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GMS students join the early fight against COVID-19 Message From The Dean

Boston University Medicine Our cover story highlights the graduate students who helped develop a COVID diagnostic test, screen drugs for anti-COVID Boston University Medicine is published by the activity, and better understand the virus’ Boston University School of Medicine aerosol transmissibility in the early battle Communications Office. against COVID-19. We cover the development of two Maria Ober new cores in the Shipey Prostate Cancer Associate Dean, Communications Resarch Center, a prostate biospecimen core and a tissue microarrary core. Prostate design & production cancer tissue will be available for research Boston University Creative Services Dear Alumni, Friends, on genetics, epidemiology, and mechanisms and Colleagues, of tumor genesis. Thanks to a generous gift from Albert contributing writers The year 2020 was challenging for all of Lisa Brown, Gina DiGravio, Sara Frazier, Art Jahnke us. We experimented with new strategies, and Debbie Rosenthaler, our Gross designed new curricula, and rapidly learned Anatomy Lab is getting a much-needed photography new online skills. gut renovation—including a new HVAC system and LED lighting—in addition to a Boston University Photography, David Keough, For those with young children, juggling Cydney Scott family and job responsibilities became virtual anatomy table and state-of-the-art ridiculously challenging. For others, time diagnostic ultrasounds to integrate imag- saved by not commuting or participating ing (radiology) and anatomy instruction in in-person meetings and academic travel with both clinical cases and cadavers. provided a welcome opportunity to reflect Nearing its 30th year, our CityLab has creatively, not always possible previously. been recognized with an Inspiring Program As the new year begins, I’d like to in Stem Award for expanding access to express my gratitude to our community for biomedical science education. navigating all the challenges of 2020, and As we approach the school’s 175th especially thank: anniversary, we will celebrate the life of alumna Rebecca Lee Crumpler, the first • Our clinical faculty and alumni, who Black American woman to earn a medical serve on the frontlines of medicine; degree, with many virtual special events • Our research faculty and alumni, who during the week of February 8, her birthday. initially worked at home, and then Please stay tuned for details! Dr. Crumpler safely repopulated their labs; received the Wade scholarship, endowed • Our newest alumni, who largely gradu- in 1861, which continues to support ated without the usual joyful recogni- women medical students at BUSM 160 tion of their substantial achievements, years later. and moved on to their new responsi- We also highlight an in-depth Q&A bilities at the most medically and sci- with Professor and Chair Emerita of entifically challenging time in the last Anesthesiology Marcelle Willock, the century; first Black woman to chair a BUSM • Our teaching faculty and students, department. who pivoted over two weeks in March As we welcome 2021, I wish you and to remote learning and new online your families good health, and hope for a courses; return to normal human interaction, and open schools and universities—which we • Our staff, who made online learning will certainly no longer take for granted! possible, cared for research animals, We hope you enjoy the Winter 2021 upgraded heating, ventilation, and air- issue of Boston University Medicine. conditioning (HVAC) equipment, and kept us compliant and safe. Happy New Year and Best Regards, I am also very grateful to our donors and friends, who supported our efforts Please direct any questions or comments to: Maria Ober with generous gifts. This issue of Boston Communications Office University Medicine is dedicated to all Boston University Medical Campus of you. Karen Antman, MD 85 East Newton Street, M427 Boston, MA 02118

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GMS students worked around the clock in the early battle against COVID-19.

FEATURE DEPARTMENTS DRESSED FOR SUCCESS 2 Campus News 26 Giving 10 Faculty News 30 Donor Report 12 GMS students join the early fight against COVID-19 20 Research 46 Alumni News

Winter 2021 | bumc.bu.edu 1 CAMPUS News Welcome to Your Next Adventure: The Virtual White Coat Ceremony

With the help of family and friends, students donned their white coats in a virtual ceremony.

he unprecedented disruption of “Academically, you are among the most accomplished classes life as we know it due to COVID- we have ever had, and you are also a very diverse group in many ways. Fifty-nine percent of you are not men. Thirty-one of you were 19 has resulted in new and creative born outside the United States, your places of birth include 16 differ- ways to celebrate milestones while ent countries. One hundred and twenty-three of you—greater than Tembracing technology, and the chance to grow 83 percent of the class—speak at least one language in addition and learn as a virtual community. to English; as a group, you speak a total of more than 20 different languages. Twenty-two percent of you are from groups underrepresented in medicine. Some of you have parents and grandparents in medicine, while others of you are the first member of an extended On August 3, 2020, at 11 am, BU School of Medicine held a virtual family to attend college. In cultural, social, economic, racial, ethnic, White Coat Ceremony for the 172nd entering class, the YouTube gender identity, educational, and linguistic terms, and in your life version of which was initially viewed more than 1,300 times during experiences, you define the pluralism that we so value on this cam- the first 24 hours of posting. The 35-minute video montage included pus and which is so central to our society,” Dr. Goodell told the class. speeches from a variety of BUSM administrators, a Q&A with stu- BUMC Provost and BUSM Dean Karen H. Antman, MD, shared dents sharing what they were most excited about and what they her insight regarding the challenges the new students might face, wanted classmates to know about them, a self-coating segment with assuring them, “Medicine is a big tent; we need a variety of talents. family and friends assisting, and the recitation of the Hippocratic You will not do everything right the first time, or the second time, or Oath, all from a variety of physically distanced, safe environments. the third time. You will still be a great doctor.” A symbolic rite of passage for medical students and their inaugu- Associate Dean for Student Affairs Angela Jackson, MD, also ration into the study of medicine, the White Coat Ceremony marks addressed the new students, telling them, “You have arrived with an important first step for students as they pledge their commitment your enthusiasm, energy, interests, and ideals. You’re ready to work to the profession and to the trust they must earn from their patients. hard and begin the challenging, rewarding, and—indeed—exhilarating Associate Dean for Admissions Kristen Goodell, MD, warmly transformation from student to physician. Please remember one greeted the class and their families. “I am so pleased to be here to thing: you are not alone in this transformative process. Faculty, staff, speak with you today as you officially join the world of medicine. In and colleagues will help to guide, advise, and teach you. They will addition to, hopefully, dazzling you with facts that describe just how listen to, support, and reassure you. But the most transformative and fabulous you all are, I’m delighted to offer my congratulations, my lasting teachers, [who will make] the most powerful and enduring welcome, and my very best wishes as you begin this adventure. mark on your professional lives, will be your patients. You will learn “There are 152 of you in this class . . . drawn from a pool of more to partner with them in their care and in the process of learning the than 9,500 candidates, and you come to us by way of five different art and the science of medicine. Welcome to the beginning of your entry pathways and from 22 different states. next adventure.”

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Associate Dean for Diversity & Inclusion Dr. John Polk remarked, into the sacred trust that is the profession of medicine—each of you “We look forward to you joining our community of learners, and to will struggle, each of you will have doubts, and, at some point, each your contributions.” of you will look in the mirror and wonder, ‘Can I really do this?’ What Associate Dean for Medical Education Dr. Priya Garg then pre- will sustain you in these difficult moments will be your own skill and sented the student names. talent, your own resilience and strength of character, the support of “All of you have met academic and personal challenges; all of you your classmates, the love of your family and friends, and the com- have had successes and failures; all of you have sacrificed much and mitment of your teachers and mentors. For us as a faculty, it will be accomplished a great deal to reach this moment,” Dean Goodell said. a privilege to walk this little way with you and perhaps to guide you, “And as you move into the next phase of your journey—your entry just a little bit.” n

The STaRS Fifteen shared their research proj- STaRS ects at a virtual symposium Share Their and received certificates by mail to mark Summer their completion Research of the program.

n August 2020, the Summer Training The scholars introduced themselves and Jones, PhD; Jessica R. Levi, MD; Laura Anne as Research Scholars (STaRS) Program stated their career paths before presenting Lowery, PhD; Jennifer Luebke, PhD; Reiko concluded its 10-week research expe- their posters and discussing their work on Matsui, PhD; Gareth Morgan, PhD; Karin I rience with a virtual symposium. a variety of topics, including cardiovascular Schon, PhD; and Kei Suzuki, MD. Funded by the National Heart, Lung, and disease, diabetes, mitochondrial function, amy- During the summer, STaRS also hosted Blood Institute of the NIH and overseen by loidosis, COVID-19, lung cancer, cancer genom- three scholars—Destinee Bledsoe, GerMya Graduate Medical Sciences (GMS), STaRS ics, fibrosis, immune responses, rare diseases, Bradley, and Ayana Gray—from the Ameri- has trained 150 scholars and received more hearing, sleep apnea, and neuroscience. can Heart Association’s Supporting Under- than 3,000 applications since its inception. The 2020 STaRS Scholars are Princess graduate Research Experiences program. Program trainees work with faculty men- Maryam Abdul-Akbar, Erika Beyer, Rachel Deepa Gopal, MD, Naomi M. Hamburg, MD, tors and fellow students on cutting-edge Choate, Cassie Deshong, Cisco Espinosa, and Ludovic Trinquart, PhD, served as their biomedical research projects, present their Lazaro Fernandez, Cynthia Flores, Reyna faculty mentors. research at meetings, build powerful and Gariepy, Ziko McLean, Asel Mustafa, “It has been inspiring to watch the STaRS lasting relationships, and set a course for Andrea Navarrete Vargas, Elizabeth Nel- Scholars take on the challenge of developing college and career success. son, Joseph Waiguru, Madeline West, and independent research projects under the guid- After an opening welcome from STaRS Carolyn Wilson. Scholars received certifi- ance of our faculty and research team mentors Program Director and Assistant Professor of cates by mail to mark the completion of while confined at home,” said Dr. Dominguez. Medicine Isabel Dominguez, PhD, the virtual the program. “I am very impressed with their determination symposium began by acknowledging the fac- Faculty mentors included Jude T. Deeney, and resilience. It is very gratifying to see them ulty, professionals, and student mentors who PhD; Isabel Dominguez, PhD; Hui Feng, MD/ empowered to follow their path to graduate contributed to the success of the program. PhD; Christopher M. Heaphy, PhD; Dennis school and to be future scientists.” n

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BU CityLab Recognized with “Inspiring Programs in STEM” Award for Expanding Access to Biomedical Science Education

hile biotechnology jobs underserved, student populations by bring- Since 1991, BU’s CityLab are in high demand, many ing laboratory science experiences into their programs—including a K–12 schools lack access to communities. MobileLab that brings the necessary laboratory Since 1992, more than 70,000 students W a state-of-the-art lab facilities and curricula to inspire and prepare participated in hands-on, discovery-oriented young scientists, something CityLab at investigations at CityLab, and more than to schools, and the Boston University has been working to 50,000 students learned similarly through SummerLab program— change for almost 30 years. MobileLab. Approximately 30 percent of Established at BUSM in 1991, this these students were from minority groups; have provided more biomedical science education outreach 54 percent of participating students were than 120,000 students program serves middle and high school stu- female. In addition, CityLab’s curriculum with hands-on, dents and their teachers with a laboratory- supplements have been used by more than focused curriculum. After Dr. Carl Franzblau one million students and their teachers discovery-oriented, had an epiphany that the nation needed worldwide. scientific investigative better-trained students to enter graduate Noting their mission of encouraging girls experiences. programs in order to become the next gen- and underrepresented students to enter eration of biomedical scientists, he created the STEM workforce, INSIGHT Into Diversity CityLab with a grant from the NIH Science magazine bestowed CityLab with the 2020 Education Partnership Award program to Inspiring Programs in STEM Award, which, provide opportunities for pre-college stu- the magazine states, “recognizes unique and dents to perform scientific investigations. innovative efforts for improving access to CityLab’s current principal investigators science, technology, engineering, and math Drs. Carl Franzblau, Donald DeRosa, and for underrepresented students.” Carla Romney are committed to sharing the “CityLab has delivered interactive bio- excitement of science with diverse commu- technology programming to dozens of nities of students and teachers by engaging Upward Bound Math Science students them in hands-on laboratory experiences, from Boston and Chelsea, many of whom thereby fostering the development of a have gone on to successfully earn college robust pool of talented scientists and physi- degrees in health sciences and engineer- cians and a scientifically literate populace. ing,” says Reggie Jean, director of Upward Another wrote, “The program gave me CityLab’s SummerLab on the Medical Bound and Upward Bound Math Science at a hands-on opportunity to learn many Campus is a weeklong program for high Boston University. cutting-edge biotechnology and medical school students during the summer, offer- A recent longitudinal study undertaken science concepts and lab techniques in a ing different curricula that focus on under- with data from the National Student Clear- small group of very bright and diverse peers. standing the clinical trials process, bacterial inghouse found that 78 percent of students The final research project and poster ses- transformation and protein purification, and who attended SummerLab went on to sion presentation gave me a real sense of exercise physiology. SummerLab participa- receive STEM degrees. accomplishment and inspiration. In two tion also allows students to join CityLab Former students reflected on the seminal weeks, CityLab transformed me from a boy Scholars, an afterschool enrichment program role their CityLab experiences have played interested in science into a young scientist that meets monthly throughout the academic in their lives, one writing via email, “I started passionate about a career in scientific and year and explores more advanced topics in CityLab as a freshman in high school. Dur- medical research.” the biomedical sciences. ing our labs, we were able to have hands-on CityLab is adapting its programs to fit the MobileLab, a fully equipped traveling learning experiments with amazing teachers needs of online and virtual learning, with the laboratory serving groups such as after- and friends. My time as a scientist at City- goal of advancing its mission of increasing school programs, professional conferences, Lab has been, and is still, hands down one the number and diversity of students who and K–12 schools, is another teaching tool of the best experiences of my life and has eventually pursue careers in the biomedical offering equal opportunity to diverse, often made me want to pursue medicine.” sciences. n

4 Boston University School of Medicine center’s molecular oncology themes. During (urology), Minh Tam Truong (radiation Development his 23 years as a BU faculty member, Dr. Denis oncology), and Chris Andry (pathology has pioneered studies of the Bromodomain & laboratory medicine) will guide their of New Cores and ExtraTerminal (BET) family of transcrip- efforts. Drs. David Goodrich (Roswell Park, Represents Next tional regulators that are important for prolif- Buffalo, New York) and Scott Dehm (Uni- eration in lymphoid leukemias and metastatic versity of Minnesota) will serve as External Phase of Shipley behavior in breast and prostate cancers. Advisory Board members. Drs. Denis, Julie Palmer, and Matthew Center funding also will support the Prostate Cancer Kulke serve as co-directors of the BU-BMC establishment of a longitudinal cohort study Cancer Center. A professor in the depart- of BMC prostate cancer patients involving Research Center ments of medicine and pharmacology & regular collection, detailed annotation, and experimental therapeutics, Dr. Denis also is analysis of blood, urine, and stool for discov- ith the development of two a charter member of the Tumor Microenvi- ery and characterization of novel biomark- critically important Cores, ronment Study Section at the NIH. Dr. Denis ers for patient progression and therapeutic the Shipley Prostate Cancer brings his experience in tumor microenviron- responsiveness. There also are two pilot pro- W Research Center is entering ment and shared signal transduction across posals to develop prostate tumor organoids an exciting new era. diverse cancer types to the problems of and investigate telomere-length alterations Founded and sustained through a early detection, progression, and biomarker in prostate cancers. gift by BU alumnus Richard Shipley discovery in our prostate cancer disparities This is a unique opportunity for the (Questrom’68,’72), the center will support population. Shipley Prostate Cancer Research Center the development of a Prostate Biospecimen Shipley Center team members include to address an important prostate cancer Core and a Tissue Microarray Core. Directed Drs. Gretchen Gignac, Josh Campbell, Chris- patient population and understand early by Assistant Professor in the Department of topher Heaphy, Ariel Hirsch, and Elizabeth molecular events associated with prostate Pathology & Laboratory Medicine Dr. Zhichun Duffy, who bring invaluable expertise in cancer development. The center will trans- Lu, MD, the former will collect and preserve clinical trials and prostate medical oncology, late those insights into novel prognostic and one prostate tumor per week from Boston bioinformatics, molecular biology, radiology, diagnostic biomarkers to inform treatment Medical Center (BMC) patients with prostate and pathology. decisions, pioneer the national standard of cancer. The latter will focus on translational Internal Advisory Board members care for underserved patients, and expand research. Dean Karen Antman, Drs. Matthew Kulke the team of outstanding faculty and trainees Shipley Prostate Cancer Research Profes- (hematology/oncology), Julie Palmer committed to improving race-based pros- sor Gerald V. Denis, PhD, will represent the (Black Women’s Health Study), Toby Chai tate cancer disparities. n

