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NEWS AND
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Lufkin-based Foundation Pledges $2 million to Neurological Research Institute
The T.L.L. Temple Foundation is helping
heal sick children with a $2 million gift to Jan and Dan Duncan
Neurological Research Institute.
“This generous lead gift underscores the importance of the
institute’s research to the future of cognitive brain disorders
research. It is a testament to the Temple family’s longstanding
tradition of community support and enrichment,” said Ralph D. Feigin,
M.D., physician-in-chief at Texas Children’s Hospital and J.S.
Abercrombie Professor and chairman of Pediatrics at Baylor College
of Medicine.
The foundation’s philanthropic commitment will help Texas Children’s
create a unique research institute designed specifically to
accelerate the study and treatment of pediatric neurological
diseases, said Feigin.
In the United States, more than 14 million children are affected by
diseases like Rett syndrome, Down syndrome, autism, cerebral palsy,
epilepsy and learning disabilities.
Worldwide, more than 450 million people are affected by neurological
and neurodevelopmental disorders–and unfortunately, the numbers are
increasing.
“For us, this is an incredible opportunity to support the preventive
side of pediatric medicine,” said W. Temple Webber Jr., trustee of
the Temple Foundation. “We feel that our support for this effort has
the potential to impact countless children and families in our
community and beyond who suffer from neurological diseases.”
Based in Lufkin, Texas, the Temple Foundation was established over
40 years ago by Georgie Temple Munz in honor of her father, Thomas
Lewis Latané Temple, an East Texas lumberman and founder of Southern
Pine Lumber Company.
The foundation has supported statewide programs in education, human
welfare, the arts and health–particularly programs that seek to
improve community and individual health through preventive care and
education.
Since its inception in 1962, the Temple Foundation has awarded more
than 3,000 grants totaling in excess of $210 million, making it one
of the larger private foundations in the United States.
In addition to Texas Children’s Hospital, the foundation funds a
variety of research efforts at institutions throughout the Texas
Medical Center, including St. Luke’s Episcopal
Hospital, the University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center and
Baylor.
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For
medical inquiries: contact
Blue Bird Clinic
for Pediatric Neurology at 832-822-5046
To learn more
about donating:
contact
the Office of Development
at
832-824-2719
Make an immediate gift.
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