To many, Ara Parseghian is best remembered as Notre Dame's all-time winningest football coach. But it is his work to find a cure for Niemann-Pick Type C disease that undoubtedly will be more important than any win or loss by the Fighting Irish.
Parseghian is committed to fighting Niemann-Pick Type C, a rare genetic, pediatric, neurodegenerative disorder that affects the liver, lungs, and brain, because he has lost three grandchildren to the disease. Parseghian was in Milwaukee last month to raise funds for his nonprofit medical research foundation that bears his name. Members of the Notre Dame Alumni Club's Milwaukee chapter enjoyed golf, a silent auction and dinner, with processed benefiting Parseghian's foundation.
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NOTRE DAME GREATS —- Former Notre Dame football coach Ara Parseghian poses with four former players who participated in the fourth annual golf outing and dinner July 27 benefiting the Ara Parseghian Medical Research Foundation. Pictured are Kevin Nosbusch of Mequon, left, Eric Penick of Dallas, Ted Burgmeier of Dubuque, Iowa, and Mike McCoy of Atlanta.
(Catholic Herald photo by Sam Lucero)
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