Like all the committees of the Society, they deliver importantly. Members are expected to and they do. They fund projects which at inception are often too embryonic to receive financial support. Some of their ventures have gone on to become major research programs supported by the National Cancer Institute and other constituent members of the NIH as well as the American Cancer Society and private philanthropies. The mood tonight was very up, very jovial.
People love getting up in costumes.
Those who do it generally really seem to be enjoying it. It brings out the ham in some, the mystery in others. One guy came as a skunk. This party had a lot of movie siren personalities. Because she looked about as much like Marilyn Monroe as I look like Lassie.