alt, Ph.D.
Senior Investigator and Scientific Director
Immune Disease Institute

Howard Hughes Medical Investigator
Boston Children's Hospital

Charles A. Janeway Professor of Pediatrics and Professor of Genetics
Harvard Medical School
Boston, MA

Klaus Rajewsky, M.D.
Senior Investigator
Immune Disease Institute

Fred S. Rosen Professor of Pediatrics and
Professor of Pathology
Harvard Medical School
Boston, MA

Drs. Alt and Rajewsky shared equally the Coley Award in basic immunology for their fundamental contributions to our understanding of B-cell development and function, and the mechanisms underlying B cell lymphomagenesis. 

CRI Scientific Advisory Council Associate Director James P. Allison, Ph.D., director of the Ludwig Center at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, who presented the Coley Award in Basic Immunology to Fred Alt and Klaus Rajewsky.

Alex Witt
Anchor and Correspondent
MSNBC

Ms. Witt served as master of ceremonies for the black-tie gala.