For Immediate Release
Office of the Press Secretary
May 23, 2001
President Bush to Nominate Brinker to be Ambassador of the United
States to Hungary
President George W. Bush today announced his intention to nominate
Nancy Goodman Brinker to be Ambassador Extraordinary and
Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Republic of
Hungary.
"Nancy Brinker is a committed community leader whose efforts in the
United States and around the world to raise breast cancer awareness
have saved countless lives. Nancy will serve with
distinction as our next Ambassador to the Republic of Hungary," said
President Bush.
Brinker is the Founding Chair of the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer
Foundation in Dallas, Texas. She started the Foundation in
1992 and today the Foundation has 114 national affiliates and offices
in Greece, German and Italy. The Susan G. Komen Foundation
sponsors the Race for the Cure, the largest series of 5K fitness runs
in the world. Additionally, she is a Member of the Board of
Directors of US Oncology, Inc. She served on the
Presidential Cancer Panel from 1990 to 1992 and was a member of the
National Cancer Advisory Board from 1986 to 1992. She has
received numerous awards for her work, including being named one
Ladies' Home Journal 100 Most Important Women of the 20th Century and
Albert Einstein's Sarnoff Volunteer Award. A resident of
Palm Beach Florida, she is a graduate of the University of Illinois.
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