Oilman and Philanthropist Lester Smith to Appear on Tim Connolly's Winning Strategies January 28, 2011 at 1:00 p.m. ET on CBS Radio Houston Talk 650

HOUSTON, Jan. 27, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Oilman and philanthropist Lester Smith appears on Winning Strategies Friday, January 28 at 1:00 p.m.  Mr. Smith discusses his new book "You Gotta Dance Like No One's Watching" (www.yougottadance.org).  Proceeds from sales of the book benefit breast cancer and genomic research.  The book was selected by Mrs. Barbara Bush for inclusion in the April 28 Celebration of Reading event benefitting the Barbara Bush Foundation for Family Literacy.  Listen at www.winningstrategies.net.  Tim Connolly's Winning Strategies is broadcast on CBS Radio 650 AM Houston and to over 200 affiliate stations nationwide on the CRN Digital Talk Radio Network on CRN 4, with local affiliate stations listed at www.crntalk.com.

About Lester and Sue Smith:  Lester's battles with cancer -- and his fierceness in overcoming them -- prompted him to turn his own personal battle with cancer into a very public campaign to raise awareness of the disease, encourage early detection and fund critical cancer research at the Texas Medical Center.  

Smith has supported many philanthropic causes in medical research and patient care.  He is the third largest donor to Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, Texas where his significant gifts established The Lester and Sue Smith Breast Center and The Lester and Sue Smith Urology Clinic, named in their honor.  Smith has also endowed three chairs at the College for Urologic Education, Research and Reproductive Medicine, and a chair in pediatric urology at Texas Children's Hospital.  He has also been a major donor to M.D. Anderson Cancer Center and The University of Texas Health Science Center where The Lester Smith Cardiovascular Training Center is located.  He is a frequent national speaker and contributor on cancer survivorship and has served as a peer counselor for hundreds of prostate and bladder cancer patients and their families.  

Previous guests of Tim Connolly's Winning Strategies (formerly Corporate Strategies) have included former SEC Chairman Arthur Levitt, Changewave's Tobin Smith, CNBC "Mad Money" Host Jim Cramer, Gamco's Mario Gabelli, Muriel Siebert, U.S. Senator and Presidential Candidate John McCain, Enterprise Products CEO Dan Duncan, Celgene's CEO John Jackson, Landry's CEO Tilman Fertitta, former Compaq CEO Eckard Pfeiffer, Money Manager Louis Navellier, and many others.  

Tim Connolly's Winning Strategies is live talk radio...with the Titans of Business who move financial markets! The show is hosted by Tim Connolly, CEO of Corporate Strategies Merchant Bankers. The Executive Producer of the show is broadcast news veteran Jan Carson, an award winning journalist with more than 20 years experience as a top rated television news anchor and reporter for NBC, ABC and CBS network affiliates.

SOURCE Corporate Strategies

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