Joslin Diabetes Center appoints NBA star to board of trustees

BOSTON A diabetes organization has sought to attract attention to Type 1 diabetes by appointing a member of the Boston Celtics and father of a child with the disease to its board of trustees.

The Joslin Diabetes Center announced Monday that it had appointed Ray Allen, whose 2-year-old son, Walker, was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes last year. The center said Allen and his wife, Shannon, had “enthusiastically embraced” its mission and vision since then.

“When Walker was diagnosed with diabetes, our lives were thrown into a tailspin, and Shannon and I needed all the information and support we could get as we learned how to manage our son’s disease,” Allen said. “We found that and more at the Joslin Diabetes Center.”