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For Immediate Release:
October 1, 2004
For Further Information:
Scott Kramer, Communications Coordinator
(212) 308-1414
skramer@americangeriatrics.org
HEALTH IN AGING TAKES SPOTLIGHT AT LIFETIME OF CARING GALA
AGS Foundation Lauds Leaders in Business, Civil Rights at 5th Annual Event
New York, NY-The American Geriatrics Society's Foundation for Health in Aging will honor famed nonagenarian civil rights leader Dr. Dorothy I. Height and Pfizer Global Pharmaceuticals President Karen Katen at its fifth annual Lifetime of Caring Gala. The annual celebration of life and healthy aging will be held on Tuesday, October 26 at 6:30 PM at the Pierre Hotel in New York City.
Dr. Height, whose 2003 autobiography Open Wide the Freedom Gates chronicled her decades at the forefront of civil rights activism, will receive the FHA 2004 Lifetime of Caring Award. The award pays tribute to individuals whose exemplary public service has made a significant contribution to care, not only for our older loved ones, but also for ourselves as we age. Dr. Height, who served as president of the National Council of Negro Women for more than 30 years, has received many of the nation's highest honors, including the Presidential Medal of Freedom and the Congressional Gold Medal, and was an advisor to presidents and congressional leaders throughout her distinguished career. She joins the distinguished company of previous Lifetime of Caring honorees President Jimmy Carter and Mrs. Rosalynn Carter, Dr. Sidney Katz, Dr. Maya Angelou, and Ambassador Corinne "Lindy" Boggs.
One of the most recognized business leaders in the U.S., Ms. Karen Katen, president of Pfizer Global Pharmaceuticals, Executive Vice President of Pfizer Inc. and a member of the Pfizer Leadership Team, the governing management body of Pfizer, will be honored with the FHA's Discovery Award. Ms. Katen also serves on the board of the National Alliance for Hispanic Health, Catalyst, the national board of trustees for the American Cancer Society Research Foundation, RAND, The Council for the US and Italy and is a member of the American Diabetes Association Board of Corporate Advisors. The FHA Discovery Award recognizes trailblazers who demonstrate a commitment to converting research into improvements in the lives of older adults.
Members of the media interested in attending this event are urged to call (212) 308-1414 by October 15 to reserve a place at the press table. More information can be found by visiting
http://www.healthinaging.org/about/events/gala_2004.php.
In 1999, the American Geriatrics Society reached beyond its traditional role as a professional clinical society to establish the AGS Foundation for Health in Aging (FHA). The FHA aims to build a bridge between the research and practice of geriatrics health care professionals and the public, and to advocate on behalf of older adults and their special needs: wellness and preventive care, self-responsibility and independence, and connections to the family and community.
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