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The charity was founded 1911 [4] as the Society for the Prevention and Relief of Cancer, by Douglas Macmillan following the death of his father from the disease. In 1924, the name was changed to the National Society for Cancer Relief, which it retained until 1989 when it was changed to Cancer Relief Macmillan Fund, later changed again to Macmillan Cancer Relief.
Raising money for Macmillan Cancer Support Harold John Burkhill BEM (born January 1939) is an English fundraiser who was awarded a British Empire Medal for his effort, particularly to fight cancer. Since 2007, he has been raising money for Macmillan Cancer Support under the moniker "Man with the Pram" while dressed in an outfit consisting of a ...
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Haley Odlozil, 30, was initially diagnosed with ovarian cancer one week before Christmas in December 2015. "We were two months out from our wedding," Taylor, 31, tells TODAY.com.
In 1985, he left law for the charity sector, becoming secretary for development at the Sue Ryder Foundation. [5] Between 1990 and 1995, he was Director of UK Operations for the British Red Cross. [4] From 1995 to 2001, he was chief executive of Macmillan Cancer Relief. In July 2001, he returned to the British Red Cross to become its chief ...
Modeled after the state’s $6B cancer research fund, the dementia fund could pump hundreds of millions of dollars into Texas researchers. Texas wants to lead Alzheimer's research like it did with ...
Douglas Macmillan was born on 10 August 1884, in Castle Cary, Somerset, the seventh of eight children of William Macmillan (1844–1911) and his wife Emily, formerly White (1843–1937).
Macmillan Cancer Support, a British charity; McMillan Hotels, a hotel group; McMillan LLP, a Canadian law firm; McMillan Firearms Manufacturing. McMillan TAC-50, a sniper rifle; Macmillan Publishers, a multinational publishing group Macmillan Inc., a now mostly defunct American publishing company; Macmillan of Canada, a Canadian publishing house.