- Sharon Monsky
Sharon Monsky (
October 23 ,1953 inOmaha, Nebraska -May 11 ,2002 ) was the founder of the [http://www.srfcure.org/srf/index.htm Scleroderma Research Foundation] . [cite web|url=http://www.srfcure.org/srf/about.htm|title=Scleroderma Research Foundation - About Us|accessdate=2006-09-12]Monsky was an Olympics
figure skating contenderFact|date=June 2007, winning the "Senior Ladies Gold Medal Compulsory Skating Award" in 1965.cite web|url = http://www.srfcure.org/nl/nl20web.pdf | title = Sharon Monsky: A True Hero | accessdate = 2006-09-12]Monsky received a BA in
Economics atPitzer College , where she also met her future husband Mark Scher. She later received her MBA fromStanford University in 1980, while living inSan Francisco working on thePacific Stock Exchange .In 1982, while working as a
management consultant for McKinsey & Co. Inc., Monsky was diagnosed withscleroderma and was told she had only two years to live. In reaction to the lack of awareness of the disease in the medical community, she went on to found the Scleroderma Research Foundation in 1986, an organization dedicated to finding a cure.In 1996, Monsky appeared in the ABC TV movie "
For Hope " alongside her friendDana Delany . [imdb name|id=0598659|name=Sharon Monsky]After living 18 years beyond the original prognosis, Monsky died at 48 years of age, due to complications resulting from the disease.
Quotes
*"I'm in the business of finding a cure for scleroderma...and the best thing of all is that I'm in the business to go out of business."
External links
* [http://www.srfcure.org/ Scleroderma Research Foundation]
References
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