E-mail a friendNovember 19, 2004
Lou Weisbach and Dr. Rick Boxer explain their American Center for Cures initiative. Husband-and-wife entertainers Marilyn McCoo and Billy Davis, Jr. reflect on the challenges of marriage.
Dr. Rick Boxer
Dr. Rick Boxer
Dr. Rick Boxer is a well-known Milwaukee urologist. He's a one-time finalist for U.S. Surgeon General and was advisor to the president and vice president in the Clinton-Gore administration. He also led the first physician's mission to Israel. A health care reform proponent, Boxer is pushing for the American Center for Cures that would have as its sole purpose finding cures for everything from AIDS to cancer. The initiative would also create a cabinet-level position focusing on deadly diseases.
Lou Weisbach
Lou Weisbach
Founder of Ha-Lo, the world's largest promotional products company, Lou Weisbach started out selling T-shirts from his car trunk and went on to build a $650 million empire. Weisbach is a former high school basketball coach who believes coaching underdogs taught him how to succeed. That skill will come in handy as he tries to implement the American Center For Cures - an initiative that would change the focus of medical research. Weisbach says disease affects more people around the world than terrorism does.
Marilyn McCoo & Billy Davis, Jr.
Marilyn McCoo & Billy Davis, Jr.
Grammy-winning husband-and-wife team Marilyn McCoo and Billy Davis, Jr. earned fame as lead singers of the 5th Dimension. After a decade with the pop group, they set out on their own and continued to enjoy success individually and as a duo. The couple starred in their own network primetime TV series, on stage and in sold-out concerts. Married for over 33 years, they recently penned Up, Up, and Away - their story of finding love, faith and lasting marriage in the entertainment world.