Princeton Regional Chamber Luncheon Feb. 2. Princeton father and entrepreneur John F. Crowley will be speaking about his family’s struggles with a severe genetic disease and how they defied the odds at the Princeton Regional Chamber of Commerce’s luncheon on Feb. 2….In the face of the children's deteriorating health, the family moved to Princeton Township, New Jersey to be close to doctors specializing in the disease.[ Crowley worked at Bristol-Myers Squibb, where he served in a number of management positions. Frustrated with the slow pace of research on Pompe disease. THIS Video: Extraordinary Measures is inspired by a Wall Street Journal article recounting one man's remarkable efforts to save his children from a life threatening disease. Harrison Ford and Brendan Fraser star as the brilliant but unconventional scientist and the passionate father who form an unlikely alliance in pursuit of a medical miracle. Keri Russell portrays Aileen Crowley. Harrison Ford is executive producer and in fact brought the story to producers Michael Shamberg and Stacy Sher after reading Pulitzer prize-winning writer Geeta Anand's Wall St Journal article on the Crowleys.

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