For Immediate Release—Thursday, Nov. 17, 2006
Contact:
Mary E. McCrank
Media Relations Officer
(585) 245-5516
SUNY Geneseo Alumna to Return to Campus to Sign
Copies of Her Book About Breast Cancer Walks in America
GENESEO, N.Y.—Deborah Murphy, who graduated from the
State University of New York at Geneseo in 1984, will return to campus Tuesday,
Nov. 28, to talk with students and sign copies of her book about breast cancer.
Murphy will sign copies of her 2005 book, "Why We Walk: The Inspirational Journey Toward a Cure for
Breast Cancer," at 4 p.m. at McClellan House, located at 26 Main St. in
the village of Geneseo. A reception sponsored by the Geneseo Alumni Association
will follow. The event is free and open to the public.
Murphy will talk earlier in the day to Geneseo students as part of the college's Geneseo Opportunities for
Leadership Development (GOLD) program. Her talk, "Communication Skills:
Stories About Media Publishing," will go from 12:45-1:45 p.m. in the Hunt Room
in the MacVittie College Union.
Murphy edited the book, which is
a tribute to the millions of people who walk in order
to raise awareness and money to combat breast cancer. The book includes 200
color photographs by Paula Lerner. The photographs and stories are of survivors
and those whose friends or family have been afflicted with this disease. It
celebrates the spirit of the thousands of women—and increasing
number of men—who every year crowd the streets of America's major cities
to walk mile after grueling mile in the Avon Walks for Breast Cancer, Susan G.
Komen Race for the Cure and Breast Cancer 3-Daywalks and the American Cancer
Society's Making Strides Against Breast Cancer.
A media consultant and vice
president/owner of Lionheart Books Ltd., Murphy has spent 20 years in the media
field, working for Turner Broadcasting Systems (CNN, Turner International and
Turner Publishing) and starting a book packaging company that produced two New
York Times Best Sellers.
Murphy, of Chamblee, Ga., received
her bachelor's degree in communication and political science from Geneseo.
For more information about Murphy's book, go to www.rutledgehillpress.com.
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