Donor Stories
Inga F. Weil, MD
Living in pre-war Germany presented even the most ordinary citizen with numerous trials and tribulations, but Inga Frenkel was anything but ordinary. Born on December 24, 1914, to Richard and Erna Frenkel, Inga already had the odds for success, and survival, stacked against her. She was a woman, a German, and a Jew. Read more...
Maggie Hicken
The Hicken endowed chair was established in the Fall of 2000, through a generous gift from the Hicken family, combined with internal and external funds. Dr. Hicken worked closely with Utah's rural family medicine doctors who referred their patients to him for their surgical care. The establishment of the chair will ensure that Dr. Hicken's compassionate medical care that was an example to all that were associated with him, will continue into future generations. Read More...
Takeda Pharmaceuticals
The University of Utah and Takeda Pharmaceuticals have partnered to create an endowed chair in honor of Dr. James Freston to help advance future scientific research and development. The working relationship between Dr. James Freston and Takeda Pharmaceuticals dates back to the late 1990’s when Dr. Freston was Chief of the Division of Gastroenterology at the University of Connecticut Health Center. Read More...
Tim and Candace Dee
Salt Lake City-born Candace Cartwright and Ogden native Thomas “Tim” D. Dee III may have grown up merely 40 miles apart, but it would take both moving to Portland, Oregon for the Utahns to meet. At Lewis & Clark College, Candace, the daughter of George E. Cartwright, M.D., who chaired the Department of Medicine at the University of Utah for more than two decades and initiated its genetics program, met Tim, the great grandson of Annie Taylor Dee, who established Ogden’s first non-profit hospital in 1910. Read More...
Frederick Q. Lawson Student Center in the College of Nursing
Rick Lawson’s Utah roots run as deep as the underwater world he explores. Son of the late Janet Quinney Lawson and great nephew of Emma Eccles Jones, he comes from a long line of visionary and community-minded Utahans, whose philanthropy has benefited many organizations, including the College of Nursing. Read More...
Hospital Volunteer Keeps on Giving to Help Utah Medical Students
Eunice Kronstadt was a volunteer Patient Advocate at the University of Utah Hospital for 17 years, starting when she was 72 years old. She retired in 2009 after providing 7,075 hours of service, and she says it was "one of the most rewarding experiences of my life." Read more...
Local Concert Promoter Organizes Benefit Concert for Autism
Kristen Rupert, local entrepreneur/concert promoter, who also works for Zumiez at the Fashion Place Mall, decided to take matters into her own hands. Kristen chose to raise autism awareness after learning that her immediate boss at Zumiez has a child with Autism. Together, with her collegues in the Saxony Project , arranged a benefit concert for the Autism Hope Fund that raised over $1,092. Read more...
Castle Scholars Selected in the Physician Assistant Program
On August 4, 2010 four physician assistant students from the Division of Physician Assistant Studies in the Department of Family and Preventive Medicine were presented scholarship checks as Castle Scholars for the coming year. Read more...
The Lawrence T. and Janet T. Dee Foundation
The invention of the rail brought opportunity to America, and to the life of Ogden, Utah native Lawrence (Laurie) Taylor Dee, it also brought a sweetheart. In 1914, while returning to Utah on a train from the east coast where he had completed a bachelor of arts at Cornell University, the 23-year-old met Colorado native Janet Sears Teller. One year later they married, making Ogden their home. Read more...
Grateful Medical Student Gives back to Help Others
Kent and Teri Jex were high school sweethearts and married soon after graduation. Then came the schooling, lots of it: first college, then four years of medical school, five years of residency and two years of fellowship training culminating in Kent becoming a cardio-thoracic surgeon. By the time Kent started his first year at the University of Utah Medical School they already had two children and by graduation they had three with a fourth on the way. Read more...
Susan Schulman- Volunteer Extraordinaire
Susan Schulman is a wonderful example of a different type of donor to the University of Utah Health Sciences; she donates her time. Susan provides specialized recycling services on campus for departments that don't use other means of recycling pick-up. For the past 10 years, she is a welcomed sight around the Health Sciences Development office. Read more...