Gross Anatomy date teaching tools. “Taken together, the enhancements to the Gross Anatomy Lab Lab Modernizes made possible by this very generous gift will greatly facilitate medical education at the hanks to a generous gift by Albert BU School of Medicine across all four years and Debbie Rosenthaler, the School of education,” said Dr. Luebke. of Medicine’s Gross Anatomy Lab One of the new modern teaching tools T is getting a major facelift. is a state-of-the-art ultrasound system, According to Waterhouse Professor and which enables teaching anatomy and clini- Anatomy & Neurobiology Chair Jennifer I. cal cases on both live subjects and cadav- Luebke, PhD, this financial gift allowed the ers. This sophisticated imaging modality is department to make needed renovations to commonly used in emergency medicine as a the lab’s infrastructure. A new heating, ven- quick, noninvasive way to image structures tilation, and air-conditioning (HVAC) system close to the skin. Ultrasound imaging is will be installed to enhance air quality and helpful in primary care settings as well, and reduce noise. Visibility in the lab also will has historically been used in obstetrics and be improved with the addition of bright LED gynecology. lights in a sleek new suspended ceiling. The virtual anatomy table is the most technologi- “It is very exciting to have ultrasounds The donation will also help the lab to go a cally advanced system for anatomy and physiol- in the anatomy lab, because it allows us to ogy education. step further and attain the most up-to- incorporate clinical imaging modalities into

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the students’ education as soon as medical school begins,” said Associate Professor of Anatomy & Neurobiology Ann Zumwalt, PhD. “Thanks to the generosity of the donor, we were able to get three full-sized units, which will allow the students to interact with units that are essentially identical to what they will see in the clinic.” This donation also has permitted the lab to install monitors and cameras, making it possible for the entire class to visualize the anatomical structures in a given cadaver.

This acquisition aligns us with

the trajectory of In full PPE, Dr. Ann Zumwalt shows the three full-size ultrasound machines now used in the where anatomy gross anatomy lab, thanks to a generous donor. education is heading nationally. IN Memoriam –Ann Zumwalt, PhD

Faculty now will be able to effectively com- Dolores Murrell, assistant to the registrar, friend to many, and a member of the municate visual material to the entire class BUSM community for 27 years, passed away on September 17, 2020. simultaneously. Joining the Registrar’s Office in 1993, Dolores supported, counseled, and helped “From an anatomy education perspec- hundreds of students and graduates over her years of service, always with a smile. tive, it is exciting to be able to teach about Her kindness, patience, and positive outlook guided her every day. Dolores would do anatomical structures and then immediately anything for the students, and they loved her. For some she was a mother figure; for image them on either living subjects or on all she was someone who would sit with them and listen to whatever was on their the anatomical donors,” said Dr. Zumwalt. minds—and, of course, Last but not least, a new virtual dissection give them candy. table will give students the ability to access Always gracious to views of the human body that are impossible her colleagues, Dolores with the cadaver. Users are able to visualize was a consummate real human anatomy without the chemicals professional who never and smells from a traditional cadaver. As had a harsh word for noted by Anatomage, the company that anyone. produces these tables, it is “the most tech- Dolores is survived nologically advanced 3D visualization sys- by her partner Wayne; tem for anatomy and physiology education her three children and is being adopted by many of the world’s Janaya, Miaisha, and leading medical schools and institutions.” Michael; and her two “This acquisition aligns us with the trajec- grandchildren, whom tory of where anatomy education is heading she adored. n nationally,” said Dr. Zumwalt. “I’m really excited about the opportunities this opens up for us!” n

6 Boston University School of Medicine A pioneer, Dr. Willock is the first Black woman to chair a department at BUSM and the first Black woman to be named professor emerita at the school.

Dr. Marcelle Willock Opening Doors: Q&A with Marcelle Willock

s a bright girl growing up in a What’s more, the Ursuline nuns who ran program at NYU’s teaching hospital, Bellevue prominent family in Panama and her college informed her that few US medi- Medical Center—before leaving to join the Guyana and going to the best cal schools accepted Black students, male faculty at Columbia University. She earned A schools there, Marcelle Willock or female (the majority of Black physicians a master’s in higher education at Columbia dreamed of becoming a doctor. Her father, at the time were educated at two histori- Teachers College. who was a newspaper editor, and her mother, cally Black medical schools: Meharry Medi- In 1982, after Leah Lowenstein, an assis- who exerted her own quiet power at home, cal College and Howard University College tant dean at BU’s School of Medicine, sug- made it clear that their only daughter could of Medicine), and that she should apply to gested she apply for the job, Willock became do anything she wanted. But then, at age 16, Howard. a professor and chair of the MED anesthesi- Willock came to the United States to attend “Howard was the Harvard of HBCUs [his- ology department. She was a pioneer—the the College of New Rochelle, a Catholic torically Black colleges and universities],” says first Black woman to chair a department at women’s school in suburban New York, and Willock. She graduated from Howard in 1962. the school, the first Black woman to lead the the time came to apply to medical school. It After completing her residency in anes- department of anesthesiology at the former was the late 1950s. thesiology at Columbia Presbyterian Hospital Boston University Medical Center Hospital “That’s when I got this awakening,” says in New York City, she went on to spend nine and Boston City Hospital (now Boston Medical Willock (Questrom’89). “Only 6 percent of years on the faculty at New York University Center, BUSM’s primary teaching affiliate), medical students at the time were women.” School of Medicine—leading the residency and among the first women of color to lead

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an academic and clinical department in the didn’t know anyone in Omaha. We had family United States. Q & A WITH MARCELLE WILLOCK friends in Washington, so I went to Howard. Dr. Willock, who was chair for 16 years, is credited with a number of achievements How did you decide you wanted to be What was your experience like at Howard? and innovations, including the accredita- a doctor? Howard was an excellent education. It was tion of its residency program in anesthesia That’s the only thing I wanted to do from tough. Because of limited opportunity for and standardizing guidelines for anesthesia the time I was four years old. The family them to go elsewhere, the Black doctors who related to patient safety. In the early 1980s, doctor who delivered me was a friend of were the stars were all at Howard. The top dentists were still providing anesthesia care our family. I loved him and I decided I was Black professors were at Howard. You had to to patients at Boston City Hospital. After going to be a doctor, like him. My parents be smart to get in. a nine-year battle with hospital officials, never told me I couldn’t do something I entered Howard in 1958. Ours was the Dr. Willock succeeded in ending the because I was a girl. largest class of women until then. We had 10 practice and ensuring that only qualified women in our class, out of 100 students, and physician anesthesiologists could provide What was your experience like at the all of us graduated. We were always in the anesthesia. College of New Rochelle in the 1950s? top half, if not the top third. “I was not going to lose that one,” she says. It had just recently integrated. I think I was The quality of care for patients at the After several years as BUSM’s associate the sixth person of color they admitted. Every hospital—Freedman’s Hospital—was excel- provost for community affairs, Dr. Willock year they would take one Black and one lent. Everybody at the hospital was Black. left BU in 2002 to become the first female Puerto Rican. I had a white roommate my Doctors’ wives were patients and so were dean of the Charles R. Drew University Col- second year. We’re still friends to this day. bus drivers. The standard of care was to lege of Medicine, in Los Angeles, a position I had one episode, in town. My roommate treat every patient with dignity and respect. she held until 2005, when she retired and wanted to get her hair cut. We walked into Nobody had to tell you that. returned to Boston. a beauty salon not far from the campus. My Segregation was very obvious in Wash- In 2019, half a century after she entered roommate said, “I need a haircut.” They said, ington. When I got my first car, I went to pick Howard, Dr. Willock broke one more barrier “We can take you now.” My roommate said it up in Georgetown. Georgetown was very, in academic medicine at BU: in recogni- to me, “Do you want to get your hair cut, very white. A couple of my classmates went tion of her lifetime contributions to the too?” They said, “We will never serve you.” with me to pick up the car. We were stopped University, and her field, she was appointed My roommate said, “If you will not serve her, by the police and asked what we were doing as the school’s first Black female professor you will not serve me, and I’m going to tell the there and told we did not belong there and emerita. (While the school currently has college and they’re going to take you off the to leave. You didn’t argue because you didn’t 54 Black female faculty members, there list.” We both walked out. know what would happen to you. are no Black women serving as department chairs; two departments are chaired by How did you end up going to Howard for Were there women faculty you looked to as Black men.) medical school? role models and mentors? “You are living history,” Rafael Ortega, I had no idea that many schools didn’t take Howard had always had women faculty in MD, chair of the department of anesthe- women or minorities at the time. It was never both the basic sciences and the clinical faculty. siology, told Dr. Willock at the ceremony a barrier to me personally. That’s what I Excellence was their number-one motto. You celebrating her appointment. Dr. Willock, wanted to do. My family said, “If you want to were going to be excellent in everything you did. who has long worked to address racial and do it, you have to study and meet the require- One of the professors of obstetrics and ethnic disparities in healthcare, had opened ments, and you will do it.” gynecology, Lena Edwards, was a role model. doors for him at BU, Dr. Ortega said. My family was Catholic, and my grand- When she retired from Howard, she went In 2019, women were for the first time father was the patriarch of the family; he down to the Texas border and started a a majority of students at medical schools wanted me to go to a Catholic medical bunch of obstetrics clinics for Mexicans. in the United States—but Black medical school. I applied to Creighton in Omaha President [Lyndon] Johnson gave her the students comprise only 3.2 percent of the because one of our family friends in Panama Medal of Freedom. students, according to the American Asso- had graduated from there. Our family doctor There was a professor of anatomy, Ruth ciation of Medical Colleges. And Blacks had graduated from McGill in Canada, and he Lloyd. She was really my mentor in the tru- comprise only about 5 percent of the physi- recommended I also apply to McGill. est sense. People use the word mentor casu- cian workforce. Then the nuns brought me up to date that ally now. It’s someone who’s really invested Bostonia talked with Dr. Willock about some of these schools did not take women or in you. True mentorship is a long-term her professional journey, how she handled Blacks. They said I should apply to Howard. I relationship. Dr. Lloyd stayed in contact with the barriers along the way, and how she has got into McGill, but when the acceptance let- you a good 20 years after graduation. guided generations of young physicians and ter came, it was 40 degrees below there. That I used to get god-awful periods, with really academics through their careers. was too cold. I got into Creighton, too, but we a lot of pain. There was an anatomy exam

8 Boston University School of Medicine freshman year, and I was in agony. I remem- everyone knew and respected him. He was What was it like when you arrived at BU? ber going to Dr. Lloyd and telling her, “I don’t somebody I could go and talk to. His wife I was told by certain higher-ups to know my think I can take this exam.” She said, “Mar- had been his classmate at Howard. She was place. A couple of faculty told me they were celle, you want to be a doctor. The patient in pathology. She was very smart, too. They not going to work for a Black person. I wasn’t doesn’t care if you’re dying. You’re a good were like my safety net. going to fire them, because then I would be student—sit down and do the exam.” One of the things I found out was that accused of retaliation. I had to put up with it. I passed the exam. I actually liked taking care of the patients, When they tell you they’re not going to work and that is sort of what anesthesiologists do with you, they’re going to undermine you when the surgeons are operating. when you’re trying to set standards. You took There were two female anesthesiology the job, you live with it. I actually liked residents—one was Black, one white— When I got to BU, I remember a very who took a liking to me. They said to me, senior [white male] said, “Marcelle, don’t taking care of the “Marcelle, this is how it is, they’ll never make speak up so much.” There were three Black you a chief resident in surgery because you’re women who were senior administrative patients, and that a woman and you’re Black. So, think about assistants. They were all high school gradu- is sort of what anesthesiology.” ates and very capable at their jobs. These At the end of the first year, I decided women were soft-spoken. That same senior anesthesiologists I’d interview for an anesthesiology fel- person told me those women should be my lowship in New York. When I went for my role models. do when the Cornell interview, the chairman there was Growing up in Panama and Guyana, surgeons are arrogant and condescending. He said, “I’ll being Black was not such an obstacle, and I see who’s available to show you around.” had opportunities for a good education. But operating. He comes back with a Black guy. He said, women were still very much behind. So, for “He’s the only resident free. Let him show me, my gender was more of an obstacle than you around.” my race. But after I got to this country and I Then I went up to Columbia, and it was like got further along and became more promi- How did you choose your specialty? night and day. The chairman, Emanuel Papper nent, it became a battle of the two—race I liked surgery and I did very well in it, so I [founding chair of Columbia’s anesthesiology and gender. Both were obstacles. I think I’ve chose surgery initially. The faculty student department], was very gracious and welcom- weathered the obstacles. advisor said to me, “Marcelle, you’re good at ing. Dr. Papper was a great mentor to me. I came to Boston right after busing [court- it, you like it, go for it.” I had tremendous sup- I started in July [1963] and a month later, ordered, to desegregate the city’s public port at Howard. I went to him and said, “I want to go to the schools]. Some people would make com- Because I was a woman and a minority, I March on Washington.” I had to defend my ments to you. At the hospital some of the was limited where I could apply for a surgi- reasons because if I took the day off, it would nurses [who were white] were from Southie cal internship. I applied to Kings County be a burden on my classmates. and didn’t show respect. I had a job to do and Hospital in Brooklyn and I was accepted in I did it. I was the boss. surgery, and then when I got there, that was Why was it important for you to attend probably my first experience of discrimina- the march? You’ve mentored generations of young phy- tion. I was the only woman in the surgical I had an “aunt” in New York, a family friend, sicians, many of them women and people of group and the only person of color, out of who I would visit often. She was an attorney color. What has been your advice to them? maybe 10 people. and was part of a group of people who were I tell everyone, “You are going to incur dif- In surgery I would get my cases taken very active in civil rights. Bayard Rustin [the ficulties. You may not be able to overcome all away. Instead of being sent to the operating civil rights leader] and A. Philip Randolph [who the difficulties you are going to encounter, but room, I was sent to take care of my patients led the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters, you’re going to try. Whatever you’re going to on the floor. I presumed it was because I was the first predominantly African American labor do, you’re going to do your absolute best. It a female. There were hardly any females in union], would meet at her house, in Hastings, may not be good enough because you don’t surgery at the time. in Westchester County. have the talent or the knowledge, but your You wanted to be at the march, you effort has to be 100 percent. Was there anyone you could go to for sup- were expected to be there. It was like the “And just because the other person is a port and guidance? Women’s March in Boston [which Willock jerk doesn’t mean you have to be one. Don’t The chief resident in medicine was a Black attended] four years ago. There were just hate anybody, because hate destroys you. fellow who had been at Howard. He was a so many thousands of people marching, You are wasting your time worrying about senior when I was a freshman. He was num- in unison. It was a joyous occasion, it was them, and they don’t give a damn about you.” ber one in the class. He was so smart that inspirational. My mother taught me that. n

