The Oliver R. Grace Award for Distinguished Service in Advancing Cancer Research recognizes corporate and community leaders and other laypeople who have helped to advance cancer research through their fundraising, advocacy or awareness efforts.
2009
Fred Hassan
Chairman & CEO
Schering-Plough Corporation
2008
Carlos A. Ferrer
Founder & Managing Member
Ferrer Freeman & Company, LLC
2007
David R. Brennan
Chairman & CEO
AstraZeneca PLC
Wade F.B. Thompson
Chairman, CEO, & Co-Founder
Thor Industries, Inc.
2006
Julian H. Robertson Jr.
Chairman
Tiger Management LLC
2005
Robert L. Bratzler, Ph.D
President & CEO
Coley Pharmaceutical Group
Carol Hamilton
President
L'Oreal Paris
2004
Dr. Daniel L. Vasella
Chairman & CEO
Novartis AG
2003
Mrs. Anna-Maria Kellen
Philanthropist & CRI Trustee
Dr. Henry A. McKinnell Jr.
Chairman of the Board & CEO
Pfizer Inc.
2002
Katie Couric
Co-Anchor, NBC New's Today
Founder, National Colorectal Cancer Research Alliance
Peter R. Dolan
Chairman & Chief Executive Officer
Bristol -Meyer Squibb Company
2001
Geoffrey T. Boisi
Vice Chairman
JPMorgan Chase & Co
Andrea Jung
Chief Executive Officer
Avon Products, Inc.
Kevin W. Sharer
Chairman & Chief Executive Officer
Amgen Inc.
Sidney Taurel
Chairman, President & Chief Executive Officer
Eli Lilly and Company
2000
Walter A. Gubert
Vice Chairman
J.P. Morgan & Co. Incorporated
Dr. Franz B. Humer
Chief Executive Officer
Head of Pharmaceuticals Division
F. Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd.
1999
Robert C. Black
President
Zeneca Pharmaceuticals
Donald J. Gogel
President & CEO
Clayton, Dubilier & Rice
1998
John S. Chalsty
Chairman
Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette, Inc.
General H. Norman Schwarzkopf
U.S. Army, Retired
Wayne P. Yetter
President & CEO
Novartis Pharmaceuticals
1997
Jean-Pierre Garnier, Ph.D.
CEO
SmithKline Beecham
Allen D. Wheat
Chairman & CEO
Credit Suisse First Boston
1996
Michael H. Jordon
Chairman & CEO
Westinghouse Electric Corporation
Robert N. Wilson
Vice Chairman, Board of Directors
Johnson & Johnson
1995
Gordon Binder
Chairman & CEO
Amgen
John F. Smith Jr.
CEO & President
General Motors Corporation