July 30, 1999

Frank Haluska, MD, PhD, left, of MGH Oncology/Hematology and director of the Melanoma Research Center, along with George, Scotty and Ken Carpenter, were four of the 250 people participating in the first annual Sunflower Golf Tournament in Townsend, Mass., June 24. The tournament was organized by Scotty Carpenter, with the support of family and friends, in memory of his mother, Pat Carpenter, who died of melanoma. The tournament raised more than $14,000 for the Melanoma Cancer Research Fund at the MGH. Haluska was Pat Carpenter's oncologist. "Whether it's my mother or the guy down the road, cancer is touching everyone," says Scotty Carpenter. "We're already planning next year's tournament."