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Vasan Ramachandran He has received the Outstanding Mentor epidemiology from The University of North Named Visiting awards from the department of medicine, Carolina at Chapel Hill, and her master’s in Professor at BUSM and the American Heart Association epidemiology and health policy and bach- Prestigious Charité (AHA) Council on Epidemiology and Pre- elor’s degree from Case Western Reserve Hospital, Berlin vention, and the prestigious AHA Population University. She completed her postdoctoral Institute of Health Science Award in 2014. work at the National Institutes of Health. Vasan Ramachandran, BIH visiting professors are leading sci- Made possible through the generous sup- MD, professor of medi- entists in their specific fields within the life port of BU Trustee Peter Paul, the Peter Paul cine and principal investigator and director and medical sciences in the public or private Career Development Professorship is pre- of the renowned Framingham Heart Study, sector who travel to Berlin for temporary sented to promising junior faculty who have has been named a visiting professor at the activities at BIH and its partners, Charité been at BU for less than two years and who Charité Hospital and the Berlin Institute of Hospital and the Max Delbrueck Center for have held no prior professorships. n Health (BIH). The position is funded through Molecular Medicine. Stiftung Charité, an independent charitable One of the largest university hospitals in Anand Devaiah Delivers foundation. Europe and internationally renowned for its Conley Lecture As part of this two-year commitment, excellence in teaching and training, Charité on Medical Ethics at Dr. Ramachandran will serve as a consul- proudly lays claim to more than half of all AAOHNS Annual tant/advisor for a cardiovascular research German Nobel Prize winners in physiology Meeting project, The Berlin Long-term Observation of and medicine, including Emil von Behring, Anand K. Devaiah, MD, Vascular Events (BeLOVE) cohort, the goal of Robert Koch, and Paul Ehrlich. associate professor of which is to characterize the epidemiology of Stiftung Charité was endowed in 2005 otolaryngology-head and chronic heart, brain, and kidney disease and by entrepreneur Johanna Quandt, who neck surgery, was invited to give this year’s learn how best to impact the clinical course entrusted it with the mission of supporting John Conley, MD, Lecture on Medical Ethics of these diseases after an acute event. As the innovative potential and excellence of at the American Academy of Otolaryngology- a member of the project’s scientific advisory Berlin’s university medicine, a rich tradition Head and Neck Surgery (AAOHNS) annual board, Dr. Ramachandran hopes to build upon in medical research and patient care. Stif- meeting. The prestigious lecture is based on and strengthen this overseas collaboration. tung Charité supports BIH visiting profes- Dr. Conley’s passion for head and neck sur- For more than 25 years, Dr. Ramachan- sors with funds from its Private Excellence gery and his dedication to the highest stan- dran has focused his research on the genetic Initiative Johanna Quandt. n dard of ethical behavior from physicians. and nongenetic epidemiology of heart Dr. Devaiah also serves as director of the failure; population-based vascular testing Jessica Petrick Biomedical & Health Technology Develop- and cardiac ultrasound imaging; genetic Receives Peter Paul ment & Transfer Domain at the Institute for and nongenetic epidemiology of high blood Career Development Health System Innovation & Policy at Boston pressure, cardiovascular disease (CVD) Professorship University. risk factors and novel biomarkers including Assistant Professor His experience in healthcare technology genomic, metabolomic, and proteomic mea- of Medicine Jessica and innovation spans technology develop- sures; as well as CVD risk estimation in the Petrick, PhD, MPH, has ment, evaluation, implementation, research, short-, medium- and long-term, including been selected as the administration, regulatory science, and molecular markers and subclinical disease. recipient of this year’s Peter Paul Career intersections with social determinants of Dr. Ramachandran also is the principal Development Professorship. Dr. Petrick is an health. His virtual lecture, “Shifting Action investigator of the RURAL (Risk Underly- epidemiologist at the Slone Epidemiology and Innovation Mindsets to Embrace Social ing Rural Areas Longitudinal) cohort study Center whose research as part of the Black Determinants of Health—Ethical and Practi- and a professor of epidemiology at Boston Women’s Health Study focuses on gastro- cal Considerations for All,” addressed vari- University School of Public Health. He is the intestinal cancers—including colorectal, ous social determinants of health, including Jay & Louis Coffman Professor of Vascular liver, and esophageal—and on the nutritional education, economic stability, and physical Medicine and chief of the section of pre- and molecular factors that may contrib- environment. ventive medicine and epidemiology in the ute to racial disparities along the cancer “These have certainly been important department of medicine. continuum. She received her doctorate in prior to 2020, but we have faced unprec-

10 Boston University School of Medicine edented challenges on a national and global 100 peer-reviewed scholarly articles and from the Social Pediatrics Program at the scale this year,” he said. “This has brought book chapters. Albert Einstein College of Medicine at Mon- especially sharp focus to the health of our In 2009, Dr. Connors played a major role tefiore Medical Center, where she spent an nation and the global population, exposing in establishing the Amyloid Pathology Diag- additional year as a pediatric chief resident. how social determinants have an important nostic Testing Laboratory in the Amyloidosis She completed her fellowship training in pedi- role in health, and how health equity needs Center, a CAP-accredited and CLIA-certified atric emergency medicine at The Children’s to figure more prominently in our actions.” facility that offers histologic and molecular Hospital of Philadelphia. Dr. Kendi joined our Dr. Devaiah is the first Boston University testing for amyloid. Dr. Connors teaches community from Children’s National Medical faculty member to give this lecture. Past lectur- GMS classes on systemic amyloidosis, and Center in Washington, D.C., where she was ers have included heads of state, government has mentored more than 20 master, doc- an assistant professor in the Departments officials, and prominent medical leaders.n toral, and postdoctoral students. She also of Pediatrics and Emergency Medicine at has served on multiple local, national, and the George Washington University School of Lawreen Connors international committees, and is director of Medicine. She also was medical director of Named Charles J. Brown the Amyloidosis Center Gerry Laboratory Safe Kids District of Columbia and the Chil- Research Professor and co-director of the Amyloid Pathology dren’s National Safety Center. in Amyloidosis Diagnostic Testing Laboratory. n “Dr. Kendi brings enormous energy and Lawreen Connors, PhD, leadership to the Division of Pediatric Emer- professor of pathology Sadiqa Kendi, MD, gency Medicine, and we are fortunate to have & laboratory medicine, Appointed Division her expertise and caliber of talent,” says Bob has been named the Chief of Pediatric Vinci, MD, chief and chair of pediatrics at Charles J. Brown Research Professor in Emergency Medicine BMC and BUSM, and the Joel and Barbara Amyloidosis, established by the estate of Sadiqa Kendi, MD, Alpert Professor of Pediatrics at BUSM. Charles J. Brown. has been appointed Frequently recognized for teaching and Dr. Connors received dual undergraduate division chief of pediat- research excellence, Dr. Kendi was recently degrees in chemistry and mathematics from ric emergency medicine elected to the Society for Pediatric Research Boston College, a master’s degree in chem- at BMC/BUSM. in recognition for her research accomplish- istry from Tufts University, and doctoral In her new role, Dr. Kendi will utilize ments. She studies injury prevention inter- degree in biochemistry from Boston Univer- her leadership and experience to build the ventions using technology (such as digital sity. She joined the Amyloidosis Center as nation’s first social pediatric emergency car seat trainings for families), as well as a postdoctoral trainee in 1994 and earned department. Social pediatrics focuses on structural changes in the built environment faculty appointments in the departments of incorporating patients’ social context into (such as providing access to safe crosswalks biochemistry and pathology & laboratory routine pediatric emergency care, conduct- and green spaces in all communities), to medicine in 1998 and 2009, respectively. ing high-quality translational research on prevent serious unintentional injuries or Dr. Connors focuses her basic science best practices for applying the social deter- deaths in children. Unbeknown to many, research on uncovering the protein and minants of health to patient care, institut- injuries are the top cause of death in genetic determinants that underlie the ing community-informed interventions in children in the United States. formation of amyloid. The early stages of the pediatric emergency department to Dr. Kendi is serving a three-year term on her career featured structural analyses improve population health, and fostering the executive committee of the American of amyloid-causing transthyretin (TTR) racial justice and equity into every aspect Academy of Pediatrics Council on Injury mutants, mainly those causing cardiac dys- of care. To this end, she will build on the Violence and Poison Prevention. She is a function. More recently, her studies have multitude of innovative social programs Bloomberg American Health Initiative been focused on wild-type TTR amyloidosis, that already exist, identifying resources Fellow, a program providing public health an age-related disease now recognized as to expand on them and make them avail- training to leaders engaged with organiza- an underappreciated cause of heart failure able consistently to pediatric emergency tions tackling critical challenges facing the in the elderly. She has received continuous department patients. nation. As a Bloomberg Fellow, Dr. Kendi support from the NIH and foundation grants, Dr. Kendi, an American Osteopathic is pursuing her MPH at the Johns Hopkins as well as industry-sponsored research Association (AOA) graduate of Yale School Bloomberg School of Public Health. n agreements, and has authored more than of Medicine, received her pediatrics training

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GMS students join the early fight against COVID-19

BY ART JAHNKE

12 Boston University School of Medicine On March 12, 2020, two days after the Boston Globe reported 92 confirmed cases of coronavirus in Massachusetts, Richard Giadone, then a PhD candidate in the Molecular and Translational Medicine Todd Dowrey, left, program in Boston and Richard Giadone. University’s Graduate The two friends say they and Medicine (CReM), the their lab teammates at the Medical Sciences (GMS), lab where Mr. Giadone CReM focused on speeding noticed a tweet from a had spent the past five years working toward every bit of the testing researcher at the University his doctoral degree. process imaginable up to Before the sun warp speed. of Washington who came up the next morn- ing, Mr. Giadone and was seeking lab-savvy Dr. Murphy were talk- ing through texts and phone calls about volunteers to help process the possibility of turning the CReM into a COVID-19 test center, one that could help coronavirus diagnostic tests BMC handle the volume of testing that they would need to care for a surge in corona- in Seattle, which was the virus patients. The next day, Dr. Murphy ran the idea by Chris Andry, MPhil, PhD first US city to experience (GRS’87,’89), BUSM chair of pathology and laboratory medicine, and chief pathologist spread of the mysterious at BMC. Dr. Andry was worried that the com- new virus. mercial testing services BMC depended Like the author of the tweet, Mr. Giadone on would be overwhelmed by a surge in was a researcher in a lab associated with coronavirus cases. He also knew that the a major city hospital—Boston Medical turnaround time for results from those Center (BMC), BUSM’s primary teaching services was often a week or more, render- affiliate. He retweeted the message, and ing them practically useless to doctors who that retweet was noticed by his advisor, BU needed same-day information to properly stem cell engineer George Murphy, PhD, quarantine and treat COVID-19 patients. an associate professor of hematology and To Dr. Murphy and Mr. Giadone, his answer Callie Donahue co-director of the Center for Regenerative was a resounding yes: please build a front-

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line testing center, one that’s able to deliver test results within 24 hours and stand up to the FDA’s rigorous Our team was clinical standards. Then came a whirlwind of around-the-clock capable of meetings, phone calls, and Zoom conferences with scientists at BMC, Massachusetts General Hospital, solving pretty and the Broad Institute, all of which culminated in a “ remarkable outcome. Within seven days, the CReM much any could perform the gold standard of coronavirus tests: a reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction test (RT-PCR). Their process was accurate and reliable problem put in enough that, with some help from BMC’s pathology department, it was granted emergency use authoriza- front of them. tion from the FDA. And most important, in terms of its ability to help patients, its turnaround time was 24 – George Murphy, PhD hours. (In September, a paper describing the steps of the test was published in the journal STAR Protocols.) signature, from patient samples. They stocked bio- CReM researchers did this, says Dr. Murphy, with safety cabinets with enough equipment and materials the help of more than 50 volunteers from across BU’s needed to extract RNA from as many as” 72 patient clinical and research sciences programs, many of samples at any one time. To prevent the degradation of whom worked around the clock. patient samples and critical reagents, they repurposed “I came away from the experience with not only refrigerators and freezers around the CReM to house a tremendous sense of pride in what they did,” says the testing materials and patient samples. Dr. Murphy, “but also the realization that our team Mr. Giadone says he focused on the big picture— was capable of solving pretty much any problem put “always trying to figure out how to do things a little in front of them.” faster”—and in just one day, he developed step-by-step Principal investigators in labs across BU’s Medical instructions on how to run coronavirus tests, then Campus witnessed a similar response: students validated the protocol per extensive regulatory guide- enrolled in GMS were stepping up, asking what they lines determined by the FDA and Centers for Disease could do, and then doing it late into the night. At the Control and Prevention (CDC). Then, he immediately National Emerging Infectious Diseases Laboratories shared that information with other labs around the (NEIDL), in labs run by Drs. Elke Mühlberger, Robert world via email, Twitter, and late night and early morn- Davey, and Florian Douam, GMS students took on the ing Zoom calls. Teaming up with Kim Vanuytsel, PhD, a missions of searching for new detection methods, treat- CReM research assistant professor, they submitted an ments, and vaccines for coronavirus, as well as a better application for their testing process to receive emer- understanding of the virus’ aerosol transmissibility. gency use authorization from the FDA. In the CReM, Mr. Giadone and his colleague Todd At the same time, Mr. Giadone and his teammates Dowrey were central to the COVID-19 testing efforts. looked for parallel methods and reagents suitable for They had been friends since their undergraduate days testing, in case the supply shortages that had plagued at UMass Lowell, and now they were at opposite ends the US and other countries around the world would of a graduate school experience: Mr. Dowrey, who had threaten their ability to stick to their original plan. come to the lab at Mr. Giadone’s suggestion, was about “As supply chains for a number of different things to begin the GMS PhD program in biomedical sciences went down, due to high demand, I tested new reagents (PiBS). Meanwhile, Mr. Giadone was nearing the home- and pieces of equipment to make sure we could swap stretch of his own PhD, having spent most of spring them in,” he says. “And whenever you swap in or out semester preparing to defend his 150-page dissertation. new reagents or machines, you need to run a new set of The two friends say they and their lab teammates validation studies.” at the CReM focused on speeding every bit of the test- It was up to Mr. Dowrey to find sources for those ing process imaginable up to warp speed. substitute reagents and equipment, to identify sup- “We were competing with diagnostic companies pliers who could be counted on, and then backup sup- that do similar assays all the time,” says Mr. Dowrey. pliers who could be tapped when those who looked “They have more automated high-throughput systems. reliable ran out of supplies at a future date. Several We used more of a brute force approach. We had a team times during the initial outbreak, the lab was faced of 10 to 12 people working around the clock.” with supply chain shortages, and Mr. Dowrey scoured The team retrofitted one room in the CReM as the the web looking to see which companies had launched center for extracting RNA, the virus’ unique genetic new COVID-19 reagent platforms.

