在朋友：了解MD安德森癌症中心局参观者的成员山姆Susser

山姆L. Susser，Susser控股II的总裁兼首席执行官，一直住他的大部分生活在科珀斯克里斯蒂。他和他的妻子凯瑟琳，感到自豪的是他们的女儿和两个儿子表示他们家族的第六代将有提高。他于1985年从得克萨斯大学奥斯汀大学毕业后的第一份工作是在所罗门兄弟公司在纽约的投资银行家。1988年，为应对在得克萨斯州的银行危机，他搬回家，并通过充满挑战的时代支持他的家族企业。他一直的一员MD Anderson自2013年以来,癌症中心监事会serving on the Clinical Operations and Competitive Assessment Advisory Group, the儿童癌症医院顾问委员会小组，在政府关系委员会和执行委员会。

What three words best describe you?

Intense, competitive, loyal.

How did you get involved in the fight against cancer?

By seeing the extraordinary care MD Anderson provided to my father-in-law, George Gilbert, and our dear friend, James Ragan.

What motivates you in advancing MD Anderson’s efforts in Making Cancer History®?

Having witnessed firsthand the savage impact of this disease on family members and close friends, we believe it is vital to invest all we can in the research and trials that will hopefully eradicate cancer, as we have with so many other diseases over the past 75 years.

三年半前，芯片邦纳，我最亲爱的朋友，25年的贸易伙伴，被诊断为胶质母细胞瘤。博士Raymond Sawayaand Dr. Marta Penas-Prado brought absolutely everything that technology and science had to this fight.MD Andersonstaff and leadership brought incredible compassion to Chip and to his loving family. Chip lived three great years from the date of his diagnosis. I can never repay MD Anderson for what they have done for us.

Tell us about your work on the Governmental Relations committee.

I see my role as providing counsel and support to彼得WT Pisters博士, president ofMD Anderson, and Mark Moreno, vice president for Governmental Relations. Much ofMD Anderson的资金来源于政府，并理所当然我们不能把这些美元。民选官员和谁运行他们的办事处和代理机构员工一般不会有直接，第一手的经验MD Andersonand its unique and vital role in the fight against cancer. Our efforts to educate these decision makers and influencers must be continuous, strategic and relentless, because of the fiscal pressure on state and federal budgets that arise from taking care of an aging baby boomer population, unmet needs to improve education and large federal fiscal deficits.

你怎么找到你的BOV服务最有价值的？

眼看马克·莫雷诺和我们的领导团队作为在奥斯汀和华盛顿的决策者的科学和临床教育资源。我对有机会帮助推动启发预防癌症and control efforts through the proposed Tobacco 21 legislation in the 2019 Texas legislative session. Raising the legal age for buying tobacco from 18 to 21 would ultimately save hundreds of thousands of lives and tens of billions of dollars in health care costs. I am also grateful whenever we can assist a new patient access this great institution.

任何爱好，兴趣在工作之外，安德森？

Although I haven’t played competitively in over 20 years, I remain an avid golfer and love trying to improve while enjoying fellowship with the many dear friends who share my passion for the game. Sometimes it seems silly for a grown man to enjoy the game of golf as much as I do. It is remarkable how many business and personal friendships I have because of golf. I look forward to hopefully spending more time on the course when I get to the next stage in life.

My wife and I are huge believers in health care and education, and we both devote a lot of time and resources trying to make a difference. For example, I have served on the Driscoll Board (the Children’s Hospital System in South Texas) for 18 years, and I am currently chairman and very active on a number of boards that serve The University of Texas at Austin. I am especially proud of Catherine’s efforts to improve literacy, and she currently serves as president of the Corpus Christi Independent School District Board of Trustees. She has really had a positive impact on so many children.

什么是生命中最重要的？

老实说，对我们来说，这是我们的孩子。像每一个我所知道的父母，我们只是高兴，因为我们不快乐的孩子。我们已接近空巢老人，和我们尽情享受每分钟，我们可以与他们同在，并已成为越来越多的保护我们的日历。

随着岁月的流逝通过，我成了我们父母的无条件的爱和我们亲密的家人和朋友为我们提供了对于提高我们的孩子，支撑着企业的支持更多，更珍惜我们领导和民选官员，我们指望。我们将无法支持MD Anderson, Driscoll Children’s Hospital and the schools and universities if we didn’t have such a “village” standing by our side.