Dr. Emil Frei III, seated, was honored by the Southern Nevada Chapter of the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society Friday at the Four Seasons. Joining him are, clockwise from left, Andrew Brock, Kathryn Scott Brock, Rachel Brock, Stephen Brock and Dori Frei. Photos by Marian Umhoefer/Review-Journal. Jerry Tarkanian, from left, Lois Tarkanian, Tim Carlson and Lynne Carlson attend the reception at the Four Seasons Friday to honor Dr. Emil Frei III. Richard Scott, from left, Liz Scott Ruybalid and Victor Ruybalid chat during the reception at the Four Seasons. Nevada Women's History Project officers attending Saturday's meeting at Marie Callender's Restaurant include Doris Drummond, from left, Betty Miller, Jane Olive, Mary Gafford, Jean Spiller and Su Kim Chung. NWHP members chat with the guest speaker, Barbara Hodges, center, as she presents her slides and stories about the first suffragettes. Members include Sandy Frank, from left, Claytee White, representing UNLV Oral History Project, Barbara Davis, Barbara Hodges, Betty Middleton, Mollie L. Murphy, and Yvonne Kelly. The ladies are showing their published book, "Skirts that Swept the Desert Floor." Sally Wathen, from left, Lois Evora, Pat McNutt, Bernice Fischer, Jane Olive and Gwen Den Dooven gather for the Women's History Project luncheon at Marie Callender's Restaurant.

The Southern Nevada Chapter of the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society honored pioneering oncologist Dr. Emil Frei III at a reception kicking off a medical symposium Friday at the Four Seasons.

Frei, a Las Vegas resident, helped develop combination chemotherapy -- which uses several drugs at once to treat patients -- and was involved in many other types of medical research as well as clinical practice and education. He served as chief of medicine at the National Cancer Institute, associate scientific director at M.D. Anderson Cancer Center at the University of Texas, and director and physician-in-chief at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, where he remains as emeritus physician-in-chief. He also is the Richard and Susan Smith distinguished professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School.

He is a recipient of the American Association for Cancer Research Award for Lifetime Achievement in Cancer Research, and also received the Albert Lasker Award and the Kettering Prize from the General Motors Cancer Research Foundation.

Frei has lived in Las Vegas since 2004 and serves on the chapter board of the Southern Nevada Leukemia & Lymphoma Society and chairs the Life Sciences Screening Committee for the Nevada Economic Development Authority Advisory Board. He also writes, lectures and serves as a consultant.

The symposium took place Friday and Saturday for oncologists, hematologists and primary care doctors.

Judith Mitchell, executive director of the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society, welcomed the doctors and invited guests. The society gave Frei an engraved crystal dish.

Dr. Paul Michael of Comprehensive Cancer Centers spoke briefly about Frei's career. Other speakers included attorney Robert Kinas, a former patient, and Dr. John Ellerton of UMC Cancer Consultants.

Judy Ray, representing Gov. Jim Gibbons, also read a letter from President George W. Bush. Proclamations were presented by Tim Carlson on behalf of Sen. Harry Reid, Dr. Nicholas Vogelzang on behalf of Sen. John Ensign, and Paul Henry on behalf of Rep. Shelley Berkley. Paul Moradkhan read excerpts entered into the Congressional Record by Rep. Jon Porter.

Other political representatives on hand included McKay Daniels on behalf of Rep. Dean Heller, state Sen. Barbara Cegavske representing the Nevada Legislature, Kevin Scott Carey on behalf of the County Commission and Councilwoman Lois Tarkanian representing the city of Las Vegas.

Other presenters were Brian Campbell of the University of Nevada, Las Vegas Health & Sciences Systems Foundation and Dr. Florence Jameson of the Clark County Medical Society.

Also on hand was Frei's wife, Dori, and her son, Stephen Brock, and his wife, Kathryn Scott Brock, and their children, Rachel, 11, and Andrew, 9. Other attendees included Kathryn Scott Brock's mother, Liz Scott Ruybalid, and father, Richard Scott of Las Vegas.

Looking back: The Nevada Women's History Project opened Women's History Month Saturday with a slide program by Barbara Hodges on "Liberated Nevada Women, the 13 Women Who Owned Cars in 1913."

The meeting and luncheon took place at Marie Callender's Restaurant on Eastern Avenue, with Jane Olive, the group's president, presiding.

Among the members attending were Mary Gafford, Joan Dimmit, Betty Miller, Diane Steel, Susan Houston, Bernice Fischer, Sally Wathen, Sandra Frank, Su Kim Chung, Margie Conway and Gwen Den Dooven.

Hodges, a genealogist from Northern Nevada, offered such facts as Nevada's first license was a round metal disc displayed on a car's dashboard and registration fees were 12 1/2 cents per horsepower. A Cadillac sold at that time for $1,975. Among the other cars registered to the women were Pierce Arrows, Buicks, a Winston Motor Car Co. touring car and a Maxwell Motor Co. coupe.

Other members attending included Mollie Murphy, Lois Evora, Jean Spiller, Betty Middleton, Claytee White, Pat McNutt, Yvonne Kelly, Linda Miller, Barbara Davis, Doris Drummond and guest Nedra Hodges.

Science gala: The fourth annual benefit for the William McCool Science Center at Lamping Elementary School took place Feb. 24 at Bellagio to raise money for a greenhouse.

The dinner included a silent and live auction as well as a hosted champagne reception.

Among the 550 guests attending were school namesake Frank Lamping and Principal Michael O'Dowd, Audrey and Barry McCool and their grandson, Christopher.

Other guests included Benita and Phil Ralston, Georgette and Perry Eiman, Michelle and Greg Wells, Janet and Rob Mullaney, Kristin and Roy Conklin, Terri and Klif Andrews, Cathy and Chris Haase, Joni and Eric Curtis, Cheryl and Curt Samiaska, and Heidi and Rob Bridges.

The science center is a 4,300-square-foot free-standing facility dedicated to all areas of elementary science.