14 Boston University School of Medicine was the development of in-house testing here at BU- BMC, what I recall is that it all started early in the trajectory of the pandemic . . . the virus was just starting to take hold, testing, reagents and know-how were scarce, and everyone knew the storm was coming. As graduate students, Rich and Todd were put into a crucible and asked to develop an assay at light speed, under intense pressure, with pretty much everyone relying on us to make it happen.” After providing testing all throughout the beginning of Boston’s coronavirus surge in March and April, by the beginning of May BMC’s pathology lab had its own testing system up and running, and things were going well enough that the emergency testing services of the CReM group were no longer needed. For Mr. Giadone, the experience was doubly momentous, and doubly intense. During the hectic week that he was reimagining lab processes, his thesis committee was reimagining his defense. Its final itera- tion was a three-hour Zoom session, which happened to coincide with the first day that the CReM began processing patient samples from BMC. For the Zoom camera, Mr. Giadone put on a suit, and, sitting in his Cambridge apartment, opened his laptop to cross the finish line of his long journey to a doctorate. Then, of course, he drove straight to the CReM to roll up his Ms. Suder first tested sleeves and help crunch through a backlog of COVID- the compounds against Ellen Suder 19 tests flooding in from BMC. Last fall, Giadone, the SARS-CoV-2, the virus first person in his family to go to college, began work as a postdoctoral scientist at Harvard University. that causes COVID-19 “Sourcing COVID-19 specific infections, in commercially reagents was incredibly difficult,” he says. available cells derived “Many labs across the country were try- WHEN CRISIS PRESENTS AN ing to get their hands on them and very from kidneys of African few companies offered them, which cre- OPPORTUNITY TO HELP green monkeys. ated a frenzy of ordering and delays in shipment. We had no idea how long we For Ellen Suder, a PhD candidate in microbiology in would be needed to test patient samples, Dr. Elke Mühlberger’s Biosafety Level 4 (BSL-4) virol- so when I found items in stock I had to ogy lab at BU’s NEIDL, COVID-19 presented an oppor- project weeks ahead to make sure we could continue tunity to do good. “Everyone always wants to believe operating if more delays came up. Shutting down for that if there is a crisis, they can be there to help in some even one day due to supply of materials was simply way,” she says. unacceptable.” Ms. Suder, who earned an undergraduate degree At one point, when RNA extraction kits were in in microbiology and immunology at the University of short supply, Mr. Dowrey put out a University-wide California, Irvine before doing a two-year fellowship call for help, and new kits began to appear from labs at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious all over the Medical Campus, which normally used the Diseases Rocky Mountain Laboratories, came to BU, kits for studying various kinds of genetic material for she says, because of the NEIDL’s research opportuni- research purposes. ties, particularly those in the ultra-high containment Ultimately, say Giadone and Dowrey, the team Mühlberger lab, which usually focuses its work on created a lab protocol that was deliberately “home- Ebola and Marburg viruses, some of the world’s most brew,” and could therefore accommodate substitutions lethal pathogens. of equipment and chemicals. It could also run as many In March, when coronavirus infections emerged in as 300 tests in one 16-hour workday. Boston, Ms. Suder had just finished the four months of “What Rich and Todd did was remarkable,” says training required to work in Dr. Mühlberger’s high-level Dr. Murphy. “When I think back to the journey that BSL-4 lab, donning an airtight suit with its own oxygen

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supply to conduct research on live viruses. Ms. Suder is one of the lab’s three researchers involved in what she They know that their describes, half jokingly, as “low-throughput” screening of drugs that might be effective against COVID-19. work matters . . . Unlike high-throughput labs, which run thousands of drugs through screenings, the Mühlberger lab narrows they work its search through meticulous study of research papers, “ identifying and focusing only on compounds that are extremely hard, most likely to stop the coronavirus. Ms. Suder started out screening 31 drugs, most of which were either in clinical trials or were already sometimes 70 approved for clinical use against other diseases. (The drugs were selected based on how promising they looked hours per week. through sequencing data generated by Dr. Andrew Emili’s laboratory at BU’s Center for Network Systems – Elke Mühlberger, PhD Biology.) Ms. Suder first tested the compounds against SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19 infections, in commercially available cells derived from kidneys of know that their work matters, and therefore, they work African green monkeys. extremely hard, sometimes 70 hours a week,”” she says. “It was very impressive to watch Ellen work,” “If necessary, they spend the night in the lab. It’s so Dr. Mühlberger says. Ms. Suder infected the cells with impressive.” SARS-CoV-2, treated them with the compounds, then inactivated [the infected cells] and took them out of BSL-4. She then applied a stain that glows green in the UNDERSTANDING AIRBORNE presence of SARS-CoV-2 and looked at the cells under a microscope to see which drug compounds had been TRANSMISSION able to keep the virus at bay. “When Ellen saw a reduction of SARS–CoV-2 When COVID-19 made its landing in the US, infected cells, she knew that that compound might Dr. Mühlberger wasted no time in inviting research work,” Dr. Mühlberger says. labs across BU and elsewhere to collaborate on Of the 31 drugs she screened, Ms. Suder found 26 research that required the extraordinary biocontain- of them were promising enough to advance to the next ment capabilities of her BSL-4 workspace. Among the test, which used human lung cells created from stem area researchers who responded was Lydia Bourouiba, cells in the laboratories of CReM co-directors Darrell director of the Fluid Dynamics of Disease Transmis- Kotton, MD, and Andrew Wilson, PhD. In human lung sion Laboratory at Massachusetts Institute of Tech- cells, Ms. Suder found six compounds were able to nology (MIT). Dr. Bourouiba had been studying the block SARS-CoV-2 infection by 90 percent or more. survival of organisms in fluids, droplets, and aerosols— “The interesting thing,” says Ms. Suder, co-author research that could lead to a better understanding of of a paper under review that describes those findings, the behavior of pathogens such as SARS CoV-2, which “is that some of those that were most effective didn’t are expelled during speech, coughing, and sneezing. work in [the first] tests with [the African green monkey For the Mühlberger lab, which normally focused kidney] cells. That’s very cool, because it shows that the on Ebola and Marburg viruses that spread through [stem cell–derived human lung] model we are using is bodily fluids, a study of a respiratory-borne virus able to deliver relevant [results] that otherwise might would be a very different kind of research, requiring not have been found.” a whole new set of laboratory protocols. To develop One of the most promising compounds Ms. Suder those protocols, Dr. Mühlberger turned to BU GMS screened, produced by PTC Therapeutics, is entering student Stephen Ross, a first-year student in PiBS. a clinical trial to evaluate its effectiveness in treating Mr. Ross had long been interested in the type of human patients with COVID-19, and in the Decem- viruses studied by Dr. Mühlberger and also in the RNA ber 3 issue of Molecular Cell, she was listed as a first biology studied by Daniel Cifuentes, PhD, an assistant author on the paper “Actionable Cytopathogenic Host professor of biochemistry. Under mentorship of both Responses of Human Alveolar Type 2 Cells to SARS- researchers and in collaboration with the Bourouiba CoV-2.” lab, Mr. Ross is now studying a question that people Dr. Mühlberger says she was constantly moved by around the world continue to ask: what exactly is the the commitment of her students like Ms. Suder. “They safest “social distance” in the age of COVID-19? Six are passionate about their work on SARS-CoV-2. They feet? Or more?

16 Boston University School of Medicine “I had to find methods that were conducive to work in BSL-4, where the protective gear is cumbersome,” Mr. Ross says. But working with a respiratory virus like SARS-CoV-2 “requires a lot of precision work.” In three months of trials inside a BSL-2 lab, Mr. Ross helped develop a lengthy BSL-4 protocol for studying the aerosol transmissibility of SARS-CoV-2, laying out exactly what chemicals were required, what tools were needed, and describing the test’s optimal technique. The next phase was to take Mr. Ross’ rec- ommendations up to the BSL-4 level to study live SARS-CoV-2. “The first round of experiments is aimed more at showing that the method and protocols designed are robust for a virus surrogate of SARS-CoV-2,” says Mr. Ross. “Then the lab will move on to study the survival of SARS-CoV-2 viruses in a more realistic setting”—that’s where the BSL-4 comes into play. “This will ultimately provide insights not only into the dynamics of airborne transmission of SARS- CoV-2, but also the role of environmental conditions in such transmission.” Stephen Ross, above, Mr. Ross joined the lab at a very difficult time, and Devin Kenney. Dr. Mühlberger says. “This was during the general lockdown, but our lab was fully operational, because we started to work on COVID-19,” she says. “It was impressive to see how well he performed . . . despite the caveats of social distancing.” In three months of trials inside a BSL-2 lab, Mr. Ross VACCINE DESIGNS helped develop a lengthy The COVID-19 pandemic, which has killed almost two BSL-4 protocol for studying million people worldwide, has spawned what NEIDL the aerosol transmissibility microbiologist Florian Douam, PhD, an assistant pro- of SARS-CoV-2, laying out fessor of microbiology, describes as the most intense and urgent race for a vaccine in history. Dr. Douam and exactly what chemicals Devin Kenney, a second-year PhD student in PiBS, are were required, what race contestants. tools were needed, and Mr. Kenney, who previously worked for three years in an immunology lab at the National Institutes of Health, describing the test’s joined Dr. Douam’s lab at the NEIDL in April— the height optimal technique. of the COVID surge in Massachusetts—and immediately dove into vaccine development under Dr. Douam’s leadership. Their strategy is founded on a vaccine called 17D, which uses live attenuated virus to immunize against yellow fever. It’s considered one of the most effective and Mr. Ross hadn’t yet completed the training safe vaccines known to science and has been used to required to work at the BSL-4 level, so he had to inoculate more than 500 million people—an excellent devise new research processes for working with a choice to adapt for use with SARS-CoV-2. respiratory virus in BSL-4—all from inside a “The 17D vaccine works very well,” Mr. Kenney much lower BSL-2 lab. To test out new protocols, says. “Research has shown that you can replace regions he selected a surrogate virus that behaves like SARS, [of genetic material] of 17D with regions of other but is nonpathogenic to humans, meaning it could viruses and have protection against those pathogens.” safely be used at a BSL-2 level. The workaround was They are taking a slightly alternative route. They neither done quickly or easily. are placing genetically engineered segments of the

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spike protein from the SARS-CoV-2 virus—the crown- like parts of the virus from which coronavirus gets its name—into the yellow fever 17D vaccine without removing any genes. “We think that’s a promising and safe approach to induce potent and safe immune responses against SARS-CoV-2, and potentially contribute to preventing future COVID-19 outbreaks,” says Dr. Douam. Their vaccine has already passed its first test. In an experiment using blood serum from mice infected with COVID-19, the vaccine elicited an immune response of B cells, one of the major lines of defense in both mouse and human immune systems. Despite the initial success, he and Dr. Douam are hoping for more—to also call in the help of the immune’s attack cells, T cells. “Sometimes,” says Mr. Kenney, “you get a response either from B cells or T cells. We are hoping to see responses from B and T cells, which will provide a longer-lasting protection.” “Our first pilot experiments have been promising,” says Dr. Douam. “Devin is now moving forward to Patrick Keiser, right, Starting with a perform a ‘real’ vaccination experiment, where mice and Rob Davey, PhD. screen of roughly will be vaccinated with our [experimental] vaccine, and then infected with SARS-CoV-2. This will allow us to 3,200 compounds, evaluate the real protective ability of Devin’s vaccine.” Dr. Davey to work as a technician at the they finally While there are more than 100 vaccines currently NEIDL, and came north with hopes of settled on the 21 in development around the world, and while many pursuing his doctorate in microbiology. of those are already in clinical studies, Dr. Douam He was accepted into the GMS PiBS pro- most promising says there is so little known about the immunology gram in winter 2019, switching gears from compounds. of COVID-19 that the more vaccines we develop, the technician to graduate student. Then greater our chance of success against the virus. came 2020. “At best,” he says, “Devin’s research will provide us “When everything started to happen, with a powerful and safe technology that could play a sig- I asked [Rob] if I could come in and nificant role in preventing future COVID-19 outbreaks.” help,” says Mr. Keiser. The answer, of course, was yes. Dr. Davey asked him to start screening more than 3,000 compounds from the lab of BU College SCREENING THOUSANDS FOR A FEW of Arts & Sciences chemist John Porco, PhD. Mr. Keiser began by growing cells on plates that PROMISING DRUG CANDIDATES each have 384 small wells. Then, using a robotic liquid dispenser, he squirted SARS-CoV-2 and chemical As the COVID-19 pandemic kicked research labs at compounds into hundreds and hundreds of wells to see the NEIDL into high gear, the BSL-4 lab overseen by which drugs might slow or stop the virus from spreading. NEIDL microbiologist Rob Davey, PhD, a professor of “We infect [the plated cells] with live virus in the microbiology, prepared a high-throughput screening BSL-4 lab,” Mr. Keiser says. “Then a day or two later, system to test more than 20,000 compounds against we inactivate the virus and move them to a BSL-2 the mysterious new virus. It was a task for which BU space.” Then, using a glowing green stain that lights up GMS PhD candidate Patrick Keiser was well prepared. in the presence of SARS-CoV-2, Mr. Keiser looks to see Long before the arrival of COVID-19, Mr. Keiser how much infection has happened in the presence of knew the potential benefits of infectious disease different compounds. research conducted in a BSL-4 lab. He also happened There’s a sweet spot he’s looking for, meaning com- to know the promise of research conducted under the pounds that don’t do much damage to living cells but guidance of Dr. Davey. Both had previously worked block the virus from replicating itself. together at the Texas Biomedical Research Institute “We [aim to] see at which [dose] level the com- in San Antonio, where Dr. Davey had been an adjunct pound can still stop the virus, but keep our cells intact,” professor and Mr. Keiser had been a lab technician. Mr. Keiser says. “Ideally, you want it to be working at In October of 2018, Mr. Keiser accepted an offer from very low concentrations.”

18 Boston University School of Medicine Starting with a screen of roughly 3,200 compounds, to design an independent, image-based detection they finally settled on the 21 most promising com- method that didn’t rely on those antibody reagents and pounds. Those that offer the most hope of stopping could be easily applied in the lab.” COVID-19, Mr. Keiser says, will be moved on to the Donahue used a technique called RNAFISH, next phase of testing, where cell biology and deep whose reagent production relies solely on the RNA, sequencing may reveal exactly how the compounds or genetic sequence, of the virus. RNAFISH provides disrupt the virus from spreading. At a later date, he a fast “read out” time in just five hours, whereas other says, the best candidates may undergo more research techniques can take up to two to three days. It also and eventually advance to clinical tests. added another level of detail of particular interest to Ms. Donahue. “It allows you to look at replication of the virus A FASTER, BETTER DETECTION in a particular step of the replication cycle,” says Ms. Donahue. That’s important because the earlier METHOD a drug works at disabling the virus, the less time the infection can trigger inflammation and cause cell dam- Callie Donahue, a third-year PhD candidate in age, two factors that have greatly contributed to lung Dr. Davey’s lab, usually studies Ebola virus, but when damage in many coronavirus patients. COVID-19 arrived, Donahue’s research quickly shifted Ms. Donahue’s adaptation of RNAFISH helped from Ebola to SARS-CoV-2. Dr. Davey’s lab and other NEIDL researchers deliver One of the most important tools for any virologist faster and more detailed experimental results, and is the use of antibodies that, when applied to infected proved critical in a collaboration with researchers cells through a stain wash, glow or give off another from Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard detectable signal that indicates whether or not an Medical School, who partnered with Dr. Davey’s team infection has actually occurred. to look for ways to reduce the toxicity of the drug “At the time we started working with COVID-19, remdesivir, a broad-use antiviral that’s been effective we didn’t know if any commercially available antibod- in seriously ill coronavirus patients—but not without ies would even work serious drawbacks. for COVID-19,” says Remdesivir was one of the first drugs that appeared Ms. Donahue. “Good Ms. Donahue’s to help hospitalized COVID-19 patients. But it works antibodies take time by blocking RNA synthesis, a process that is critical to design and bring to adaptation of RNAFISH not just for viruses to replicate, but also a key pro- market. So, I decided helped Davey’s lab cess in normal life cycles of human cells. The BU and Harvard researchers are hoping to use gene editing and other NEIDL to control genes that help remdesivir’s toxic effects Callie Donahue researchers deliver spiral out of control. faster and more “If you can find the genes that are responsible for the [drug] toxicity, and if you can find a way to reduce detailed experimental the expression of those genes,” Ms. Donahue says, results. “then we can better use remdesivir to treat COVID-19.” Ms. Donahue used the RNAFISH method to analyze the impact of two genes on remdesivir’s toxicity. She found that one of those genes, when edited out of cells, not only reduced remdesivir’s negative effects on normal cell processes but also interfered with remdesivir’s ability to work against the virus, making that gene a poor drug target to complement remdesivir therapy. However, the second gene appears much more promising. After editing that gene out of cells, Ms. Donahue says remdesivir was still able to prevent SARS-CoV-2 infection while there were also fewer side effects on the cells themselves. “A complementary drug could be designed against this gene, and used in a cocktail with remdesivir,” Ms. Donahue says. “This could allow us to use remdesivir at higher concentrations that make it more effective [at treating] COVID-19.” n

