MEDIA ADVISORY
August 17, 2007

James E. Class, Jr., RN, Selected for
Sandra C. Genco Award

WHAT'S HAPPENING:
Roswell Park Cancer Institute (RPCI) will present the sixth annual Sandra C. Genco Excellence in Oncology Nursing Award to James E. Class, Jr., RN, a nurse with over 16 years experience. The award is given annually to a Roswell Park nurse for demonstrating compassion and respect for patients' individual needs and goals. It is named for the late Sandra C. Genco, a longtime fundraising volunteer for Roswell Park. Mrs. Genco passed away in January, 2002, after her own long struggle with cancer. Her family chose to establish a permanent endowed fund in her honor, which allows for the annual recognition program and its $1,000 honorarium.

WHERE:
Roswell Park's Gaylord-Cary Meeting Room, Research Studies Center
Elm & Carlton Streets

WHEN:
Friday, August 17, 2007

• 3:15 - 3:30 pm
  • Remarks by Judy L. Smith, MD, MS, Medical Director, Clinical Affairs, RPCI
  • Philip L. McCarthy, MD, Chief, Div. of Blood and Marrow Transplantation, RPCI
  • Robert J. Genco, DDS, PhD, husband of the late Sandra C. Genco
  • James E. Class, Jr., 2007 Honoree
• 3:30 - 4 pm
  • Reception in Roswell Park's Gaylord-Cary Meeting Room

About the Sandra C. Genco Excellence in Oncology Nursing Award at Roswell Park
When Sandy Genco passed away in January 2002 from her cancer, there was an outpouring of gifts made in her memory, so her family chose to establish a permanent endowed fund to honor her memory. The fund's annual distribution is proudly given as an award to a registered nurse at Roswell Park whose work exemplifies the type of caregiving that Sandy and her family received while she was a patient. The winner of this award is selected each year through a competitive nomination process after review of applications sent by patients, family members and faculty and staff at RPCI.

The Roswell Park Alliance Foundation
The Roswell Park Alliance Foundation, founded in 1991, is a not-for-profit organization formed to receive and administer funds to support scientific and clinical research, state-of-the-art medical care, and patient-related activities at Roswell Park Cancer Institute (RPCI).