Transforming Medicine Campaign Reaches $200 Million
The Transforming Medicine Campaign has reached an important milestone, with gift commitments now surpassing $200 million. Community members, patients and their families, alumni, faculty, and staff are among the 68,000 individuals, foundations, and corporations that have contributed to this success, putting the Campaign goal of $250 million by December 31, 2009 within reach.
"This Campaign really has tremendous momentum now," said Campaign chair Peter D. Williamson. "I have no doubt we can meet and even exceed our goal. To anyone who is interested in having a real impact by making a significant donation to the Medical Center, I would say, 'Do it now.'"
Donors to the Transforming Medicine Campaign are enhancing patient care, advancing research, supporting learning and teaching, building visionary, state-of-the-art facilities, strengthening endowment reserves, and providing important unrestricted funds.
These philanthropic investments ensure that Dartmouth medicine will continue to be a leader in academic medicine, transforming healthcare in our region and setting the standard nationally.
The Campaign's momentum in recent months has been fueled by a number of significant gift, including:
- $20 million from Dr. Peter D. and Susan Williamson to strengthen translational research and the academic mission of DMS and the Medical Center;
- $6.8 million from the West Family Foundation in support of the pioneering work of Dr. Robert E. Drake and his colleagues, which is having a transformative effect on the care of people who suffer from both mental illness and substance abuse;
- $2.5 million from colleagues, friends, and family members of Dr. O Ross McIntyre, which will honor the founder and former director of Norris Cotton Cancer Center by establishing an endowed professorship in his name;
- $2.5 million from Scott and Lisa Stuart to establish a chair in Pediatric Oncology at Norris Cotton Cancer Center, which will advance NCCC's research in childhood cancers and the application of new discoveries to the care of children with cancer;
- $1 million from Ken and Vickie French to the Child Advocacy and Protection Program at the Children's Hospital at Dartmouth to provide critical clinical and support services to abused children and their families.
In addition, giving to the Dartmouth-Hitchcock Annual Fund and the Fund for Dartmouth Medical School during the current fiscal year has set a record breaking pace. These funds provide critically important unrestricted funds that can be directed to the areas of greatest need, offering fiscal flexibility to seize opportunities and advance institutional priorities.