Dav Wilson

If you’re a Queen’s alum and an avid cyclist, then Dave Wilson, BCom’64, has an invitation for you. He and his Team MBA are convening on August 21 in Blue Bell, PA, for another bike ride with Lance Armstrong, raising funds to fight prostate cancer. For Dave, who heads the Graduate Management Admission Council (GMAC) in Reston, VA, this will be the 12th ride he has taken with his friend Lance, retired US Olympian and Tour de France biker. “I’ve lost too many friends to cancer,” Dave says. “That’s why I undertook in 2004 to create TeamMBA to see if I could get a team together for a ride.” It’s been a seven-year success story. In addition to raising more than $400,000 for the Lance Armstrong Foundation, the MBAs have attracted business students from schools across the US to build homes with Habitat for Humanity, paint a high school stadium after Hurricane Katrina, prepare and serve meals in shelters for the homeless, and work with inmates as part of the Prison Entrepreneurship Program—altogether donating thousands of hours and hundreds of thousands of dollars. “In June I will turn 70,” Dave says; “I have committed that I will not only be 70, but I will ride 70 miles and I will raise $70,000 in the fight against cancer.” If you’re past pedaling, he’d welcome your pledge, but if you’d like to get to Blue Bell to join him for the actual ride, he’s promising “one very cool bike jersey.” “You can ride as little as 10 miles or as much as 100,” he says, “or you can just come for the carbo loading.” He’ll be watching for mail at wilson@gmac.com.