Lung Cancer Alliance (LCA) announced today that Chuck Hagel, a former U.S. Senator (R-NE) and current co-chairman of the President’s Intelligence Advisory Board, has become the first member of  LCA’s new Honorary Board.

“This is a great honor and privilege for Lung Cancer Alliance,” said Laurie Fenton Ambrose, LCA President & CEO.  ”We established the Honorary Board in order to thank those who have taken strong public positions on the need to change public health policy and increase research funding for all aspects of lung cancer.”