Volume 6, Number 37 - December 12, 2011

In this issue:

• Genetic markers tip off researchers to lymphoma survivors at higher risk for secondary leukemias
• City of Hope celebrates four decades of victories in the ‘War on Cancer’
• Faculty and staff invited to chart direction for City of Hope for next decade and more
• Voices: Why did you come to City of Hope?
• Flower power sought for upcoming parade
• Council addressing diversity issues includes wide range of members

 


All smiles

City of Hope benefactor Morgan Chu, J.D., Ph.D., celebrates with Michael A. Friedman, M.D., president and chief executive officer of City of Hope.

Chu, a partner at the Los Angeles-based law firm of Irella & Manella LLP, joined more than 60 other attendees at an investiture ceremony at Valentino Restaurant in Santa Monica, Calif., on Nov. 14. The event formally recognized Friedman as the Irell & Manella Cancer Center Director’s Distinguished Chair, which was endowed through a $3 million gift from the law firm.

Gifts from the law firm and from Chu and his wife, Helen, also have established the Irell & Manella Graduate School of Biological Sciences, the school’s Morgan and Helen Chu Dean’s Chair and the Morgan and Helen Chu Director’s Chair of Beckman Research Institute. (Photo by AmyCantrell.com)