| 2008 |
Professorship in Nursing Honors Longtime PARTNERS Supporter
UT Houston Development Board member Phil Conway surprises wife Suzie by establishing endowment in her name |
| Philanthropist Harry Bovay Honored During Boy Scout Tour at IMM |
| World’s Best: Event Celebrates ‘The Willerson Years’ |
New Public Affairs Leader Named for UT Health Science Center
Michelle Morris held marketing, public relations positions at Abilene Christian University for 16 years |
UT Med School Biochemist Jianping Jin Named 2008 Pew Scholar
Program designed to support young investigators |
| Smiles Restored: Donation Covers Dental Care for Women’s Home |
White House Commends Retired Physician Organization
Program allows retired physicians to share wealth of experience with nursing students |
| UT Neurologist Joins World Stroke Organization as Honorary Member |
‘No finer mind, no greater heart’
UT Houston Medical School pays tribute to a leader known for his modesty |
| Fondren Foundation Donates $850,000 for UT Dental Branch Building |
New Dean Named for UT Houston School of Public Health
Roberta B. Ness, M.D., M.P.H. to succeed Guy S. Parcel, Ph.D. |
| Kevin Dillon Named One of Houston’s Top CFOs |
UT Houston Student Receives Multiple Sclerosis Research Scholarship
Country music artist Clay Walker’s Band Against MSSM Foundation underwrites award |
| Scholarship Honors Late Dental Branch Professor Kenneth H. Porter, D.D.S. |
| The second annual Michael & Susan Dell Lectureship |
| Duncan Family’s $10 Million Gift Opens Neurodevelopmental Clinic |
George McMillan Fleming Center for Healthcare Management Established at UT Houston
Program designed to train next generation of health care leaders around the globe |
$5 Million Invested in Trauma Research Center
Dewhurst Announces Texas Emerging Technology Fund Award to UT Houston |
| UT Houston and Rice join DoD in regenerative medicine research |
| George McMillan Fleming Center for Healthcare Management Hosts First Education Forum |
| Dr. James ‘Red’ Duke Receives 2008 Thurman Award |
| Center for Clinical and Translational Sciences Celebrates New TMC Home |
| Waggoner Named Lifetime Member of Development Board |
| Shine Named Interim Chancellor of The University of Texas System |
| Memorial Hermann Heart & Vascular Institute – TMC Celebrates Grand Opening |
| Grant to Target Rio Grande Valley: $7 Million Will Help Fight Diabetes, Obesity |
| Endowment Honors Health Science Center ‘First Lady’ Nancy Willerson |
| Kanaly Family Continues Support of Medical School |
| Medical School Receives $2.6 Million Federal Grant |
| Stark Foundation’s $500,000 Grant to Fund UT Dental Van |
| Mighty Oaks Anticipated from Biotech ‘Seed’ Grant |
| Gulf Coast Consortia Awards First Discovery Project Pilot Grants |
| Cullen Trust Grants $1.115 Million Toward Student Stipends |
| Gift prompted by president’s speech |
| Houston Businessman Creates Distinguished Chair at Medical School |
| Medical School alumni donate to the Child Development Center |
| Dental Branch Alumnus Donates $100,000 for Scholarships |
| Institute of Molecular Medicine Announces Recent Endowment Appointments |
| 2007 |
Houston Dentist Donates $1 Million to UT Dental Branch
Gift is equal to largest donation in school’s 102-year history |
| Science Symposium for Donors Held at IMM |
| SPH Austin Faculty Appointed to Endowed Positions |
| UT Houston Development Board Member Named to UT System Board of Regents |
PARTNERS Professorship Awarded to Hickey
Second PARTNERS Endowment Renamed for UT School of Nursing Dean Starck |
| Dyer Named Gerontological Professional of the Year |
| Alumnus Makes Largest Gift in Dental Branch History |
New Construction Features Collaborative Efforts
Research Park Complex to be new home of dental, neuroscience and biomedical facilities |
