Bill Goodwin, VT alum and critical player in getting Virginia Tech into the ACC, has just announced that his family has pledged $250M to create a new cancer foundation that will foster collaboration across five major existing research centers: Harvard's Dana-Farber Institute, Johns Hopkins, University of Texas's Anderson Cancer Center, Memorial Sloan Kettering, and MIT. The foundation, called Break Through Cancer, will focus on four of the most confounding types of cancer: pancreatic, ovarian, glioblastoma, and acute myelogenous leukemia. Half of the $250M gift is from Bill Goodwin and his wife with the other half coming from his late son's estate. Hunter Goodwin passed away from cancer last year, but was involved in the planning of this new foundation that has been in the works for several years. The intent of the foundation is to avoid duplicating research, thereby providing faster and more effective results through intensive collaboration.
Here is a link to the announcement in the Richmond Times Dispatch: https://richmond.com/news/local/family-of-richmond-philanthropist-willia...
Brilliant idea.
Incredibly generous gift.
Ut Prosim!
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