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Ron Kowach Ron Kowach
Allegheny Cancer Center Network
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania


I am a graduate of Carnegie Mellon University with a degree in Electrical Engineering. In the past I have worked for General Electric and Honeywell. I am currently retired but have taught several subjects in the field of science at a local college. I have four children: three boys and a girl who live out-of-state. My interests include bicycling, swimming, target shooting, and working out at the local YMCA.
Jim Marshall Jim Marshall
London Health Sciences Centre
London, Ontario, Canada


My name is Jim Marshall and I live in London, Ontario, Canada. I have spent most of my life in the general insurance industry. In 1980 I started my own insurance brokerage and I am still associated with it today. My wife Joan is a volunteer in the Prostate Cancer Research Centre at our local hospital, London Health Sciences Centre (LHSC). I have three grown children and seven grandchildren. I enjoy golfing, gardening and traveling. I had three brothers: two prostate cancer survivors, and one who did not. This leads to my keen interest in SELECT. I am concerned for the future health of my two sons, three grandsons and seven nephews. One adult nephew has already been treated for prostate cancer.
Ray Miller George R. (Ray) Miller
Centura Penrose-St. Francis Health System
Colorado Springs, Colorado


My name is George R. (Ray) Miller. I am a SELECT volunteer and a member of the National Participant Advisory Board. I live in Colorado Springs, Colorado where I retired from the U.S. Army in 1981 with twenty years of active duty service. I was an Army Aviator (helicopter pilot) and retired at the rank of Lieutenant Colonel. I had a second career as a banker, from which I retired in 2004. I am married, have three adult daughters and three grandchildren, soon to be four grandchildren. My wife and I love to travel, and my hobbies are golf, hiking, camping, bird watching and reading.