Katherine Brim- Alumna Reflects on Role in Setting the Standard for Nursing School Accreditation
From the five cottages behind LDS Hospital that housed nurses, Katherine Brim (BSN, 1945) had a spectacular view of the Salt Lake Valley—and a short commute to the hospital where she held several positions between 1943 and 1946. After earning her bachelor of science in nursing degree from the College of Nursing, she set her sights eastward: to New York City. Read more...
Being Bertrand- Families for Genetic Research
Bertrand and his parents are wonderful examples of a fundraising family. Bertrand was born on December 9, 2007; Bertrand is a charming, serious, young man. He lives in Salt Lake City, UT with his parents Matt and Cristina. Bertrand suffers from a TBD genetic disorder, his symptoms include: global developmental delays, leukodystrophy, multifocal epilepsy, neuropathy, autism, cortical visual impairment, movement disorder and lack of tears (alacrima). Read more...
Bud Mahas- Building a Better Future for Nursing Education
When approaching his work as a general contractor, Theodore. G. "Bud" Mahas long has heeded the words of former Chicago Bears all-pro tight end and head coach Mike Ditka: "Success isn't permanent and failure isn't fatal." That mantra, along with many 70 hour work weeks contributed to a prosperous career that has spanned more than four decades and the founding of three firms. Read More...
The Tom and Wilma Panos Cardiac Surgery and Cardiac Regeneration Research Laboratory
Tom and Wilma Panos are generous supporters of the University of Utah Cardiology Department and the Huntsman Cancer Foundation. The Panos' were forward thinkers and wanted to ensure that their donations furthered the progression of life. Upon their passing, it was important to Tom and Wilma that their hard earned money would be helping used in many people. Read more...
George S. and Dolores Doré Eccles Foundation's $1 million grant establishing the chair pays tribute to Development Director Arthur J. Swindle
At first glance, clinician-researcher Christopher Peters, M.D., and fundraising professional Arthur Swindle don't appear to have much in common. But looks can be deceiving. Admiration and appreciation for the talents and dedication of both have fostered a $1 million grant from the George S. and Dolores Doré Eccles Foundation to the University of Utah's Department of Orthopaedics. The gift, announced today, creates a prestigious endowed chair to provide perpetual support for innovation among the U's top Orthopaedics faculty. Read more...
Dr. Vernal H. and Athleen Johnson Scholarship in the School of Medicine
Dr. Johnson has seen a lot in his 100-years on this planet. Graduating in 1935 with his two-year certificate from the University of Utah's School of Medicine, Dr. Johnson completed his final two years of medical school at Northwestern University in Chicago and did additional training in obstetrics and gynecology in Evanston, Illinois and Utah. Read More...
Commander Gladys Madsen Endowed Scholarship in the College of Nursing
Commander Gladys Madsen has devoted her life to nursing and the military. When asked why she had first enlisted in the Navy in 1943 she said, "The war was on; it was a matter of being patriotic and being needed." She is now thrilled to be able to leave a legacy in her name to the University of Utah College of Nursing. Read more...
Richard and Joanne McGillis Endowed Scholarship in the College of Nursing
For nearly 22 years, Deanne Pranke worked as a commercial flight attendant, a role she embreaced wholeheartedly, paritularly when it required her to provide care to passengers in need. In 2000 a critical medical energency on a flight tested her skills like never before. Read more...
H. A. and Edna Benning Presidential Endowment
The H. A. and Edna Benning Presidential Endowment was established through a generous gift of $22.5 million to the University of Utah through the estate of Arthur E. Benning. Read more...
The Robert H. Ballard and Dorothy Cannon Ballard Endowed Scholarship
In 2006, Dr. Robert H. Ballard, class of 1944, established the Dr. Robert. H. Ballard and Dorothy Cannon Ballard Endowed Scholarship with a gift of $20,000. This spring he made arrangements in his will for a $4 million gift to permanently endow two full-ride scholarships. Read more...