Chris Smith: “I think it shows a real sensitivity for Maureen Reagan who was a very courageous woman, wife and mother, and a tireless…”

“I think it shows a real sensitivity for Maureen Reagan who was a very courageous woman, wife and mother, and a tireless advocate, a champion, for research and medical assistance for Alzheimer's patients and, equally important, for their caregivers. As we all know, one of those victims includes her own father, President Ronald Reagan. Ronald Reagan was a fighter since his early days growing up during the Great Depression, but he turned his disclosure that he suffered from Alzheimer's Disease into a battle for more research money and more assistance for his fellow patients. When Ronald Reagan was unable to continue this fight because of his own deteriorating condition, his daughter, Maureen Reagan, stepped up to the plate and became one of the most tenacious advocates for Alzheimer's research and for trying to find a cure for this horrific disease. Her untimely death to cancer this past summer caused the Alzheimer's community to lose one of its best.”