Family Encourages Memorial Gifts to Honor Deane Kanaly

Deane Kanaly

Earlier this year, the Kanaly family committed a total of $150,000 to support neurology research at The University of Texas Medical School at Houston. Now the family is encouraging others to add to this gift in memory of Deane Kanaly, founder of the Houston-based, family-operated Kanaly Trust Company, a financial planning and investment management firm. Deane Kanaly died July 29.

The initial donation was made by Deane Kanaly and his son, Drew. The gift equally supports Parkinson’s disease research, under the direction of Mya Schiess, M.D., director of Movement Disorders and Neurodegenerative Disorders at the Medical School, and multiple sclerosis research, under the direction of Jerry S. Wolinsky, M.D., interim dean and holder of the Bartels Family and Opal C. Rankin Professorships in Neurology.

In addition to founding Kanaly Trust and serving as chairman of the board until his death, Deane Kanaly was the author of two books and numerous articles on financial planning. He founded the Foundation for Financial Literacy in 1999, a group devoted to promoting personal financial education among students and adults. Kanaly is survived by his wife of 54 years, Ginger, and their sons, Steven, Jeffery and Drew. All continue to serve on the Kanaly Trust Company board of directors and all three sons have fulltime roles at the company.

To contribute to the Kanaly Family Research for Parkinson’s and Multiple Sclerosis at the UT Medical School at Houston, call Keri Valdes, 713-500-5065.