PCRI News
Harry Pinchot Wins Bill Dehn Award
Saturday, June 19, 2004
Long Beach, CA –- Prostate Cancer Research Institute’s
(PCRI) Harry Pinchot is the recipient of the American Cancer Society’s
2004 Bill Dehn Memorial Award for the Most Inspirational Prostate Cancer
Survivor. As PCRI’s Program Director, Pinchot spends hours on
the phone manning the Prostate Cancer Hotline and helping hundreds
of men a year. Since his own diagnosis in 1995, Pinchot has made educating
men with prostate cancer his life’s passion. He guides three
prostate cancer support groups and has given lectures in minority communities
urging regular checkups. He was also the driving force behind several
Prostate Cancer Public Forums.
The award was presented June 19 at the American Cancer Society’s
third annual Prostate Cancer Symposium at the Grand Long Beach Event
Center. Because of a previous engagement, Pinchot was unable to attend,
but his daughter Kathy Thalman accepted the award on her father’s
behalf.
For more information or assistance, contact the PCRI
Helpline at 310.743.2110 or visit www.pcri.org.