Susan G. Komen for the Cure Founder to Receive Webster University's George Herbert Walker School of Business & Technology 2012 Person of the Year Award

ST. LOUIS, June 22, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Ambassador Nancy Brinker, founder and CEO of Susan G. Komen for the Cure, is the 2012 recipient of Webster University's George Herbert Walker School of Business & Technology Person of the Year Award. Ambassador Brinker will receive the honor following a public address on Webster University's home campus in St. Louis, Mo. at 10 a.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 10, 2012. Registration for the event is at webster.edu/speakers. 

Ambassador Brinker's work and dedication has made the name of her sister, Susan G. Komen, synonymous with hope for families in the fight against breast cancer. Ambassador Brinker's promise to her dying sister to put an end to the shame, pain, fear and hopelessness caused by the disease sparked the global breast cancer movement. Twenty-seven years later, Komen for the Cure is the world's largest grassroots network of breast cancer survivors and activists fighting to save lives by investing more than $1.9 billion in breast cancer research, education, screening and treatment.  The Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure®, which the ambassador founded in 1983, is now the world's largest and most successful education and fundraising event for breast cancer.

"The Walker School of Business & Technology has a rich tradition of recognizing individuals whose contributions and impact are felt across the world," said Webster President Dr. Elizabeth (Beth) J. Stroble.  "Ambassador Brinker's dedication to the fight against breast cancer exemplifies her unwavering commitment and her vision for a global organization focused on eradicating a disease that remains a serious threat to women's health."

"Ambassador Brinker's passion for success is unmatched," says Dr. Benjamin Ola. Akande, dean of the George Herbert Walker School of Business & Technology.  "Her steadfast determination to rid the world of breast cancer has given millions of women and their families support and hope in their darkest hours of need.  This award is bestowed on transformational leaders who impact the world by being catalysts for positive change.  Ambassador Brinker epitomizes the very essence of this honor."  


Brinker, herself a breast cancer survivor, was U.S. Ambassador to Hungary from 2001 to 2003 and U.S. Chief of Protocol in the George W. Bush administration. In 2009, President Barack Obama named Brinker a recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation's highest civilian honor, for her work to end breast cancer.  She serves as the World Health Organization's Goodwill Ambassador for Cancer Control, is the author of four books, including the New York Times best-seller "Promise Me," about Komen's growth from a promise made to her sister to the global organization of today, and has been named one of TIME magazine's 100 Most Influential People.

Past recipients of Webster University's Person of the Year include Sam Palmisano, recently retired chairman/president/CEO of IBM; Jack Dorsey, chairman/founder of Twitter; and Ed Whitacre; and former chairman/CEO of General Motors and former chairman/CEO of AT&T.  

With its home campus in St. Louis, Webster University (www.webster.edu) is the only Tier 1, private, non-profit U.S.-based university providing a network of international residential campuses.  Founded in 1915, Webster University's campus network today includes metropolitan, military and corporate locations around the world, as well as traditional campuses in Asia, Europe and North America. The university is committed to delivering high-quality learning experiences that transform students for global citizenship and individual excellence.

SOURCE Webster University

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