“I’m probably the oldest person on the list!”
That was what Ambassador Nancy Brinker told Yeas & Nays on the day she was named one of Time magazine’s 100 most influential people in the world. Brinker is the founder of Susan G. Komen for the Cure, an organization named after her sister, who died from breast cancer in 1980. Brinker is also the chief of protocol of the United States.
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Time’s list includes everyone from the Dalai Lama and Sen. John McCain to George Clooney and Angelina Jolie — and Brinker is humbled to be in such company.
“I’m not a celebrity!” she said. “I don’t have blue eyes, and I don’t get to go to Italy in the summer.” Still, the honor did yield Brinker praise on another front: a congratulatory phone call from her mother.
“I’m very honored,” said Brinker, “but I’m mostly grateful to the people who helped me build this organization. They deserve this as much as I do.” The tribute to Brinker was written by Cokie Roberts, a breast cancer survivor.
