April 2012
- LRG mourns the loss of a great friend, Jeroen Pit
- GDOL Update: Speakers announced
- LRG Research Team meets in Leuven, Belgium: leaves with renewed energy & commitment to finding the cure for GIST
- Meet our new Montana local rep: Dirk Niebaum
- Cellular origin of GIST from the “good” cells’ perspective
- Alianza GIST meets in Miami
- And they’re off! 1st ‘Harness a Cure’ is a success
- NJ GIST gathering serves up support & smoothies
- NoCal GISTers meet!
- New report finds most hospital errors go unreported
- Happy Cancerversary to Brenda Bannon!
- Thomas G. Overley, 1952-2012: Toledo lawyer played guitar, sang in group
- Durham lived life with passion and pride
- Did You Hear? Did You Know?
- Arizona GISTers meet!
- Spunky Texan fought GIST bravely
- Calendar
February 2011
Banks passes at 63
Capt. Glen P. Banks died yesterday morning in his Westminster, Maryland home. He was 63 years old. Raised in New York, Capt. Banks served in the U.S. Navy and sailed on merchant ships during Vietnam and the First Gulf War. He later worked as an officer on tankers. He eventually joined Puerto Rico Marine Management in 1986, where he sailed for many years.
In 1978 Capt. Banks joined MM&P (Masters, Mates & Pilots) and later got his start in union leadership when he was elected Gulf Port Vice President in 1997. His leading role in the union continued when he was elected to three terms as the union's Secretary-Treasurer.
Friends describe him as generous, caring and as having a great sense of humor. He is also described as a devoted family man, who loved nothing more than spending time with his sons and wife. He is survived by his wife Elizabeth Banks, sons Thomas and Glen Banks and Thomas' wife Vonda.
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