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March of Dimes is a United States nonprofit organization that works to improve the health of mothers and babies. [1] The organization was founded by US President Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1938, as the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis, to combat polio. The name "March of Dimes" was coined by Eddie Cantor.
Kenneth A. May is the former CEO of FedEx Office, and chairman of the March of Dimes' board of trustees. In November 2011, he was appointed president of Krispy Kreme, and later in July 2014, May became President and CEO of Topgolf International, Inc. In November 2018, May joined golf entertainment company, Drive Shack Inc. as CEO.
Cracchiolo is a member of the American Council of Life Insurers, the Business and Financial Services Roundtables, and the Minnesota Business Partnership. [13] [14] He is also a member of the Board of Advisors of the March of Dimes Foundation. [15]
Between 1951 and 1955, contributions to March of Dimes doubled to $250 million, which the organization's fundraising department attributed to the nationwide introduction of the Mothers' March on Polio calling the campaign, "the single greatest activity in the entire March of Dimes." [2] The Mothers' March on Polio mobilized millions, increased ...
Council served as Chair of the National Board of Trustees for the March of Dimes since 2011. She has been a volunteer for the organization since the age of five. She reports that working to ensure that more women have healthy pregnancies and healthy babies is a cause that is personal for her because her son Troy was a premature baby. [11]
She is a former member of the Clinical Advisory Board of Verinata Health, an Illumina company. [11] In 2014, Bianchi was the lead author on a study published in the New England Journal of Medicine that examined cell-free fetal DNA test performance in a general obstetrical population. This study showed that cell-free DNA testing had lower false ...
It’s now named in recognition of Dr. Richard B. Johnston, Jr. MD, March of Dimes Medical Director when the Prize was initiated. Dr. Johnston, Jr. is a member of the National Academy of Medicine. It carries a cash award "to scientific leaders who have pioneered research to advance our understanding of prenatal development and pregnancy [1]".
John Harrison Finger was born on November 24, 1915, in Hartsville, South Carolina, to John Pinkney and Mary Jane (Meekins) Finger.He was the 6th of 10 children. The family moved around a lot because his father was a heavy drinker and therefore had a hard time holding a job.