WASHINGTON, DC In honor of his hard work in promoting cancer awareness and prevention, Dr. Arvin S. Glicksman, Executive Director of the Rhode Island Cancer Council, today was awarded the Excellence in Cancer Awareness Award by the Congressional Families Action for Cancer Awareness at their fourteenth annual Action for Cancer Awareness Awards luncheon in Washington, DC.U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI) nominated Dr. Glicksman for the award earlier this year and presented him with the award at the ceremony.Dr. Glicksman has done outstanding work through his efforts with the Rhode Island Cancer Council to inform the public about cancer, a disease that has touched every Rhode Islander in one way or another.  The Rhode Island Cancer Council has helped educate people throughout our state and has been vital in raising awareness of important issues related to cancer prevention and detection, said Reed.  I am pleased to help recognize Dr. Glicksman and the Council for all of their important work.In addition to his work as executive director of the Rhode Island Cancer Council, Dr. Glicksman serves as an Emeritus Professor at Brown University where he previously headed the Universitys Radiation Medicine program and was Chairman of the Department of Radiation Medicine for 17 years.  During that time he also served as the Director of Radiation Oncology at Rhode Island Hospital and Roger Williams Medical Center. CNNs Paula Zahn hosted the event where two other awards were presented, the Congressional Families Leadership Award, which was given to Elizabeth Edwards, wife of former Senator John Edwards (D-NC); and the Distinguished Service in Journalism Award, which was presented to Joel Siegel of ABC News and news anchor Wendy Chioji of WESH-TV NNC in Orlando.