Winter 2021 | bumc.bu.edu 19 BUSM Research Largest-Ever Study of Prostate Cancer Genomics in Black Patients IDs Potential Targets for Precision Therapies Study finds Black patients should also benefit from recently approved PARP inhibitor therapies “if applied equitably”

lack men in the United States are known to suffer disproportionately from prostate cancer, but B few studies have investigated whether genetic differences in prostate tumors could have anything to do with these One in every six Black Americans will be diagnosed with prostate cancer in their lifetime. health disparities. In the largest study of its kind to date, rresearchers from BUSM, UC San Francisco will be diagnosed with prostate cancer dangerous side effects—in other racial and (UCSF), and Northwestern University have in their lifetime, and these men are twice ethnic groups. identified genes that are more frequently as likely to die from the disease as men In a study published July 10, 2020, in altered in prostate tumors from men with of other races. But it is not yet clear to Clinical Cancer Research, a journal of the African ancestry compared to other racial researchers whether differences in prostate American Association for Cancer Research, groups, though the authors say that the rea- cancer genetics contribute to these health the research team set out to better under- sons for these differences are not known. disparities in addition to the social and envi- stand differences in the mutations driving They also point out that none of the indi- ronmental inequities known to drive poorer prostate cancer tumors in Black versus white vidual tumor genetic differences that were health outcomes across the board. patients, and whether any such differences identified are likely to explain significant dif- To date, studies trying to figure out what could influence disease outcomes or the ferences in health outcomes, or prevent Black genes are commonly mutated in prostate effectiveness of PARP inhibitors or other tar- patients from benefiting from a new genera- cancers often have had very few sam- geted therapies. tion of precision prostate cancer therapies, as ples from racial/ethnic minority groups, The researchers collected and analyzed long as the therapies are applied equitably. despite the greater burden of prostate DNA-sequencing data from previously The newly identified gene variants could cancer in these populations. In May, the published studies and from a commercial potentially lead to precision prostate cancer FDA approved a class of drugs known as molecular diagnostics company. In total, they therapies specifically focused on men with enzyme poly ADP ribose polymerase, or examined mutational patterns in prostate African ancestry and will inform broader PARP, inhibitors as a therapy for men with cancers from more than 600 Black men, rep- efforts by the National Cancer Institute’s prostate cancers driven by specific genetic resenting the largest such study of this popu- Research on Prostate Cancer in Men of mutations, but it is not known how preva- lation to date. African Ancestry: Defining the Roles of lent these mutations are in people with The team found that the frequency of Genetics, Tumor Markers, and Social Stress African ancestry. As more genetic health mutations in DNA repair genes and other (RESPOND) study to link gene variants to studies are performed in minority popula- genes that are targets of current therapeutics health outcomes in an even larger cohort of tions, it has become clear that other geneti- is similar between the two groups, suggesting Black patients nationwide. cally targeted therapies that have been that at least these classes of current precision Despite declines in mortality related to developed based on studies of predomi- prostate cancer therapies should be benefi- cancer in the US, disparities by race have nantly white patients are at times much cial in people of both African and European

persisted. One in every six Black Americans less effective—and in some cases cause ancestry, according to corresponding author ISTOCK/FATCAMERA

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Franklin Huang, MD, PhD, an assistant pro- gene mutations we identified in prostate Dr. Huang, who leads RESPOND’s fessor in UCSF’s Division of Hematology/ tumors from men of African ancestry. This tumor genetics studies based at UCSF, Oncology and a member of the UCSF Helen highlights the need to examine the envi- points out that in particular, the results will Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center, ronmental and social inequities that are inform the efforts of the National Cancer UCSF Institute for Human Genetics, and well known to influence health outcomes Institute-funded RESPOND study, which UCSF Bakar Computational Health Sciences across the board,” Dr. Huang added. “On provided funding for the new UCSF-BUSM- Institute. the other hand, our tumor genomic analysis Northwestern study to perform targeted While the researchers found no significant also showed that current precision medi- gene sequencing in tumors from an even differences in frequencies of mutations in cine approaches ought to be as effective in larger cohort of Black prostate cancer genes important for current prostate cancer Black patients as they have been for other patients. therapies, they did identify other genes, such groups—if we can ensure that these drugs Through partnerships with Black commu- as ZFXH3, MYC, and ETV3, that were more are applied equitably going forward.” nities across the country, RESPOND aims to frequently mutated in prostate cancers from Developing a comprehensive understanding recruit 10,000 Black prostate cancer patients Black men. of how tumor genomics and other biologi- in an effort to better understand the drivers “These results reinforce the idea that cal factors interact with social and environ- of the disease’s outsize burden among Black there can be biological differences in pros- mental inequities to drive poorer clinical Americans. tate cancers between different ancestral outcomes for Black prostate cancer patients “Previous studies have looked in isolation groups and that samples from Black patients should be an important priority for the efforts at different biological, social, and environ- need to be included in future molecular stud- to improve precision medicine for these mental drivers of well-known racial dis- ies to fully understand these differences,” said patients, the researchers say. parities in prostate cancer,” Dr. Huang said. co-corresponding author Joshua Campbell, “These types of studies will remain impor- “RESPOND is a nationwide effort to integrate PhD, assistant professor of medicine at BUSM. tant to understand when certain therapies all these components, and ultimately identify “The poorer health outcomes we see may preferentially benefit Black patients, who specific steps that can be taken to eliminate in Black men with prostate cancer are continue to remain underrepresented in clini- prostate cancer’s unequal burden in Black not easily explained by any of the distinct cal trials,” Dr. Campbell said. communities.” n

to fight off the viral invaders. The delay in What Sets Off Deadly Levels recruiting defensive reinforcements then backfires, the signal going off several days of Lung Inflammation in Some after infection has set in. That delay attracts an army of immune cells into lung tissue COVID-19 Patients? laden with infected and already dead and dying cells, dousing those inflammatory In human stem cell–derived lung tissue infected conditions with even more fuel. with coronavirus, BU scientists are studying the Like most other scientists racing to find biological domino effect SARS-CoV-2 sets off promising new strategies to halt the spread of COVID-19, the BU team has publicly released its data in a “preprint” paper (a team of infectious disease their risk of having an underlying health draft that has not been formally reviewed and regenerative medicine condition increases, and at the same time, and published in a peer-reviewed journal) researchers at Boston their immune system is aging. Both of those to share its research with the scientific and A University, studying human factors are thought to contribute to chronic medical community as soon as possible stem cell–derived lung tissue infected with inflammation—making older people far more while its findings are being peer-reviewed for SARS-CoV-2, is discovering new insights susceptible to the added inflammation that a publication in a scientific journal. into how the novel coronavirus kicks off a COVID-19 infection sets off in the body. “The data is teaching us that [the cells cascade of tissue inflammation in the lungs. The researchers’ experimental data lining the lungs] act something like a white That reaction can be especially lethal for appears to confirm a theory developing blood cell,” a patrolling watchdog cell that’s older people, who make up 8 out of every 10 among clinicians and researchers that SARS- part of the immune system, after infection deaths from COVID-19, the disease caused CoV-2 initially suppresses lung cells’ ability with SARS-CoV-2, says study coleader

ISTOCK/FATCAMERA by the coronavirus. As people get older, to call in the help of the immune system Darrell Kotton, MD, a lung biologist and

Winter 2021 | bumc.bu.edu 21 BUSM Research director of the Center for Regenerative Medi- cine (CReM) on BU’s Medical Campus. The infected lung cells “pour out inflammatory proteins.” In the body of an infected person, those proteins drive up levels of inflammation in the lungs. The data is based on experiments the research team performed at BU’s National Emerging Infectious Diseases Laboratories (NEIDL). Dr. Kotton and other members of CReM have developed sophisticated models of human lung tissue—three-dimensional structures of lung cells, called “lung organoids,” grown from human stem cells—which they’ve used at BU and with collaborators elsewhere to study a range of chronic and Inside the BU NEIDL, Adam Hume used SARS-CoV-2 (green) to infect these stem cell–derived lung cells (blue). acute lung diseases. Adapting their expertise to engineer alveolar cells, which line the inside of lungs cells—and neighboring cells like you would SARS-CoV-2 experiments is one step of con- and are difficult to extract from patients for find in a true brain—reacted quite differently tainment above the required BSL-3 that the research purposes, the CReM lung model is than traditional cultured cells.” Centers for Disease Control and Prevention being infected with SARS-CoV-2 by virolo- To study the novel coronavirus in lung says is required for working with live copies gists at the NEIDL. The stem cell–derived tissue mimicking human lungs, Jessie Huang, of the virus.) lung model provides a better model of cells a postdoctoral associate at the CReM, says Since the pandemic took root in the found in real human lungs than, as is com- the team adapted an experimental model United States, Dr. Hume has been clock- monly done, using cultures of animal-derived previously developed to study the effects of ing up to 30 hours a week inside the BSL-4, cells to investigate disease. smoking cigarettes. wearing the requisite full biocontainment “Our organoids, developed by our CReM “We plate all of the [lung cells] on a mesh suit with its own oxygen supply—an earthly faculty, are engineered from stem cells— membrane, and then we expose them to the version of a space suit, essentially. they’re not identical to the living, breathing air on the top,” Dr. Huang says. Below the He’s infected hundreds of cell cultures cells inside our bodies, but they are the clos- membrane, a liquid substance filled with with live coronavirus using purified, highly est thing to it,” Dr. Kotton says. cellular growth factors feeds the cells, a sub- concentrated doses of SARS-CoV-2 that For more than a decade, Dr. Kotton has stitute for the blood vessel network of the he’s enhanced for experimental research worked with BU regenerative medicine and human body. purposes. The purified coronavirus removes stem cell engineers Andrew Wilson and Finn At the NEIDL, virologist Adam Hume, a the chance that any other cell components Hawkins—who along with Dr. Kotton are senior research scientist in Elke Mühlberger’s are present, so that other factors don’t faculty members at BU School of Medicine lab, adds droplets of live coronavirus on influence experimental results. The doses and pulmonologists at its teaching hospital, top of the lung cells, infecting them from also contain a high concentration of the Boston Medical Center (BMC)—to develop the air side of the interface, similar to the coronavirus so that each attempt to study these state-of-the-art stem cell models. The way the virus infects cells lining the inside the disease in lab cultures has an extremely three physician-scientists work together at of the lungs when air containing the virus is probable chance of achieving infection. BMC, caring for patients with lung disease— breathed into the body. They’ve been running This level of efficiency, Dr. Hume says, including, over the last several months, these experiments inside one of the NEIDL’s is critical for coronavirus research to pro- people critically ill from coronavirus—while Biosafety Level 4 (BSL-4) laboratories, the ceed quickly. leading the CReM teams that engineer lung highest possible level of biosafety contain- Dr. Mühlberger says their experimental cells and organoids for research. ment used for infectious agents that pose observations in the lung model confirm that Mohsan Saeed, a NEIDL virologist work- especially high risk to humans. SARS-CoV-2 blocks cells from activating the ing on this research with Dr. Kotton and Dr. Mühlberger’s BSL-4 lab at the NEIDL immune system early on after infection has other collaborators, says organoids are typically handles some of the world’s most set in. The signal the cells would typically extremely valuable to infectious disease lethal viruses, like the ones that cause Ebola send out, a tiny protein called interferon researchers. “During the Zika outbreak, or Marburg fevers. But since the start of the that they exude under threat of disease, scientists were using brain organoids, and coronavirus outbreak her team has pivoted is instead delayed for several days, giving similarly, liver organoids have been used to to focusing on SARS-CoV-2, collaborating SARS-CoV-2 plenty of time to spread and kill study hepatitis C,” Dr. Saeed says. “One of with colleagues from BU and universities cells, triggering a buildup of dead cell debris the things I noticed when the Zika outbreak across New England who don’t have their and inflammation. came along is that when you immersed own infectious disease research facilities. “SARS-CoV-2 blocks interferon’s

brain organoids in the virus, the infected (The BSL-4 lab they use to perform live response,” Mühlberger says, which indicates LAB/BU CREM WILSON ABO/ANDREW OF KRISTY COURTESY IMAGE

22 Boston University School of Medicine treatment with interferon might help protect blood cells, the patrol cells of the immune ple or people with underlying health condi- cells from SARS-CoV-2’s attack. system. Looking at both types of cells, infect- tions?” Dr. Hume says. “It’s possible they Interferon is already being used experi- ing them together in coculture, is important are experiencing higher levels of inflamma- mentally in some patients based on initial because white blood cells, after picking up tion, or that their immune systems aren’t research conducted elsewhere that revealed distress signals sent out by infected lung cells, able to control the virus before inflamma- that SARS-CoV-2 dampened interferon’s travel into lung tissue to kill SARS-CoV-2. Their tion takes hold.” signal in commercially available cell lines. arrival and subsequent attack on coronavirus- This research is supported by Evergrande But many of those cells have muted immune infected cells can add even more fuel to a rag- MassCPR awards, the National Institutes system responses anyway, Dr. Mühlberger ing five-alarm fire of inflammation. of Health, a CJ Martin Early Career Fellow- says, because of the way they are produced Because, early on after infection, SARS- ship from the Australian National Health and and processed for mass experimental use. CoV-2 appears to slow down the body’s Medical Research Council, an I. M. Rosenzweig The CReM’s lung models, on the other hand, ability to call in the help of the immune Junior Investigator Award from the Pulmonary represent true “in the wild” cell types—they system, by the time white blood cells Fibrosis Foundation, a Harry Shwachman Cystic behave much more like the actual cells inside appear, they may tip the lungs into a dan- Fibrosis Clinical Investigator Award, the Gilead the lungs of living humans. gerous level of inflammation that can lead Sciences Research Scholars Program, Gilda and Now, Dr. Mühlberger says, the team is plan- to organ failure. Alfred Slifka and Gail and Adam Slifka funds, ning to investigate the impact of the SARS- “Why do some people generate this very a Cystic Fibrosis Foundation grant, and a Fast CoV-2 virus on a mix of lung cells and white profound response, especially elderly peo- Grants award. n

Center for Translation Neurotrauma Imaging Creates New Research Avenues for Neuroscience Community

he Center for Translation scientific community, including academics Now, the center is equipped to offer opti- Neurotrauma Imaging (CTNI) from BU and beyond, corporate-sponsored mized brain and human body imaging that at BUSM has revolutionized research, and investigators who have a need was not possible with the old CBI system, as T brain imaging and greatly for high-end human or animal imaging. well as a live animal imaging instrument with enhanced neurotrauma research, thanks much more advanced capabilities. to a $4.9 million Massachusetts Life New & Improved Tools “We’ve taken a quantum leap in the capa- Sciences Center (MLSC) grant and new The center’s cutting-edge imaging tools bilities of the clinical system,” Dr. Ander- state-of-the-art equipment. include a 3T Philips Ingenia Elition MRI, a 9.4 son says. “So now, we’re opening up new Housed in the core facility of the Center Tesla Bruker BioSpec MRI, and a Verasonics avenues for the neuroscience community for Biomedical Imaging (CBI), the CTNI is led Vantage 256 Ultrasound System. to pursue.” by co-directors Stephan Anderson, MD, and The 3T Philips MRI offers unrivaled Lee Goldstein, MD, PhD, who were awarded imaging quality as the human MRI clinical One-Stop Shop a competitive grant from the MLSC to help instrument. Featuring a 70 cm bore and full Typically, revolutionary research instruments revamp the CBI and build upon BU’s world- digital acquisition platform, as well as the like the 3T Philips MRI and 9.4T Bruker MRI renowned chronic traumatic encephalopathy most up-to-date software packages, the would be distributed among various cen- (CTE) research. machine acquires data incredibly quickly ters focused on different arrays of diseases. “While the broader mission of the center and efficiently. Focusing on neurotrauma and neurodegen- is to look at all the organs of the body, we do “It has features that optimize the imaging erative diseases in one general-use facility have a particular interest in problems of the of the brain. In addition to the brain, it can places the CTNI apart from other scientific brain, specifically those that lead to injury image every other part of the body,” explains institutions, and at the forefront of neu- of the brain and long-term degenerative Dr. Anderson, professor and vice chair for rotrauma research. problems associated with the brain,” said research in the department of radiology. “What we’ve done is paired state-of-the- Dr. Goldstein, associate professor of psy- The 9.4T MRI from Bruker is ideal for art research imaging capabilities with world- chiatry, radiology, neurology, and pathology imaging small animals, thanks to its high class clinical, pathological, and research & laboratory medicine, who also co-leads spatial resolution and high signal-to-noise operations focusing in this area,” Dr. Goldstein the Biomarker Core at the Boston University (SNR) ratio. Its cryogenically cooled surface says. “This is clearly the best facility in the Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center. coil is incredibly rare, and optimizes the world for doing this type of work.” An area of focus is on neurotrauma and machine for mouse brain imaging. The CTNI is open for business to those how it triggers CTE and exacerbates Alz- Additionally, the CTNI provides ultra- looking for these advanced imaging capabili- heimer’s disease. sound capabilities with a highly flexible ties, from researchers in biomedicine and In addition to their scientific focus, the research platform, the Verasonics Ultra- neuroscience to software engineering and

