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National Osteoporosis Foundation (NOF)
Honors the Surgeon General of the United
States, Vice Admiral Richard H. Carmona
at its Silhouette Ball with the “Paul G.
Rogers” Leadership Award
(Washington, DC) – Marking its 20th
anniversary, the National Osteoporosis
Foundation (NOF) will host its annual
gala at the Pierre Hotel in New York
City on Tuesday, June 15, 2004. For the
third year consecutively, President
George W. Bush and Mrs. Laura Bush will
serve as honorary co-chairs of “The
Silhouette Ball.” NOF will honor the
Surgeon General of the United States,
Vice Admiral Richard H. Carmona, M.D.,
by presenting him with the “Paul G.
Rogers Leadership Award”, named after
the Foundation’s founding chair.
“NOF is
paying tribute to the Surgeon General of
the United States, Vice Admiral Richard
H. Carmona, M.D., for his efforts to
confront the public health risk posed by
osteoporosis as evidenced by the
upcoming Surgeon General’s Report on
Osteoporosis and Related Bone Diseases.
This report is especially timely when we
consider the current prevalence figures:
One in every two women and one in every
four men age 50 and older will
experience an osteoporosis-related
fracture in their lifetime,” said Judith
Cranford, NOF Executive Director.
NOF will
also present the Honorable Ann Richards,
former Governor of Texas and author with
its “Excellence in Communications
Award.” Richard U. Levine, M.D., Vice
Chairman, OB/GYN, New York Presbyterian
Hospital/Columbia University, will
receive NOF’s “Osteoporosis Outreach
Award.” Together, Ms. Richards and Dr.
Levine wrote “I’m Not Slowing Down:
Winning My Battle With Osteoporosis”, a
book which shares her struggle with the
disease. Ethel LeFrak, philanthropist,
will receive the first NOF’s “Women of
Substance” award.
“The Silhouette Ball will be a special
opportunity to pay tribute to the
Honorable Paul G. Rogers, who as NOF’s
Founding Chair, has played a key
critical role in role in advancing the
organization’s mission; to prevent
osteoporosis, to promote lifelong bone
health, to help improve the lives of
those affected by osteoporosis and
related fractures, and to find a cure,”
said Bess Dawson-Hughes, MD, President
of NOF. Dr. Dawson-Hughes is Professor
of Medicine at Tufts University and
Director of the Bone Metabolism
Laboratory at the Jean Mayer United
States Department of Agriculture Human
Nutrition Research Center on Aging at
Tufts University.
Established in 1984, the National
Osteoporosis Foundation is the nation’s
leading voluntary health organization
solely dedicated to osteoporosis and
bone health and strives to make bone
health a reality and a lifelong priority
for all individuals. Additional
information about osteoporosis is
available at
www.nof.org.
Our
special thanks our event supporters
including: Abelson-Taylor, Inc., The
Alliance for Better Bone Health, Amgen
Inc., AstraZeneca, Eli Lilly and
Company, Fisher Scientific International
Inc., Goldman, Sachs & Co., Grey
Healthcare Group/Grey Worldwide, J.P.
Morgan Chase & Co., Merck & Co., Inc.,
Mission Pharmacal Company, Novartis
Pharmaceuticals Corporation, NPS
Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Pfizer Inc.,
Procter & Gamble Pharmaceuticals and
Aventis Pharmaceuticals, Roche and
GlaxoSmithKline, Wyeth.
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