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Your generous philanthropic support of The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston is a vital part of accomplishing the university’s mission:  To educate health science professionals, discover and translate advances in the biomedical and social sciences, and model the best practices in clinical care and public health.

The Office of Institutional Advancement is actively engaged in advancing philanthropic support for the Dental Branch, the Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, the Medical School, the School of Public Health, the School of Nursing, the School of Health Information Sciences, The University of Texas Harris County Psychiatric Center, and The Brown Foundation Institute of Molecular Medicine for the Prevention of Human Diseases.

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Philanthropy in the news

Benefactors host special reception honoring Dental Branch milestone

As the Dental Branch celebrated the start of construction of the new building the week of Dec. 11, 2009, Dr. and Mrs. Meherwan Boyce hosted a special reception in their River Oaks home for The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston guests, including Dental Branch faculty, university officials and members of the development board. The event concluded a week of special festivities at the school related to the $155 million construction project.

Special guests at the reception included Denton A. Cooley, M.D., who was awarded an honorary professorship at the Dental Branch, and UTDB alumnus Billy Joe “B.J.” Westbrook, D.D.S., who has been a major contributor to the school’s building campaign. Other notable guests included UT System Regent James “Jim” Dannenbaum, Development Board President Eugene Vaughan and development board members Phil and Suzanne Conway, Katharine Orton, Dr. Stephen Schwartz; Dr. S. Jerry Long, Dr. Leslie Fullerton and Dr. Craig Mabrito. Approximately 130 people attended the reception in all.

John A. Valenza, D.D.S., interim dean of the Dental Branch, thanked the Boyces for their hospitality and interest in the school. “We are deeply grateful to Dr. and Mrs. Boyce for opening their home to us on this historic occasion,” Valenza said. “It was an elegant evening and a memorable ending to a very special week in the history of the UT Dental Branch".

Date Updated: 1/19/2010