IMAGE COURTESY OF KRISTY ABO/ANDREW WILSON LAB/BU CREM WILSON ABO/ANDREW OF KRISTY COURTESY IMAGE center serves the imaging needs of the sound System. magnetic resonance physics. n

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■ Lindsey Farrer, Rhoda Au Receive NIH Grant to Create New RESEARCH AWARDS Framingham Heart Study Brain Aging Program Since 1976, the Framingham Heart Study (FHS)—the longest- ■ Rhoda Au Receives $2.8M Award from AHA, Bill Gates running, multigenerational epidemiological study in the world— The American Heart Association—the world’s leading voluntary has followed participants for incident dementia. Findings have organization dedicated to a world of longer, healthier lives—and helped to analyze the differences between normal, age-related global philanthropist and technology visionary Bill Gates have changes in thinking, and disease-related pathological alterations. committed to advancing the scientific evidence base related to Including many of the original participants’ children and grand- brain health and dementia by funding a $3.3 million health tech- children (known as the second- and third-generation cohorts) has nology research joint initiative. Specifically, the project will fund also provided an opportunity to explore genetic factors related to a new brain health and dementia technology research center Alzheimer’s disease (AD) and vascular dementia. at Boston University. It also will support the global exchange of research data to help scientists around the world collectively work Now, thanks to a five-year, $26.56 million grant from the National in accelerating new discoveries related to heart and brain health, Institutes of Health, a new program called the Framingham Heart including the early detection and treatment of Alzheimer’s disease Study Brain Aging Program (FHS-BAP) will continue the surveil- and related dementias. lance and evaluation of FHS participants for dementia (including cognitive assessments and brain imaging) and invigorate the FHS The new initiative is part of the Association’s Strategically brain donation program and brain bank. The program will also Focused Research Network on Health Technologies and establish a platform to promote data sharing that will accelerate Innovation, first launched with four centers in April 2020. A AD research using FHS data and conduct three interrelated proj- multidisciplinary team of researchers at BU has been selected to ects using FHS data and specimen resources. establish the fifth research site, a brain health and dementia technology research center, funded by a $2.8 million grant from Bill Lindsay Farrer, PhD, chief of biomedical genetics, one of two Gates and the American Heart Association. principal investigators of the award, will lead the research. “The primary goal of this new program is to continue dementia sur- Led by Rhoda Au, PhD, professor of anatomy & neurobiology, veillance, bring added resources to the brain donation program neurology and epidemiology, the new team will focus their work including neuropathological examination to identify new and on the connections of heart and brain health, specifically in the expand on known AD-related genetic and other risk factors and areas of dementia and Alzheimer’s disease. They will work on biomarkers, and to pursue innovative research about the vascular new technology to better identify and track early health behav- and inflammatory basis of AD,” he explained. iors that can affect brain health and lead to chronic diseases, use advanced computational and artificial intelligence analytics to The FHS-BAP will feature three interrelated projects that focus on more specifically determine who is at risk for those diseases, and vascular and inflammatory contributors to AD. One project will ultimately find ways to prevent the behaviors or triggers that lead identify factors that are associated with AD risk and resilience to them. One major aim is to use passive data-collection technol- using longitudinal analyses of FHS data including various genetic, ogy, requiring minimal action on the part of the participant, to be clinical, imaging, lifestyle and other traits; a second will inves- more sustainable over time. This can be especially beneficial in tigate the link between AD genetic vulnerabilities and chronic historically excluded populations that often don’t have the means inflammation; a third will study the impact of variants in genes for costly wearable health technology. affecting immune function on AD-related brain changes and cognitive performance. All of the projects will leverage the unique In addition to the new research center, the joint initiative also features of this family-based cohort and up to 70 years of follow- will provide $500,000 to support the efforts of all five centers in up data collected from study participants. a collaborative project to enhance how research data is shared through interoperable technology platforms, advances that could Principal Investigator Rhoda Au, PhD, professor of anatomy & ultimately streamline and fast-track solutions to patient care and neurobiology, neurology and epidemiology, who will coordinate treatment. research participant engagement in this program, noted that, “FHS-BAP investigators will apply interdisciplinary approaches Findings from this joint research project will be added to the that maximize use of a wide array of clinical, lifestyle, biomarker database of Alzheimer’s Research UK’s Early Detection of and ‘omic’ information collected from three generations of FHS Neurodegeneration. Through this global initiative, scientists from participants over the course of their adult lives to develop strate- around the world are collecting, sharing, and analyzing clinical gies that preserve cognition and memory and to identify novel and digital health data to detect diseases like Alzheimer’s in the therapeutic targets.” brain years before the symptoms of dementia start. More than 5.7 million Americans currently live with Alzheimer’s, one of the “This program will promote using FHS-BAP data, especially by most common forms of dementia, and that number is expected to early stage and by investigators not currently working in the AD nearly triple by 2050. n field, using a pilot projects program and through enhanced and proactive data-sharing efforts,” said Dr. Farrer.

24 Boston University School of Medicine His research has led to more than 450 publications on genetic exposure renders human lung cells susceptible to infection or risk factors for several familial neurodegenerative and other injury from SARS-CoV-2. n chronic diseases. In collaboration with other laboratories worldwide, his group has identified genes and delineated mechanisms ■ Boston University Researchers to Develop New Breast causing a variety of rare and common disorders including AD, Tumor Models age-related macular degeneration, substance use disorders, Breast cancer is the second most common cancer diagnosed in Wilson disease, Machado-Joseph disease, Waardenburg syn- women in the United States after skin cancer, and women with comor- drome, and hypertension. bidities often fare worse in terms of their breast cancer. Researchers believe that comorbid conditions such as diabetes, obesity, and meta- Dr. Au has been involved in FHS research related to cognitive bolic disease may alter the biology of the nonmalignant cells of the aging and preclinical/clinical dementia since 1990; the limits of tumor microenvironment and may promote progression. standard neuropsychological testing led her to apply the Boston Process Approach (BPA) to increase the sensitivity of these tests. BUSM researchers Gerald Denis, PhD, Andrew Emili, PhD, and The BPA includes tracking error and extraneous responses, and Stefano Monti, PhD, together with Beth Israel Deaconess/ she has exponentially expanded the scientific potential of the BPA Harvard Medical School researcher Senthil Muthuswamy, PhD, approach by introducing digital technologies to detect changes have been awarded a five-year, $2.5 million National Cancer in cognition much more effectively than traditional, paper-pencil Institute UO1 grant to develop and analyze breast tumor organ- tests do. FHS is the first to apply the BPA method to epidemio- oids (models). Specifically, the award will support their project, logic research. Dr. Au is currently focused on building multisec- “Multiscale analysis of metabolic inflammation as a driver of tor ecosystems to enable solutions for chronic disease prevention breast cancer.” generally, and optimizing brain health specifically, and moving the primary focus of health technologies from precision medicine to a According to the researchers, the patient population at most safety broader emphasis on precision health. net hospitals often presents not just with invasive breast cancer of a specific stage and molecular subtype, but also with comorbid The FHS has had a major impact on public health by establishing conditions such as type 2 diabetes, which accounts for a 40 per- links between cholesterol and heart disease and blood pressure cent worse overall survival compared to nondiabetic women. and stroke, as well as precursors to a variety of other diseases of the elderly. n “This comorbidity burden is disproportionately high among vulnerable cohorts, such as patients at Boston Medical Center ■ Andrew Wilson Receives American Lung Association Grant (BMC), where it can affect half of the patient population. Andrew A. Wilson, MD, associate professor of medicine and a Unfortunately, current models of breast tumor progression and pulmonary and critical care clinician-scientist, received a two- immunotherapy are based on data from metabolically healthy year, $200,000 grant from the American Lung Association (ALA) cancer patients, ignoring metabolic/inflammatory components that he will use to determine whether smoking and the use of of type 2 diabetes,” explained Dr. Monti, associate professor of e-cigarettes makes the body more susceptible to COVID-19. medicine and biostatistics.

Dr. Wilson’s lab forms part of the Center for Regenerative “Currently, the standard of care is built on data from patients Medicine (CReM). An important area of his research involves the who do not have these complications, thus these patients are use of induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSC) to study human lung understudied. Our goal is to produce new models that represent diseases. Together with CReM Director Darrell Kotton, MD, and women with these conditions and hopefully lead to improved their CReM associates, Dr. Wilson uses iPSC to develop sophis- outcomes in their survival,” added Dr. Denis, the Shipley Prostate ticated, three-dimensional models of human lung tissue called Cancer Research Professor. “lung organoids” to model in vivo patient biology and test potential therapeutic agents. “This project leverages the strengths of a unique, transdisciplinary team with complementary strengths in molecular oncology, organ- Since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, CReM research- oid modeling, bioinformatics, and systems biology to address a ers have been collaborating with scholars based at BU’s National major unmet clinical need,’ said Dr. Emili, the founding director of Emerging Infectious Diseases Laboratories (NEIDL) to study the the Center for Network Systems Biology at BU. exposure of these organoids to the live coronavirus in the NEIDL’s Biosafety Level 4 (BSL-4) laboratories, which are used for experi- Other researchers on the project are Naomi Ko, MD, MPH, a ments involving highly infectious agents, like the ones that cause medical oncologist at BMC; Kimberly Bertrand, ScD, from BU’s Ebola and Marburg fevers. The co-location of facilities for the Slone Epidemiology Center, who will analyze patient clinical data study of stem cells and these highly infectious viruses gives for outcomes of breast cancer; Anna Belkina, MD, PhD, an expert in BUSM unique capabilities for dealing with COVID-19. multiparameter flow cytometry, who will focus on the T cell function of the breast cancer immune infiltrates; and Joshua Campbell, In the ALA-funded study, Dr. Wilson will draw on these resources PhD, a computational biologist, who will analyze single-cell RNA to test the hypothesis that cigarette smoke or e-cigarette vapor sequencing data from the tumors, T cells, and organoids. n

Winter 2021 | bumc.bu.edu 25 BUSM Giving bu.edu/supportingbusm Rebecca Lee Crumpler Scholarship Fund to Honor First Black American Woman Physician

n 1864, a 33-year-old woman named Rebecca Davis Lee (Crumpler) became the first Black American woman to DURING THE WEEK OF I earn a degree in medicine, awarded February 8, 2021, BUSM by the New England Female Medical College, a pioneering institution that became Boston will celebrate Rebecca Lee University’s School of Medicine (BUSM) Crumpler’s 190th birthday in 1873. Following her graduation, Rebecca worked with the Freedmen’s Bureau in Rich- with a virtual symposium mond, Virginia, created at the end of the Civil and discussions to raise War to help recently freed enslaved people gain access to food, housing, and medical additional scholarship funds services. She returned to practice family in her name for students medicine in Boston, and later published A Book of Medical Discourses. Although she demonstrating financial encountered prejudice and hostility as a need, with first preference Black woman doctor, she persisted in her life’s mission: combating illness in women for Black women and second and children. preference for students Born on February 8, 1831, Dr. Crumpler was able to attend medical school due to from underrepresented a scholarship from the Wade Scholarship communities who are Black Fund. The need for financial aid is just as Dr. Crumpler was one of the first Black Americans to write pervasive today for medical students. Black or Hispanic/Latinx. a medical publication. students made up only 8.4 percent of appli- cants to medical school, and just 5 percent of active US physicians from 2018 to 2019 were Black. Scholarships are one critical way to expand access to medical education and memorialize Dr. Crumpler’s incredible pio- “You can’t have a strong economy and nation the medical profession. neering spirit and dedication to patient care. without a healthy population.” Dr. Louis V. Sullivan (MED’58), a mem- At a time when healthcare professionals are Dr. Crumpler’s story is already prominent ber of the Dean’s Advisory Board, was able combating the COVID-19 pandemic and the on BUSM’s “history wall” and we now will to attend BUSM due to scholarship support medical inequities we face in our society, it honor her with endowed scholarship funds from alumni and has decided to donate to the is of the utmost importance that we ensure in her name to support Black women who Rebecca Lee Crumpler Scholarship Fund. “I Black students receive the support needed aspire to become physicians. Crumpler want to give back, and especially help Black to pursue a quality medical education.” scholarships will be awarded to students students with need,” he said. Dr. Sullivan echoed Dr. Williams’ senti- demonstrating financial need, with first Patricia J. Williams (MED’89), a member ment. “COVID-19 has revealed deficiencies in preference for Black women and second of the Dean’s Advisory Board who is a lead our healthcare system, in particular a discrep- preference for students from underrepre- donor to the scholarship fund, said, “As a ancy between the health outcomes of white sented communities who are Black or proud alumna of BUSM and a woman who and Black people, making it more important Hispanic/Latinx. dedicated my medical career to the care of than ever to assist underrepresented minori- women, I am thrilled to support efforts to ties going into the medical field,” he said. To make a gift, contact [email protected]. n

26 Boston University School of Medicine Endowed Scholarship Honors the Lives of Frank Yuen Yee and May Seto Yee

r. Andrew Yee recently estab- This endowed As a volunteer lished the Frank Yuen Yee and scholarship was faculty member May Seto Yee Scholarship at created in loving with Western Uni- D BUSM. memory of Dr. versity of Health This endowed scholarship was created Yee’s parents, who Sciences in Califor- in loving memory of Dr. Yee’s parents, who nia, Dr. Yee enjoys raised a family of seven children in San raised a family of working with third- Francisco and knew that love meant giving seven children in year students and to others. Frank and May lived their lives San Francisco and watching them always giving—of their time, of their energy, knew that love gain the confidence and of their optimism—to their children and meant giving to needed to build community. others. their medical skills. “I have been helped so much by my lov- He previously May Seto Yee and Frank Yuen Yee ing parents,” Dr. Yee said. “So, I want to pay worked in private practice as a pulmonologist it forward to help my kids, and to help other and now works in primary care for the state people, too.” of California. “I wanted to take a little bit of the edge off Dr. Yee’s daughter recently graduated He knows firsthand the importance of of the stress of financial burden, so the stu- from BUSM. He was so impressed by the a medical education and recognizes that dents have more energy to evolve emotion- members of her class, whom he met during there are financial barriers for many stu- ally, psychologically, and academically and her White Coat Ceremony, that he decided dents interested in pursuing a career in won’t have to worry so much about the bills,” to establish the scholarship. medicine. he said. “Hopefully, my little part will help.” n

