NCI Presents the First Eleanor Nealon Extraordinary Communicators Award to ABC News Special Correspondent Robert Krulwich at NIH on June 16, 2000

National Cancer Institute
Thursday, 8 June 2000

The Eleanor Nealon Extraordinary Communicators Lecture Series, sponsored by the National Cancer Institute (NCI), will be launched at noon on Friday, June 16, 2000, in Masur Auditorium in Building 10 on the National Institutes of Health (NIH) campus. The series honors Eleanor Nealon, an NCI employee who displayed passion and persuasion in her communication and advocacy work until breast cancer claimed her life in 1999. The Extraordinary Communicators award is a tribute to outstanding communicators who have advanced the science of communication and/or the communication of science through their professional and/or personal experiences.

ABC News Special Correspondent Robert Krulwich is the inaugural awardee. At noon on June 16th he will offer a stimulating commentary on cancer, its impact on society, and the translation of scientific information about cancer to the public. Krulwich regularly appears on Nightline and Good Morning America and has received numerous awards for his reporting, in which he uses humor and entertainment to educate and enlighten.

The lectures are free and open to the public; members of the press should notify Nicole Gottlieb in the NCI Press Office at (301) 496-6641 if they plan to attend. As parking on the NIH campus is extremely limited, attendees are encouraged to use the Metro for transportation. The NIH campus can be easily accessed via the Medical Center stop of the Metro's Red Line. Campus shuttle buses are also available from the metro stop to Building 10, running approximately every 10 minutes.

For more information about the Eleanor Nealon lectures, please visit the Series Web site at http://dccps.nci.nih.gov/excl/. For more information about cancer, please visit NCI's Web site at http://www.cancer.gov.

For more information, or to contact National Cancer Institute, see their website at: www.cancer.gov