Michael Milken
Survivor Inductee

Drew Nieporent
Humanitarian, 2005

Senator John Mc.Cain
2004 Inductee

Deirdre and Don Imus
Humanitarian Award

Geraldine Ferraro, Fran and Jack Dalessandro
2003 Inductee

Ken Langone
2003 Humanitarian Award

Patrick McMullan
2002 Inductee

Douglas McCormick
2002 Humanitarian Award

Mayor Rudolph Giuliani
2001 Inductee

Nancy Brinker
2000 Inductee

Carol M. Baldwin
1999 Inductee

Jill Eikenberry
1998 Inductee

Harry Belafonte
1998 Inductee

William R. Johnston
1998 Humanitarian Award

Linda Ellerbee
1997 Inductee

Mayor Rudolph Giuliani

Mayor Rudolph Giuliani
Named to Cancer Survivors Hall of Fame

In September of 2000, New York City's Mayor Rudolph Giuliani ended months of personal deliberation over the best course of treatment for his prostate cancer by receiving radiation implants at Mount Sinai Medical Center rather than undergoing a more invasive surgical.

"We will induct Mayor Giuliani into the Cancer Survivors Hall of Fame on September 20 to honor his personal courage in meeting the fight with cancer with determined resolve," said Richard Rose, CR&T Board President. "His private and public battle with prostate cancer brought to the public eye the consequences of the individual struggle with treatment. With that decision he brought encouragement to all who struggle with cancer."
This act of choosing a treatment brought to a close a very public battle with a very private disease and opened another chapter of in the personal, political and public story of Rudy Giuliani, a man used to controversy and struggle throughout his life.
Mayor Giuliani was born to a working class family in Brooklyn. As the grandson of Italian immigrants, Mayor Giuliani learned a strong work ethic and a deep respect for America's ideal of equal opportunity. In 1970, Giuliani joined the office of the U.S. Attorney. At age 29, he was named Chief of the Narcotics Unit and rose to serve as Executive US Attorney. Later he served as Associate Deputy Attorney General and chief of staff to the Deputy Attorney General and finally Associate Attorney General supervising all of the US Attorney Offices' Federal law enforcement agencies, the Bureau of Corrections, the Drug Enforcement Agency, and the US Marshals. In 1983, Giuliani was appointed US Attorney for the Southern District of New York, where he spearheaded the effort to jail drug dealers, fight organized crime, break the web of corruption in government, and prosecute white-collar criminals. Few US Attorneys in history can match his record of 4,152 convictions with only 25 reversals. After a close campaign for mayor in 1989, Giuliani came to office in 1993. In 1997 he was re-elected by a wide margin, carrying four out of New York City's five boroughs. As Mayor, Rudy Giuliani has returned accountability to City government and improved the quality of life for all New Yorkers. Under his leadership, overall crime is down 57%, murder has been reduced 65%, and New York City - once infamous around the world for its dangerous streets - has been recognized by the F.B.I. as the safest large city in America for the past five years. The Mayor's agenda included welfare reform, creating a successful welfare-to-work model program, creating an accountable and effective protector of the city's children, raising the standards of the largest city school system on the country, and improving the quality of life for New Yorkers. Over the last eight years, the image of New York has been successfully reversed to one of a city with a vibrant vision of growth. Under Rudy Giuliani's leadership, New York City has become the best-known example of the resurgence of urban America. From his successful clean up of Times Square and other public spaces around the City to the closing the Fresh Kills landfill on Staten Island, Mayor Giuliani has worked tirelessly to pass New York to the next generation better and more beautiful than it was before he entered office. On Thursday, November 29, at Bayard's, Mayor Rudi Giuliani will be inducted into the Cancer Survivors Hall of Fame.