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"The American Cancer Society is a nationwide, community-based voluntary health organization. Headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, the ACS has state divisions and more than 3,400 local offices." Official Website: <a href="http://www.cancer.org/">http://www.cancer.org/</a> Location: <a href="/geo/407/000069200/" class=proflink>Atlanta, GA</a> Founding Date: 22-May-1913<table border=1 class="sortable bordered" id="sort_actors"> <tr><th>Name</th><th>Occupation</th><th>Birth</th><th>Death</th><th>Known for</th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/636/000100336/">Christian Anfinsen</a></td> <td><center>Chemist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>26-Mar-1916</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>14-May-1995</tt></td> <td>Protein structure and folding</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/783/000129396/">George Beadle</a></td> <td><center>Scientist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>22-Oct-1903</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>9-Jun-1989</tt></td> <td>One gene, one enzyme theory</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/828/000024756/">Johnny Bench</a></td> <td><center>Baseball</center></td> <td align=right><tt>7-Dec-1947</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Hall of Fame catcher</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/631/000100331/">Paul Berg</a></td> <td><center>Chemist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>30-Jun-1926</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Pioneer in recombinant DNA</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/888/000208264/">Elizabeth H. Blackburn</a></td> <td><center>Scientist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>26-Nov-1948</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Co-Discoverer of telomerase</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/371/000044239/">Kathleen Blanco</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>15-Dec-1942</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Governor of Louisiana</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/054/000104739/">Erma Bombeck</a></td> <td><center>Columnist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>21-Feb-1927</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>22-Apr-1996</tt></td> <td>The Grass is Always Greener</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/220/000118863/">Rudy Boschwitz</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>7-Nov-1930</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>US Senator from Minnesota, 1978-91</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/509/000169999/">Kirbyjon H. Caldwell</a></td> <td><center>Religion</center></td> <td align=right><tt>c. 1954</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Windsor Village United Methodist Church</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/056/000210423/">Doyle E. Carlton</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>6-Jul-1885</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>25-Oct-1972</tt></td> <td>Governor of Florida, 1929-33</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/308/000127924/">Kimberly A. Casiano</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>21-Dec-1957</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>President of Casiano Communications, 1994-2009</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/769/000100469/">Thomas R. Cech</a></td> <td><center>Chemist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>8-Dec-1947</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Proved enzyme role of RNA</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/462/000179922/">Erwin Chargaff</a></td> <td><center>Biologist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>11-Aug-1905</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>20-Jun-2002</tt></td> <td>Biochemist at Columbia University</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/951/000167450/">Sue Bell Cobb</a></td> <td><center>Judge</center></td> <td align=right><tt>1956</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Alabama Chief Justice</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/687/000132291/">Stanley Cohen</a></td> <td><center>Scientist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>17-Nov-1922</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Nerve and skin cell growth factors</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/510/000275682/">Stanley N. Cohen</a></td> <td><center>Biologist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>17-Feb-1935</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Recombinant DNA</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/837/000031744/">Joan Crawford</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>23-Mar-1905</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>10-May-1977</tt></td> <td>What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/845/000085590/">Len Dawson</a></td> <td><center>Football</center></td> <td align=right><tt>20-Jun-1935</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>KC Chiefs Quarterback</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/562/000168058/">Charles Easley</a></td> <td><center>Judge</center></td> <td align=right><tt>c. 1950</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Justice, Mississippi Supreme Court</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/767/000169260/">Doris F. Fisher</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>1932</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Co-Founder of The Gap</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/654/000170144/">J. Michael Fitzpatrick</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>c. 1946</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>President of Rohm and Haas, 1999-2005</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/585/000037474/">Martin Frost</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>1-Jan-1942</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Congressman from Texas, 1979-2005</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/634/000100334/">Walter Gilbert</a></td> <td><center>Chemist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>21-Mar-1932</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Sequencing techniques for DNA</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/487/000024415/">Newt Gingrich</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>17-Jun-1943</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Speaker of the House, 1995-99</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/244/000032148/">Lindsey Graham</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>9-Jul-1955</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>US Senator from South Carolina</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/073/000038956/">Jeb Hensarling</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>29-May-1957</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Congressman, Texas 5th</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/316/000129926/">Robert W. Holley</a></td> <td><center>Scientist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>28-Jan-1922</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>11-Feb-1993</tt></td> <td>RNA's role in protein synthesis</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/199/000169689/">Sherrill W. Hudson</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>c. 1943</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>CEO of TECO Energy</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/906/000122540/">Brenda LaGrange Johnson</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>?