Millersville University of Pennsylvania is honored to announce that Dr. Curtis A. Pettaway, a Millersville alumnus of the class of 1978, will be the keynote speaker for the December 2008 commencement.  Pettaway is a professor of urology and cancer biology at the University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, and medical director of the M.D. Anderson Cancer Center Prostate Outreach Project, a federally funded project to promote prostate cancer detection in underserved communities.  His areas of interest also include clinical and basic research in tumor and host factors associated with prostate cancer progression.  Pettaway graduated with honors from Temple University School of Medicine in 1983, and in 1983 he was the recipient of the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation Merit Scholar, the I.A. Burnett Award in the Department of Surgery, and the Department of Urology Award.  He has also received numerous awards for his work in cancer treatment.  In 1997, he received the Faculty Excellence Award from the University of Texas M.D. Cancer Center.