The Sloan-Kettering Cancer Institute was formed by Charles Kettering and Alfred P. Sloan, Jr. For an excellent description of his life, go to: http://franklin.scale.uiuc.edu/sloan/index.html. It does not mention his relationship to the Cancer Institute, however, The Alfred P. Sloan Foundation was one of the driving forces behind it. David R. Vargas LuckyBruin@aol.com