Walmart Foundation Commits Additional Support for Women Veterans

he Walmart Foundation has made a grant of $100,000 to launch Building Reintegration from T Dreams and Goals to Execution and Success (BRIDGES), an extension of the Women Veterans Network (WoVeN). Supported by the foundation since 2017, in reintegration. The program is now being vent risk factors for poor outcomes such as WoVeN works to forge connections among piloted in small-group settings. isolation and loneliness that our women vet- women veterans to decrease isolation and “The BRIDGES expansion of our successful erans often experience.” increase well-being. BRIDGES seeks to WoVeN program,” said program director Tara Since 2017, the Walmart Foundation has extend this support to active-duty service- Galovski, PhD, associate professor of psy- provided more than $800,000 for WoVeN and women on the verge of separating from chiatry and director of the Women’s Health BRIDGES. “The Walmart Foundation has made service. Sciences Division of the VA’s National Center it possible for us to reach well more than 2,000 An evidence-based initiative that leverages for PTSD, “fills an important gap in services women veterans over the last three years. This the mentorship of women veterans in the for transitioning female service members. By support has been instrumental in improving WoVeN program, BRIDGES will provide sup- welcoming female service members into our the lives of women veterans nationwide, partic- port and guidance for women separating from strong and supportive community of women ularly during the pandemic and the subsequent service and navigating the difficulties inherent veterans, we hope to mitigate and even pre- increased social isolation,” said Dr. Galovski. n

Winter 2021 | bumc.bu.edu 27 Giving

Toffler Charitable Trust Gift to Enable Future-Focused Brain Science

UMC Provost and BUSM Dean The trust aims A nonprofit orga- facet of modern society. In this spirit, the trust Karen Antman, MD, and the to support nization focused on aims to support cutting-edge, highly impactful BUSM Dean’s Advisory Board view cutting-edge, health, medicine, ideas that will push the future of humanity in a B donations that enable researchers highly impactful research, education, brighter, more hopeful direction. to take risks and explore their most adven- ideas that will and technology and pri- BUSM’s wide range of clinical and epi- turous ideas as especially valuable, making oritizing dementia and demiological Alzheimer’s disease research the news of a $40,000 grant from the Karen push the future Alzheimer’s diseases within the Alzheimer’s Disease Research Toffler Charitable Trust to implement the of humanity in research, the Karen Center, the Framingham Heart Study, and the Toffler Scholar Program particularly exciting. a brighter, more Toffler Charitable Trust New England Centenarian Study piqued the The award will provide funding to researchers hopeful direction. continues the legacy of trust’s interest. The Toffler Scholar Program working on early-stage, future-focused Alvin and Heidi Toffler, will fund a new BUSM scholar every year, brain science through an internal com- world-renowned futurists and global best- helping young researchers to build promising petition at BUSM. selling authors who focused on virtually every new bridges to the future. n

CTE Center Receives Largest Foundation Gift in Its History

he Chronic Traumatic Encepha- lopathy (CTE) Center, one of BUSM’s most distinctive, influen- T tial, and widely known research programs, recently received a $1M anonymous donation, the largest foundation gift in its history. CTE is a degenerative brain disease that occurs in people with a history of repetitive mild head trauma—including concussion and asymptomatic subconcussive impacts— such as contact and collision sports athletes, military service members, and others. These injuries cause a cascade of changes in the brain and lead to the progressive destruction of brain tissue. CTE cannot yet be diagnosed Ann McKee, MD with certainty during life, and there are no effective therapies. festations of the disease and methods of ter’s slides, it will enable an acceleration of The CTE Center is the world’s leader diagnosing it through fluid and neuroimag- the search for diagnostics and therapies for in the study of this disease. Director Ann ing biomarkers. CTE, and perhaps other neurodegenerative McKee, MD, has developed the world’s larg- The gift is intended to support the center diseases as well. est repository of the brain tissue of individu- in two ways. First, it will enable Dr. McKee Additionally, the donor contributed the als with a history of repetitive brain trauma, to obtain a digital imaging scanner that will funding needed to support three, two-year defined the diagnostic criteria for CTE, and allow the team to create ultra-high resolu- postdoctoral fellowships. Postdocs are the done pioneering research on the etiology tion digital images of tissue samples, study lifeblood of the CTE Center, essential to both and natural history of the disease. Robert them using AI-enhanced analytical methods, the completion of the work it is currently Stern, PhD, director of clinical research at and circulate them through the scientific doing and to the extension of this critical the center, has examined risk and protective community without loss of detail or fidelity. line of research as fellows mature into inde- factors of CTE, as well as the clinical mani- As more scientists have access to the cen- pendent scholars. n

28 Boston University School of Medicine At Virtual Scholarship Event, Grateful Students Thank Donors for Financial Support

Clockwise from top, Reshma Kewalramani, MD (CAS’98, MED’98), Stephen Karp (CAS’63), James Valderrama (MED’23), and Oge Nwanegwo (MED’21).

Students took center stage at this year’s event as 18 participants hile this year’s scholarship their passion for helping medical students recorded remarks to thank their night didn’t quite look like through financial support. scholarship donors for helping them previous gatherings, thanks The first female CEO of a major biotech- along their medical education journeys. W to Zoom, the “Celebration of nology company, Vertex Pharmaceuticals, BUSM Scholarship: An Evening of Gratitude” and a graduate of the Boston University minimize the financial burden on those who provided a virtual opportunity for students to Seven-Year Liberal Arts/Medical Educa- choose to enter the field. thank their scholarship donors. tion Program, Dr. Kewalramani created a “We look to the future of the pediatri- Dean Karen Antman, MD, kicked off the scholarship to benefit women and under- cians that will be taking care of the kids of celebrations by announcing the new scholar- represented students looking to enter the America,” Mr. Karp said. ships created since last year’s BUSM Schol- medical field. Dean Antman then introduced this year’s arship Dinner, including the Early Medical “I think we can all agree that it is abso- student speakers, Oge Nwanegwo (MED‘21) School Selection Scholarship, BU Loan For- lutely critical we do everything we can to and James Valderrama (MED‘23), both giveness Scholarships, and the Rebecca Lee build a diverse, inclusive, and equitable of whom discussed their unique paths to Crumpler Scholarship. society, working with our educational insti- BUSM and sincere appreciation for their “Now more than ever, we need to tutions and carrying through to our work- financial support. diversify our physician classes to serve all force,” she said. “As I reflect on my time here, I realize that Americans,” Dean Antman said, referencing Mr. Karp graduated from Boston University one of the main reasons I have made it so Rebecca Lee Crumpler and her trailblazing with a degree in government in 1963 and far, the reason I have had all these experi- path as the first Black female physician. now serves as CEO of New England Devel- ences, is because of the financial support Students took center stage at this year’s opment. Recognizing that pediatric doctors I have received from donors like you,” Ms. event as 18 participants recorded remarks make less money than their counterparts in Nwanegwo said. to thank their scholarship donors for helping other specialties, the Karp Family Founda- Mr. Valderrama noted that donors influ- them along their medical education jour- tion created the Karp Family Scholarships in ence more than just individual medical journeys. Donors Dr. Reshma Kewalramani and Pediatrics and the Karp Family Professorship neys: “You also shape our careers and the Stephen Karp then shared testimonials on in Pediatrics at BUSM as part of an effort to experience of our future patients.” n

Winter 2021 | bumc.bu.edu 29 Giving

The Chester S. Keefer, MD Society • The Chester S. Keefer, MD Society was established DONOR REPORT as a means of recognizing individuals whose personal philanthropy has helped advance the dual Thank you, donors. research and education missions of Boston University School of Medicine. The society is named in honor of Dr. Chester S. Keefer, whose foresight and determination in roles as chairman of the Department of Medicine, dean of Boston University School of Medicine, and director of the Medical Center, were responsible for laying the foundation for the Boston University Medical Center. In memory of his spirit, we honor those donors whose lifetime contributions have reached $50,000 or more at the School of Medicine. Names in bold are new members.

PLATINUM Alan Gerry and Sandra Gerry Susan E. Leeman Maurice R. Ferré (MED’92, CGS’81, SPH’92) Joel J. Alpert and Barbara W. Alpert Jonathan P. Gertler (Questrom’99) Douglas N. MacInnis (MED’46) ■ and Maria D. Ferré ■ (SPH’79) ■ ■ and Jane R. Clark ■ Barry M. Manuel (MED’58, CAS’54) Joseph T. Ferrucci and Brenda Ferrucci Merwyn Bagan (MED’62, SPH’95) Albert M. Ghassemia ■ and Patricia D. Manuel (SON’78, Samuel Finkielsztein and Gala Finkielsztein ■ and Carol J. Bagan Audrey & Martin Gruss Foundation Wheelock’86) ■ Frederick L. Fox (MED’68) and Gail P. Fox ■ Nancy L. Bucher ■ Lewis Heafitz and Ina B. Heafitz Rita Z. Mehos ■ Charles N. Freed and Marlene Freed ■ Howard D. Buzzee ■ Stephen R. Karp (CAS’63) and Jill E. Karp Joseph B. Mizgerd and Ann F. Mizgerd ■ Patricia L. Freysinger (SON’82) ■ Shamim A. Dahod (MED’87, CGS’76, Sarkis J. Kechejian (MED’63) ■ John H. Nichols, Jr. ■ Ralph G. Ganick (MED’67, CAS’67) CAS’78) and Ashraf M. Dahod ■ Stanley H. Konefal (MED’47) Simon C. Parisier (MED’61) and Lois B. Ganick ■ Richard H. Egdahl and Cynthia Egdahl and Catherine M. Konefal ■ and Elaine S. Parisier ■ Shahram S. Gholami (MED’96) (GRS’77) ■ Sherry M. Leventhal Peter E. Pochi (MED’55) ■ and Neda Gholami and Alan M. Leventhal (Hon.’09) ■ Jeffrey D. Tripp and M. Douglass Poirier Godley Family Foundation Inez Lopez ■ (MED’76, CAS’73) ■ Burton P. Golub (MED’65) Frank J. Miselis (MED’45) Alexander M. Rodger ■ and Lee H. Golub ■ and Theodora T. Miselis ■ Joelyn L. Rohman and Michael Rohman Donald J. Grande (MED’73) GIVING LEVELS: Carl A. Olsson (MED’63) (MED’50) ■ and Elena M. Grande ■ and Mary D. Olsson ■ ■ ■ $50,000–$99,999 Richard D. Scott and Mary Scott Jack C. Guden Jerome S. Serchuck and Joan S. Serchuck ■ Lee B. Silver (MED’82, CAS’82) Kamlyn R. Haynes (MED’97, CAS’89) Mercury members Richard C. Shipley (Questrom’68,’72) and Rachelle L. Silver ■ and Joseph B. Parse ■ • Invitation to the spring Chester Wesley R. Skinner and Charlotte A. Skinner ■ Louis W. Sullivan (MED’58, Hon.’90) Lea Highet and Ian Highet S. Keefer, MD Society Dinner Jack N. Spivack ■ and E. Ginger Sullivan ■ Rod F. Hochman (MED’79, CAS’79) • Honorary plaque Helen L. Tarlow and Sherwood J. Tarlow ■ Mary U. Taylor ■ and Nancy J. Hochman (Sargent’77,’83) ■ Diane Tauber and Laszlo N. Tauber ■ A. Raymond Tye (Questrom’47) ■ Michael F. Holick and Sally A. Holick $100,000–$249,999 GOLD Martin L. Vogel (MED’53) Jeffrey R. Jay (MED’83, CAS’83) Bronze members ■ ■ Norman W. Alpert and Jane D. Alpert ■ and Phyllis M. Vogel and Mary Ellen A. Jay • All of the previously listed Madeline WIkler and Joseph M. Wikler ■ Karen H. Antman and Elliott Antman ■ Donald M. Kaplan (MED’73) Amber Wong ■ benefits Nancy Baler ■ and Edna E. Kaplan (COM’88) Arnold Wong, Jr. • Invitation to and preferred Anita B. Barkan (CAS’46) Denise S. Katsaros (Wheelock’69) ■ ■ seating, when available, at and Donald B. Barkan (MED’45) ■ Andrew Yee and Mirta Yee and Arthur T. Katsaros Earl G. Kendrick, Jr. and Randy Kendrick select BU/BUSM events George A. Finley III and Phyllis A. Finley BRONZE The Kessler Family John L. Hall II (CAS’65) and Ann T. Hall Anonymous (4) ■ throughout the year Nasir A. Khan ■ Paul F. Nace, Jr. Carmela R. Abraham Elaine B. Kirshenbaum (CAS’71, Wheelock’72, $250,000–$499,999 Paul Rothbaum and Jean Rothbaum ■ and Menachem E. Abraham ■ SPH’79) and Howard D. Kirshenbaum ■ Silver members Elayne Russek Gerhard R. Andlinger and Jeanne D. Andlinger ■ Joseph J. Konefal (MED’77) Thomas J. Ryan and Nancy T. Ryan ■ Erika Ebbel Angle (MED’12) and Colin Angle ■ • All of the previously listed and Karen G. Konefal ■ Robert E. Schiesske (MET’78, Questrom’82) ■ Michael L. Apuzzo (MED’65) ■ benefits Rose Ann Kornfeld and Lewis F. Kornfeld, Jr. ■ Christine E. Stiefel ■ ■ • Personalized tour of research/ John T. Avellino and R. Ellen Avellino Lawrence E. Langsam (Questrom’57) ■ clinical area of your choice at SILVER Ruth M. Batson (Wheelock’76) and Hannah S. Langsam ■ William Y. Au (MED’55, CAS’51) Melvin R. Berlin and Randy L. Berlin Estella I. Leach ■ BU Medical Campus Jag Bhawan and Pratibha G. Bhawan and Beverly N. Au ■ ■ Patricia M. Leavitt (CAS’54, MED’58) ■ David G. Bradley and Katherine B. Bradley $500,000–$999,999 Donna R. Barnard (MED’65) Richard S. Leghorn ■ Gold members and Douglas E. Barnard (MED’65) Elizabeth R. Brown Ruth R. Levine and Martin J. Levine ■ Paul C. Burke and Gloria J. Burke • All of the previously listed Gerald Besson (MED’50) Henry T. Lew (MED’62) and Winifred Lew ■ ■ David J. Caron and Susan M. Caron ■ benefits and Eleanore S. Besson Rita E. Loos ■ Mary Ann Blount and James A. Blount, Jr. Richard J. Catrambone (MED’92) James H. Lowell II and Susan W. Lowell • Direct communication with the ■ Helen L. Burr and George Burr ■ and Sophia Catrambone Jules N. Manger (CGS’66) recipients of your generosity Lin Castre and Abraham D. Gosman ■ Richard J. Cavell (MED’61) and Bonnie Cavell and Janis G. Manger ■ (students, faculty, researchers) Ann C. Cea (MED’67) and Anthony Tedeschi ■ Robert D. Champion and Marjorie Champion Rocco S. Marino (MED’42) ■ Aram V. Chobanian (Hon.’06) Harold N. Chefitz (COM’55, CGS’53) Allan P. Markin and Patricia Markin ■ $1,000,000+ ■ and Jasmine Chobanian ■ ■ and Charlotte M. Chefitz JoAnn McGrath Platinum members Mary Lou Cohn and Arthur B. Wein Hsi-Pin Chen (MED’96,’96, CAS’89, Robert B. Melikian (CGS’60, CAS’62) • All of the previously listed (MED’39) ■ SPH’91) and Kenneth E. Hancock Steven A. Miller (MED’70, CAS’70) ■ benefits Andrew B. Crummy, Jr. (MED’55) (ENG’92,’01) and Jacqueline H. Miller (CAS’70) ■ • Private lunch with the Dean and Elsa E. Crummy ■ Yi-Chuan Ching (MED’58) Ruth A. Moorman (CAS’88, ■ ■ and other leadership of the Idea S. Fiering ■ and Helen Yu-Ching Wheelock’89,’09) and Sheldon N. Simon Michael J. Critelli and Joyce M. Critelli School of Medicine Robert C. Green and Sally E. McNagny Charles Mosesian ■ Hideo H. Itabashi (MED’54, CAS’49) Jodi Dome Linger and Nicholas T. Linger ■ Peter J. Mozden (MED’53) ■ ■ 2020 Donor and Yoko O. Itabashi ■ Elizabeth C. Dooling (MED’65) ■ Carolann S. Najarian (MED’80) ■ Deceased Reshma Kewalramani (MED’98, CAS’98) Paul R. Dooling and Sandra A. Danussi ■ and K. George Najarian Bold —Class of 2020 and Abhijit R. Kulkarni (ENG’93,’97) ■ E. Elaine Erbey (Wheelock’72) John Noble and Ewa Kuligowska Lenore Larkin and Harold S. Larkin ■ Joseph S. Fastow (MED’70) Wilson Nolen and Eliot Nolen and Ellen K. Fastow ■

