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Monday, September 9, 2002 Press Release SOURCE: LifeSharers Professor David R. Henderson Named Advisor to LifeSharersNaval Postgraduate School Professor to Help Save Lives Lost to Organ Shortage NASHVILLE, Tenn. – September 9, 2002 – David R. Henderson, Associate Professor of Economics at the Naval Postgraduate School, has agreed to serve as an advisor to LifeSharers. LifeSharers is a non-profit network of organ and tissue donors that offers members preferred access to the organs of fellow members. It was launched this year to help alleviate the shortage of human organs and tissue needed for transplant operations. That shortage kills over 6,000 Americans every year. “The organ shortage is an unintended, but completely predictable, consequence of government action. It keeps getting worse, killing more and more Americans each year, but Congress has shown no interest in reversing its mistake.” says Professor Henderson. He is also a Research Fellow at the Hoover Institution, author of The Joy of Freedom: An Economist’s Odyssey, and editor of The Fortune Encyclopedia of Economics. “Fortunately, we can now band together as free citizens to fix this government-created problem by joining LifeSharers” he adds. LifeSharers agree to donate their organs and tissue when they die, but only to other members of the LifeSharers network (unless no member is a suitable match). By giving fellow members preferred access to their organs, LifeSharers members reward organ donors and create an incentive for others to become donors. According to David J. Undis, Executive Director of LifeSharers, “Common sense says we should give organ donors preferred access to organs. It gives everybody another reason to become a donor, and that saves lives.” There has been a shortage of organs ever since the first transplant operations and the shortage is getting worse every year. According to statistics compiled by the United Network for Organ Sharing, almost 85,000 Americans are now on a waiting list for an organ transplant, and another name gets added to the list about every 14 minutes. About half the people on the waiting list will die before they receive an organ. Somebody on the waiting list dies about every two hours. “LifeSharers is an inspiring example of the power of freedom to fix people’s problems,” says Professor Henderson. “Activism in support of freedom is often in short supply, and I’m jumping at the chance to help,” he adds. “Preferred access for organ donors is both ethical and effective, so LifeSharers members do good by doing the right thing. With Professor Henderson’s assistance, LifeSharers will be able to attract members faster, reduce the organ shortage faster, and save lives,” says Mr. Undis. LifeSharers membership is free and open to all at http://www.lifesharers.org/. ABOUT DAVID R. HENDERSON David R. Henderson is Associate Professor of Economics at the Naval Postgraduate School and Research Fellow at the Hoover Institution. Complete biographical information on Professor Henderson is available at http://www.davidrhenderson.com/biography.html About LifeSharerS LifeSharers is a non-profit network of organ and tissue donors. Members agree to donate their organs when they die. They direct their donation to other members of the LifeSharers network, unless no member is a suitable match. By directing their gifts in this way, LifeSharers members create an incentive for others to donate their organs. LifeSharers was launched on May 22, 2002. The LifeSharers web site is at http://www.lifesharers.org/. Contact:
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