RESULTS Chapter to Honor Schultz
with “Seeds of Hope” Award, Sept. 28
HOUSTON – (Sept. 7, 2007) – Stanley G. Schultz, M.D., a world-renowned investigator, educator and administrator at The University of Texas Medical School at Houston, will be honored on Sept. 28 for research that led to improved health conditions for people living in poverty.
The Houston chapter of RESULTS will present Schultz with a Seeds of Hope Award during Building Champions to End Poverty, its annual dinner and program, at the Crowne Plaza Hotel, 1700 Smith St. Houston Rocket Dikembe Mutombo also will receive an award at the 2007 benefit dinner for his contributions to improving health and ending poverty. A reception begins at 6:30 p.m., and dinner will be served at 7 p.m.
“I was privileged to direct some of the pioneering research that led to the breakthrough discovery that a simple solution of table salt, sugar and baking soda could prevent death from dehydration in those suffering from diarrhea,” said Schultz, the honorary chair of this year’s RESULTS benefit.
“In 1984, RESULTS achieved its first major victory by creating a Child Survival Account within our nation’s foreign aid budget. This account made our discovery and other lifesaving services available to millions of children in the developing world,” said Schultz, the H. Wayne Hightower Distinguished Professor of the Medical Sciences and the Fondren Family Chair in Cellular Signaling. “Oral rehydration therapy has saved more than 40 million lives over the past 30 years.”
The local award is one of numerous honors Schultz has received for his lifelong work on the mechanisms of sodium and glucose-coupled absorption in the small intestine. Most recently, Schultz, a professor and former dean of the UT Medical School, received the prestigious Prince Mahidol Award in Medicine for his basic research that led to the development of oral rehydration therapy. King Bhumibol Adulyadej of Thailand presented the award to Schultz Jan. 31, 2007 at the Grand Palace in Bangkok.
RESULTS is a network of volunteer citizen advocacy groups that works with Congress to fund effective, long-term solutions to ending poverty in the United States and throughout the world. Access to basic education, health care and economic opportunities are among the grassroots organization’s priorities.
To attend the RESULTS benefit dinner, please register by Sept. 24 by calling Claudia Morgan at 713-668-1209 or David Schubert at 713-665-7866. Reservations also may be made by e-mailing claudiamorgan@comcast.net or davidjudy@earthlink.net.
Donations will be accepted to help expand RESULTS’ efforts to end poverty. For information, visit http://home.roadrunner.com/~resultstexas/Houston_Domestic.htm.