appearing in some public service announcements and doing voice-overs for several others. Couric was the honored guest at the 2004 Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation fall gala. As the Guest of Honor for the inaugural American Cancer Society Discovery Ball, Couric was recognized for her leadership in increasing cancer awareness and screening. In 2011, Couric became the Honorary National Chair of the National Parkinson Foundation's Moving Day campaign, a grassroots campaign to spotlight Parkinson's disease awareness on a national level. Couric's father died in 2011 at age 90 from complications due to Parkinson's disease. Bibliography See also New Yorkers in journalism References Sources Weller, Sheila (2015). The News Sorority: Diane Sawyer, Katie Couric, Christiane Amanpour—and the (Ongoing, Imperfect, Complicated) Triumph of Women in TV News. NBC News April 26, 2011 External links Katie Couric blog at The Huffington Post 1957 births 20th-century American journalists 20th-century American women writers 20th-century Presbyterians 21st-century American journalists 21st-century American women writers 21st-century memoirists 21st-century Presbyterians 60 Minutes correspondents ABC News personalities American children's writers American documentary film producers American film producers American people of French descent American people of English descent American people of Scottish descent American people of German descent American people of German-Jewish descent American television reporters and correspondents American television talk show hosts American women memoirists American women podcasters American podcasters American women television journalists CBS News people Daytime Emmy Award winners Film producers from New York (state) Film producers from Virginia Journalists from New York City Journalists from Virginia Living people Managing editors NBC News people Peabody Award winners People from Arlington County, Virginia People from Suffolk County, New York People from the Upper East Side Presbyterians from New York (state) Presbyterians from Virginia Shorty Award winners Television anchors from New York City Television personalities from Virginia University of Virginia alumni American women documentary filmmakers Writers from Manhattan Writers from Virginia Yahoo! employees Yorktown High School (Virginia) alumni Jeopardy!