Donor Stories

Learn how others have inspired the progress of medicine through generous lifetime and estate gifts to Southwestern Medical Foundation and UT Southwestern.
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Marsha and Michael Baylor on Surviving Cancer and Investing in the FutureMarsha and Michael Baylor are generous members of The Heritage Society. They have made multiple IRA rollover gifts and included...
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Dr. Fischer-Lindahl Establishes Gift for Women in ScienceKirsten Fischer-Lindahl, Ph.D., recently joined The Heritage Society through the establishment of a generous charitable gift annuity at...
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Florence Foundation Creates $1 Million Library EndowmentFred F. Florence was an influential Dallas banker and civic leader who had a tremendous love for people and spent his lifetime enriching the...
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Folz Bequest Furthers Brain ScienceTwenty years ago, Dave Folz joined Southwestern Medical Foundation and UT Southwestern Medical Center's newly formed Estate Planning...
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Dr. and Mrs. William W. Turner Jr. Establish The William and Rosemary Turner Endowed FundDr. William W. Turner Jr. and his wife, Rosemary (Toni), recently joined The Heritage Society when they announced a bequest that will...
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Halbreichs Create Legacy Gift in Support of Peter O'Donnell Brain InstituteNancy and Jeremy Halbreich appreciate life's treasures family, friends, good health, and the joy that comes from making the world better...
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Ensuring a LegacyWhen diagnosed with prostate cancer, Tom Graves experienced firsthand the life-saving quality of health care at UT Southwestern...
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The Inspiring Life of Pat PattersonDr. Cecil O. and Berta Patterson stood for the tradition of giving and caring for others. Their daughter, Patricia "Pat" Patterson...
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Huber Gifts Advance Alzheimer's ResearchWhen Bill Huber passed away at the age of 94, his estate included a gift from his IRA to Southwestern Medical Foundation to...
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Pillow Family Supports Medical Students Through Scholarship FundReflecting on the Pillow Family Medical Student Scholarship Fund, Dr. David J. Pillow, Jr. said, "Helping medical students is...
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Life-Saving Treatment Inspires Couple to Pay it ForwardMotivated by a life-saving experience at UT Southwestern Medical Center, Lynn Keefe and her husband Ken have decided to leave a...
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Jerry and Marie Cunningham Fund to Advance Care at UT SouthwesternJerry Cunningham was inspired to make a $100,000 gift to Southwestern Medical Foundation by the quality of care his late wife...
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Nurse Builds Legacy to Move Leukemia Research ForwardAs a nurse, Patricia Alford Box knew the value of quality medical care and dedicated her life to helping others. Her desire to create...
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McConnells Endow Professorship in Alzheimer's ResearchRosalee and James McConnell, the parents of a highly respected former UT Southwestern faculty member, bequeathed $150,000 to ...
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Mildred Wyatt-Wold Bequeaths $1M for Mildred Wyatt and Ivor P. Wold Center for Geriatric CareAs they grew older, Mildred Wyatt-Wold and her husband, Ivor P. Wold, began to recognize a need for better and more compassionate...
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Dr. Robert Beavers Establishes Chair to Support Directors of UT Southwestern Family Studies CenterOne of the country's foremost authorities on family dynamics and a leading proponent of family-based therapy, Dr. W...
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Gazdars Permanently Endow Lectureship and Fund to Advance Translational Cancer ResearchDr. and Mrs. Adi Gazdar recently gave $200,000 to Southwestern Medical Foundation to establish a charitable gift annuity endowing...
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McIntyres Generously Support Neuroscience Research and Clinical Care at UT SouthwesternLongtime Dallas community leaders Shirley and Bill McIntyre have given $1 million to Southwestern Medical Foundation in support of...
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Lasting Support of Medical Progress at UT SouthwesternDallas donor Frank Ribelin left more than $9 million to Southwestern Medical Foundation to support research and clinical care...
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Shirley Pollock Bequeaths Generous Gift to Advance Intestinal Cancer ResearchA longtime friend of UT Southwestern, Shirley Pollock bequeathed $1 million to Southwestern Medical Foundation to further...
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Josephine and F.B. Pete Goldman Inspire Future Healers Through Scholarship Fund2003 recipient of the Charles Cameron Sprague Community Service Award, F.B. Pete Goldman, along with his wife of 64 years, Josephine...
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Jimmie LaFollette Builds Legacy Through Fund Supporting Leading Research at UT SouthwesternA $1.6 million bequest to Southwestern Medical Foundation from a Dallas secretary whose longtime friends describe as "humble...
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Inspired by Family, Hirls Generously Give to Support Ophthalmology ResearchDetermined to help scientists find a cure for an eye disease that has touched their family, Dorothy and Roger Hirl have given...n
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Pillows Establish Scholarship Fund at UT SouthwesternA Texas family of physicians with long-standing ties to medical education has established a student scholarship at UT...
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Nobel Laureate Sets Up Charitable Gift AnnuityWhen Nobel laureate Dr. Johann Deisenhofer began considering making a gift to benefit the Medical Center that has become his...
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Loving Couple Establishes Funds in Honor of Dr. Gary Reed and Dr. Sharon ReimoldDallas civic leaders Benjamin and Selma Parrill died in 2007, just 13 days apart. But before their passing they bequeathed $625,000...
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Mendelson-Young Endowment for Cancer TherapeuticsWhile he was battling pancreatic cancer, Dr. Roger Mendelson and his wife Shirley established the Mendelson-Young Endowment...
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