Evelyn H. Lauder is the Founder and Chairman of The Breast Cancer Research Foundation. In 1989, Mrs. Lauder started the fundraising drive that established the Evelyn H. Lauder Breast Center at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York City, the first ever breast and diagnostic center that has become a model for similar facilities around the world.

In October 1992, she and Alexandra Penney, then editor of Self magazine, developed the pink ribbon, which we all recognize as the worldwide symbol of breast health. In 1993, she turned her attention to helping the world’s top medical and scientific researchers, and established The Breast Cancer Research Foundation as an independent, not-for-profit 501 (c)(3) organization dedicated to funding innovative clinical and genetic research.

Since then, The Breast Cancer Research Foundation has raised more than $180 million dollars.

For more information about The Breast Cancer Research Foundation, please visit www.bcrf.org.

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