</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>US Ambassador to Jamaica</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/588/000024516/">Gladys Knight</a></td> <td><center>Singer</center></td> <td align=right><tt>28-May-1944</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Lords dominion over The Pips</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/087/000161601/">Brian Krolicki</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>31-Dec-1960</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Lt. Governor of Nevada</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/521/000024449/">Patti LaBelle</a></td> <td><center>Singer</center></td> <td align=right><tt>24-May-1944</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Lady Marmalade</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/775/000207154/">Bert Lance</a></td> <td><center>Government</center></td> <td align=right><tt>3-Jun-1931</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>15-Aug-2013</tt></td> <td>OMB Director, 1977</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/760/000169253/">James A. Lash</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>4-May-1944</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Manchester Principal LLC</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/654/000205039/">Albert Lasker</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>1-May-1880</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>30-May-1952</tt></td> <td>Advertising executive and medical research patron</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/655/000205040/">Mary Lasker</a></td> <td><center>Activist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>30-Nov-1900</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>21-Feb-1994</tt></td> <td>Health care advocate</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/955/000208331/">Boyce F. Martin, Jr.</a></td> <td><center>Judge</center></td> <td align=right><tt>23-Oct-1935</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>6th Circuit Court of Appeals</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/618/000171105/">John Mendelsohn</a></td> <td><center>Biologist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>31-Aug-1936</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Cancer researcher</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/850/000023781/">Lee Meriwether</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>27-May-1935</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Miss America 1955</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/191/000116840/">Bob Miller</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>30-Mar-1945</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Governor of Nevada, 1989-99</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/386/000170873/">Claude B. Nielsen</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>c. 1951</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Coca-Cola Bottling Company United</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/347/000129957/">Marshall W. Nirenberg</a></td> <td><center>Scientist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>10-Apr-1927</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>15-Jan-2010</tt></td> <td>RNA's role in protein synthesis</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/138/000025063/">Queen Noor</a></td> <td><center>Royalty</center></td> <td align=right><tt>23-Aug-1951</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Queen of Jordan</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/774/000023705/">Gregory Peck</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>5-Apr-1916</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>12-Jun-2003</tt></td> <td>To Kill A Mockingbird</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/087/000205469/">Matthew Perkins</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>23-Nov-1911</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>31-Dec-1990</tt></td> <td>Founder of Perkins Restaurant and Bakery</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/939/000168435/">Patrick S. Pittard</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>c. 1945</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>CEO of Heidrick & Struggles, 1997-2002</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/320/000025245/">Wolfgang Puck</a></td> <td><center>Chef</center></td> <td align=right><tt>8-Jul-1949</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Spago restaurant</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/882/000161399/">Monroe Rathbone</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>1-Mar-1900</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>2-Aug-1976</tt></td> <td>Formed Exxon</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/292/000032196/">Harry Reid</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>2-Dec-1939</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>US Senate Minority Leader</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/893/000141470/">George E. Sangmeister</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>16-Feb-1931</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>7-Oct-2007</tt></td> <td>Congressman from Illinois, 1989-95</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/985/000168481/">Glenn S. Schafer</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>c. 1949</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>President of Pacific Life, 1995-2005</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/431/000119074/">Manuel N. Stamatakis</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>c. 1948</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Capital Management Enterprises</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/481/000100181/">Wendell M. Stanley</a></td> <td><center>Chemist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>16-Aug-1904</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>15-Jun-1971</tt></td> <td>First to crystallize a virus</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/897/000129510/">Edward Tatum</a></td> <td><center>Scientist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>14-Dec-1909</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>7-Nov-1975</tt></td> <td>One gene, one enzyme theory</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/368/000130975/">Howard M. Temin</a></td> <td><center>Scientist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>10-Dec-1934</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>9-Feb-1994</tt></td> <td>Tumor viruses and host genetics</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/946/000172430/">Robert I. Toll</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>c. 1941</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Co-Founder of Toll Brothers</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/207/000132808/">Harold E. Varmus</a></td> <td><center>Scientist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>18-Dec-1939</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Genetic causes of cancer</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/538/000104226/">Andrew von Eschenbach</a></td> <td><center>Government</center></td> <td align=right><tt>30-Oct-1941</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>FDA Commissioner, 2005-09</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/908/000124536/">William J. 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