| Donations Sought for Fund Honoring Slain Dental Student |
| Newly Endowed Fund Honors Susan Cooley King and Supports Childhood Literacy |
| Alumni HOST Students on the Way to their Residencies |
| Bill Harvin, Longtime Development Board Member, Dies |
| UT Health Science Center at Houston Names Advancement Vice President |
| Dental Alumnus Creates Memorial Scholarship honoring Dr. Danny D’Anton |
Dedicated to Helping Mothers Who Need it Most
Obstetricians named to endowed faculty positions continue research with women and infants. |
| Mayfield Honors Physician Father with Nearly $2.8 Million Gift |
| Dinner Raises $4000,000 For Scholarships |
| Appointments to Endowed Positions Announced in Urology, Pathology |
| Supporting Mental Health |
| Aquarium Dedicated at Nursing School |
| $100,000 gift: Country music star Clay Walker supporting MS research at UT-Houston |
| President’s Awards Go to Development Board Members |
Faculty Named to Prestigious Endowed Chairs
Medical School announces appointments in heart disease and medical humanities |
Endowed Chair Honors Founder of McGovern Center
Karff began the program to teach the importance of healing the whole person, not just the disease |
Charles Butt Gives Additional $1 Million to IMM
Combined gifts now total $3 million toward Research Center for Metabolic Diseases |
| 2006 |
| Swint, Vernon Named to Endowed Positions at School of Public Health |
$2.48 Million Grant Expands Child Overweight Prevention Programs
New Michael & Susan Dell Center will be a resource for research and
education on relationship of diet, physical activity and health |
Weitzmans Contribute to Stem Cell Research
A Stem Cell Research Core Facility is part of
the Laboratory
for Developmental Biology |
| Smith Lectureship Marks 50 Years |
| Lone Star Legacy Society Sets Ambitious New Goals |
| Shell Foundation Donates $1 Million to IMM |
| IMM Faculty and Staff Settle in at New Facility |
Bentsen Leaves a Lasting Legacy
Senator Lloyd Bentsen Center for Stroke Research to carry out late politician’s vision
exploring stroke causes, treatment |
| Grahams Provide $1 Million to IMM |
New Mobile Clinic Debuts in the Rio Grande Valley
Third van in 16 years hits the road to serve patients in Rio Grande Valley |
| Kanaly Family Gives $150,000 to Medical School Research |
Duncan Family Gives $10 Million to Children’s Learning Institute
Dan L. Duncan Children’s Neurodevelopmental Clinic will research and develop
interventions to assist children with developmental and learning disorders |
Nursing Biomedical Research Laboratories Open
Donors express deep affection to be associated with the nursing profession and the School of Nursing |
| Akerses Designate Annuity for Scholarship Fund |
| Runnells gift Funds 'Universal Donor' Stem Cell Research |
| $200 Million Raised for Molecular Medicine |
| Houston Businessman Gives $25,000 for Surgical and Clinical Skills Center |
| 2005 |
| Ellwood Foundation Gifts Over the Years Total More Than $3 Million |
| Family’s Gift Establishes
Stem Cell Research Professorship |
| Ewing Halsell Foundation Gives A Record $1 Million to TexGen |
| Bentsen Family Donates $1 Million to Create IMM Center |
| The George Foundation Gives $100,000 to IMM |
| A Family’s Way of Giving Back |
| Evelyn Griffin Gives $144,000 to New Frontiers Campaign |
| Knobil Gift Creates $100,000 Endowment |
| IMM’s New Home Visible Result of New Frontiers Campaign |
| Successful Luncheon
Completes $1 Million Endowment |
| Clay Walker Makes Gift Against MS |
| Harry and Rose Cullen Give $250,000 to New Frontiers Campaign |
| The Numbers Are in for Holiday BookFair |
| Celebrating Million Dollar Milestone |
| Willerson Announces Tributes to IMM Fundraising Leaders |
| UT System Regents Approve Naming Building for Philanthropist |
| Kay and Ben Fortson Give $1 Million to IMM |
