Paul Newman A Hollywood veteran whose career spans for decades, Paul Newman is one of the film industry's most beloved stars. An eight-time Academy Award nominee, Newman received a special honorary Oscar in 1985, and a Best Actor Oscar the following year for his performance in "The Color of Money". Newman has also distinguished himself as a director with such films as "Rachel, Rachel ", for which he received "Best Director " from the New York Film Critics. Born in Cleveland, Ohio in 1925, Newman began his acting career with a local children ' s drama group. On his eighteenth birthday he enlisted in the navy spending three years as a radioman on torpedo bombers in the Pacific. After graduating from college, he enrolled in Yale Drama School. Moving to New York, and working in television , his first Broadway role was in William Inge' s "Picnic " as Alan Seymour. It was here that he first met Joanne Woodward who he would later marry in 1958. To date, Woodward and Newman have starred in ten films together. In 1992, both Newman and Woodward were recipients of the Kennedy Center Honors, which are presented annually to significant contributors to the American culture through the performing Arts. A competitive race-car driver, Newman is also a four-time winner of the Sports Club of America National Championship. In 1995, he won the 24 hours of Daytona in the GT-1 Class along with his teammates which placed him in the Guinness Book of Records as the oldest driver to win such a race. Newman 's social concerns have also been expressed through his numerous charitable works, including the anti-drug campaign he and his wife have waged under the auspices of The Scott Newman Center, named in honor of his late son. Additionally, Newman also has his own line of foods, "Newman ' s Own" , the profits of which go to charitable and education causes. To date he has given away over $62 million. In 1988, Newman started the Hole in the Wall Gang Camp, a camp for children with cancer and serious blood-related illnesses located in Connecticut. He is also opening camps in Florida, Ireland, and France. The Mission Summer Camp: The Hole in the Wall Gang Camp, founded by Paul Newman in 1988, is a nonprofit residential summer camp, an ingeniously designed and dazzlingly equipped Wild West hideout in northeastern Connecticut, where children with cancer or life threatening blood diseases do not have to sit on the sidelines. Over 900 children from 7 to 15 years old come each year, free of charge, from across the United States and abroad. Year-Round Programs: The Hole in the Wall Gang Camp provides activities for seriously ill campers and their siblings at camp and in their own communities. Camp sponsored programs provide health care professionals and social workers with support and training. Retreats are organized for the children's parents at resorts around the country offering respite, counseling, mutual support and positive activities, free of charge. Support of Other Camps: The Hole in the Wall Gang Fund has helped to found other camps with missions like The Hole in the Wall Gang Camp by providing medical, programmatic, architectural, accounting and fund-raising advice and limited financial support. These camps include The Barretstown Gang Camp (Ireland), The Boggie Creek Gang Camp (Florida), The Buffalo Prairie Gang Camp (Illinois), the Double "1-I"- Hole In The Woods Ranch (New York State), and L'Envol (France). Continued page 140 Communications: I WILL SING LIFE, Voices from the Hole in the Wall Gang Camp, published by Little, Brown and Company, available on audio tape, is a 224 page collection of first person accounts and poetry by seven campers. With piercing candor and eloquence, they describe their experiences of living with cancer, sickle cell anemia, disability, or AIDS. This book has become a valuable resource for schools, libraries, hospitals and for the general public. For further information about The Hole in the Wall Gang Camp contact: 555 Long Wharf Drive New Haven, CT 06511 Tel. (203) 772-0522