30 Boston University School of Medicine Zein E. Obagi and Samar A. Obagi ■ Yvonne K. Brockman Betsy E. Horen ■ Helen S. Ratner Paul I. Ossen (MED’43) ■ and Stanley K. Brockman (MED’55) ■ ■ Arline Housman and Herbert E. Housman ■ and Frank Ratner (MED’47) ■ ■ William Patty and Eliot Patty Alan J. Brody ■ Charles Housman Iver S. Ravin (MED’40) ■ Louise E. Penta and P. A. Penta (MED’51) ■ Robert A. Cameron ■ Edward L. Housman (Questrom’42) Nancy E. Rice (MED’65) Carol C. Pohl (MED’67) and Alan L. Pohl ■ Robert J. Carey (MED’54) and Charolotte Housman ■ and Millard J. Hyland ■ Theodore Polos (MED’47) and Jean Polos and Mary E. Carey (Wheelock’55) ■ James B. Howell (MED’65) Joel A. Roffman (MED’75, CAS’72) Ronald L. Ragland (MED’82) ■ Russell K. Carney and Geraldine Carney ■ and Marlene A. Howell and Nancy C. Roffman ■ Elihu Rose and Susan W. Rose Edmond E. Charrette (MED’62) Bernard L. Huang (MED’62, CAS’57) Gerald L. Ross ■ Albert Rosenthaler and Debbie Rosenthaler ■ and Maria T. Charrette ■ ■ and Ann M. Huang ■ Melanie Rothbaum Doris M. Russell and Robert F. Russell Jeremy Chess (MED’70, CAS’70) Richard E. Hunter (MED’44) and David Rothbaum (MED’82) ■ (MED’46) ■ ■ David J. Chronley (MED’74) and Minta L. Hunter Richard A. Rudders ■ The Schulze Family and Marianne K. Chronley ■ David Ingall (MED’57, CAS’52, GRS’53) Stephen W. Russell (MED’55) Charles L. Schwager (Questrom’66) Frank Citrone, Jr. and Carol Citrone and Carol Ingall and Gail D. Russell and Evelyn C. Schwager (Questrom’66) John P. Cloherty (MED’62) ■ Patricia K. Issarescu (MED’61) ■ Ralph L. Sacco (MED’83) and Scott Dutcher ■ Richard Seeborg John F. Cogan, Jr. and Mary L. Cornille Joseph A. Izzi, Sr. and Barbara A. Izzi Pedram Salimpour (MED’96,’00) Florence Seldin and Ira L. Seldin (GRS’87) ■ Peter F. Jeffries (MED’60) and Stacy Weiss Leslie K. Serchuck (MED’90) Alan S. Cohen (MED’52) and Joan P. Cohen ■ and Jeanne F. Arnold (MED’61) ■ Paulette Samowitz ■ Muriel Shapiro and Arnold Shapiro ■ Patricia A. Connolly (MED’84) ■ Clinton W. Josey, Jr. and Betty Josey ■ Hannah E. Sandson and John I. Sandson ■ Stuart E. Siegel (MED’67, CAS’67) Marian M. Cook Esther B. Kahn (Wheelock’55, Hon.’86) ■ Francis P. Saunders (MED’58) John Silber (Hon.’95) and Kathryn U. Silber ■ Sidney Covich ■ Charlotte A. Kaitz and Louis L. Kaitz ■ and Lydia M. Saunders Charles W. Smith and Hazel Smith ■ Suzanne Cutler (Questrom’61) ■ Damon J. Keith ■ Frank J. Schaberg, Jr. (MED’68, CAS’68) and Gordon L. Snider ■ Brit D’Arbeloff and Alexander V. d’Arbeloff ■ Joan E. Kibrick (Wheelock’76,’81) ■ Monica J. Schaberg (MED’68, CAS’68) ■ Edward Spindell (MED’53) Paul E. Dixon, Jr. and Rebecca K. Dixon ■ Shirley P. Klein (MED’68, CAS’68) ■ Alan L. Schechter (MED’78) and Judith K. Spindell ■ Thomas J. Dowling, Jr. (MED’81, CAS’81) Burton I. Korelitz (MED’51) and Genevieve Schechter ■ Eliot B. Stewart and John M. Stewart and Rosemary Dowling ■ and Ann Z. Korelitz ■ Harold S. Schell (MED’70) Elliott H. Sweetser (MED’43) Hilda R. Dressler (MED’34) ■ Conan Kornetsky ■ and Antoinette M. Schell ■ and Aileen B. Sweetser ■ Carol A. Dyer and Gene Gordon (MED’46) ■ Edward E. Krukonis (MED’63) Rocco Schelzi ■ Nevart Talanian David R. Edelstein (MED’80) and Priscilla J. Krukonis ■ Herman Selinsky (MED’24) ■ Gloria P. Talis and George J. Talis (MED’50) ■ and Eve L. Edelstein ■ Saul Kurlat ■ Jane L. Shapiro (CAS’69) Alfred I. Tauber and Paula Fredriksen Alan M. Edelstein (Questrom’47, LAW’49) Cecelia Lance ■ Richard J. Shemin (MED’74, CAS’72) Gerald Treece and Patricia Treece and Sybil Edelstein ■ Charna C. Larkin and Alan B. Larkin ■ ■ and Susan H. Shemin Yolande Tsampalieros and Gabriel Alvin N. Eden (MED’52) and Elaine R. Eden Robert E. Leach and Laurine Leach Norton L. Sherman and Claire M. Sherman ■ Tsampalieros ■ Mary Jane R. England (MED’64, Hon.’98) ■ Brian Levine and Beth Levine The Shooshan Family ■ Deborah W. Vaughan (GRS’72) ■ Michael J. Esposito (MED’49) ■ Brigette Lonner and Joseph J. Lonner ■ Barry E. Sieger (MED’68) Henry R. Wolfe (MED’45) and Grace A. Wolfe ■ Geraldine L. Feldman (MED’69, CAS’69) ■ The Estate of Lillian A. Luksis ■ and Margarete Sieger ■ Herbert H. Wotiz ■ Judith N. Feldman Thomas A. MacLean (MED’64) Richard L. Simmons (MED’59) ■ Sam S. Wu (MED’92, CAS’87, GRS’90, Bertha Offenbach Fineberg (MED’36) and Colleen K. MacLean Sumner Stone (MED’58) SPH’92) and Patricia C. Tsang (MED’92, and Nathan L. Fineberg (MED’30) ■ William I. Malamud (MED’54) and Martha Skinner ■ CAS’92, GRS’92) Nicholas J. Fiumara (MED’39) ■ and Camille C. Malamud ■ Simon L. Strong (ENG’79, Questrom’91) Lawrence A. Yannuzzi (MED’64) Daphne H. Foster (CAS’79, Questrom’82) William M. Manger and Lynn S. Manger ■ and Sarah A. Strong ■ and Julie Yannuzzi ■ and Lawrence Foster ■ Richard C. Marcus Lois N. Talis (PAL’49) ■ Jeremiah O. Young (MED’62) Beverly R. Franklin (CAS’44) Stella C. Martin and Clive R. Martin Tony Y. Tannoury and Viviane Tannoury and Beverly A. Young ■ and William E. Franklin (MED’46) ■ Ronald P. McCaffrey and Maureen McCaffrey Stephen M. Tringale (MED’90, CAS’80, Lily M. Young (MED’65) and John G. Myrna Franzblau (Wheelock’73) John F. McCahan GRS’86) ■ Johansson ■ and Carl Franzblau and Kathleen B. McCahan ■ ■ Sanford W. Udis (MED’44) ■ The Family of Alan Ziskind ■ Monte Friedkin and Skeets Friedkin Edward J. McDonald, Jr. Marian A. Vita ■ ■ and Catherine A. McDonald MERCURY Ray A. Garver and Donna L. Garver Franz Waldeck ■ ■ Jean E. McPhail ■ ■ Anonymous ■ Marion L. Gendron (PAL’26) Carl W. Walter and Margaret H. Walter Robert F. Meenan (MED’72, Questrom’89) ■ Lawrence D. Ackman and Ronnie Ackman George E. Ghareeb (MED’62) Murray Weinstock (MED’65) Jordan Monocandilos Noubar B. Afeyan and Anna Afeyan and Nancy B. Ghareeb and Gloria Weinstock ■ Rodney A. Montag and Sally A. Montag Gerald Ajemian and Lucille Ajemian Arnold Goldenberg (MED’54) Sue Rosenwasser Weiss ■ ■ Sanford R. Montag and Nancy L. Montag Dwight M. Akers (MED’53) and Gloria Goldenberg and Seymour Rosenwasser ■ ■ ■ and Beverly R. Akers ■ Malcolm Gordon (MED’48) and Nan Miller Thomas J. Moore and Mary C. Moore Anthony Weldon Winston D. Alt (MED’80) Dorothy A. Gottlieb (CAS’76) Sunit Mukherjee (MED’89, CAS’89) Judith F. Wellington ■ and Deborah A. Gribbon and Leonard S. Gottlieb and Sumeeta Mukherjee and Peter S. Wellington ■ ■ Max M. April (MED’85, CAS’81) Doris Grabosky and Jack Grabosky Michael F. Mullarkey (MED’70) Jerrold Wexler and Joan Wexler ■ and Pamela T. April (Questrom’83) Ellen R. Grass and Dawn Mullarkey (CAS’68) Robert H. Wexler and Joanna B. Wexler ■ Edward Avedisian (CFA’59,’61) David T. Greenleaf (MED’65) G. Vijaya Naidu Burton White (MED’61) and June S. White ■ ■ Newton Family Fund and Pamela A. Avedisian ■ and Katherine O. Greenleaf Marcelle M. Willock (Questrom’89) Merel G. Nissenberg Sonya Nersessian (LAW’85) Robert E. Griffin and Cathleen Griffin Alan Winters and Hope Winters Dawn B. Norcia and David J. Norcia and Richard K. Babayan ■ Morton S. Grossman (MET’42) Robert A. Witzburg (MED’77) and ■ N. Stephen Ober (MED’86, CAS’82) Steven Baker and Shirley Baker ■ and Sylvia Grossman Lorraine G. Witzburg (Wheelock’06) ■ Anne W. O’Connor Elizabeth D. Barnett (MED’85) Kenneth M. Grundfast Peak Woo (MED’78, CAS’78) ■ ■ and John F. O’Connor (MED’57) ■ and Suleiman N. Mustafa-Kutana ■ and Ruthanne Grundfast Earle G. Woodman (MED’58) ■ ■ Hytho H. Pantazelos (MED’63) Paul C. Barsam (STH’52) and Joyce L. Barsam ■ Fritz Grunebaum (Hon.’79) Moshe Yanai and Rachel Yanai and Peter G. Pantazelos ■ ■ Howard C. Beane (MED’57) RoxAnn J. Haynes (Wheelock’56) Charles R. Young and Marion L. Young ■ ■ Dianne M. Parrotte (MED’79, CAS’79) ■ and Shirley T. Beane ■ and Frederick M. Haynes Frances W. Young Edward F. Parsons (MED’65) ■ ■ Robert M. Beazley ■ Robert W. Healy (MED’67) Larry C. Young and Sue Young ■ Jordan C. Paul and Valerie J. Paul ■ John H. Bechtel (MED’50) and Bonnie M. Healy Barry S. Zuckerman and Pamela A. Lita Perkins and John S. Perkins ■ and Shirley F. Bechtel ■ Juan D. Hernandez Batista Zuckerman ■ Jona A. Perlmutter and Donna Perlmutter Franklyn D. Berry (MED’41) ■ and Maria A. Tavarez-De Hernandez Astrid O. Peterson (MED’77, CAS’74) David W. Bishop (MED’46) ■ Arnold S. Hiatt Honorary Member N. Neal Pike (LAW’37) ■ ■ Elsa C. Bodon (MED’41) ■ George L. Hines (MED’69, CAS’69) Dorothy C. Keefer (PAL’46,’48) ■ John I. Polk (MED’74, Wheelock’13) and ■ James F. Bopp, Jr. ■ and Helene A. Hines (Sargent’69) Ishebel K. Lyle and Carl Lyle Mary C. Nugent Polk (SON’76,’77) ■ S. Arthur Boruchoff (MED’51) and Ann S. Hintlian and Deran Hintlian Allen Questrom (Questrom’64, Hon.’15) Anna Silverman-Boruchoff (MED’49) ■ Michael G. Hirsh (MED’63) and Carol N. Hirsh ■ and Kelli Questrom (Hon.’15) ■

Winter 2021 | bumc.bu.edu 31 Giving DONOR REPORT

GIFTS FROM THE DEAN’S ADVISORY BOARD, ALUMNI, FACULTY AND STAFF, PARENTS, AND FRIENDS Boston University School of Medicine is proud to recognize the generosity of members of the Dean’s Advisory Board, alumni, parents, faculty, staff, corporations, foundations, organizations, and friends this past year (July 1, 2019, to June 30, 2020). Their support has helped the School of Medicine establish new programs and projects that enhance the living and learning environment for our students and advance our research. We thank our donors for their vision and philanthropy.

$50,000+ Donald M. Kaplan (MED’73) Betsy E. Horen ■ ■ Erika N. Angle (MED’12,’12) and Edna E. Kaplan (COM’88) ■ ■ Alan R. Horowitch (MED’80, DEAN’S ADVISORY BOARD and Colin Angle ■ ■ Denise S. Katsaros (Wheelock’69) CAS’80) ■ ■ Erika Natalie Ebbel Angle, PhD (MED‘12,’12) ■ Drs. Karen and Elliott Antman ■ ■ ■ and Arthur T. Katsaros ■ ■ Jeffrey R. Jay (MED’83, CAS’83) Alan J. Brody ■ ■ ■ Joseph J. Konefal (MED’77) and Mary Ellen A. Jay ■ ■ ■ John T. Avellino The Estate of Marie H. Chiarenza ■ ■ and Karen G. Konefal ■ ■ Sarkis J. Kechejian (MED’63) ■ ■ H. Kim Bottomly, PhD The Estate of William R. Clark ■ Saul Kurlat ■ ■ Kenneth J. Kelley ■ ■ Elizabeth R. Brown, MD ■ Ashraf M. Dahod and Shamim A. Henry T. Lew (MED’62) Shirley P. Klein (MED’68, CAS’68) ■ ■ Dahod (MED’87, CGS’76, and Winifred Lew ■ ■ Barry M. Manuel (MED’58, CAS’54) Susan M. Caron CAS’78) ■ ■ ■ Steven (MED’70, CAS’70) and and Patricia D. Manuel (SON’78, Richard J. Catrambone, MD, DMD (MED’92) ■ Elizabeth C. Dooling (MED’65) ■ ■ Jacqueline Miller (CAS’70) ■ ■ Wheelock’86) ■ ■ ■ ■ Ann C. Cea, MD (MED’67) ■ The Estate of Victor I. Hochberg ■ ■ Simon C. Parisier (MED’61) Hubert W. McDonald Rod F. Hochman (MED’79, CAS’79) and Elaine S. Parisier ■ ■ and Ann S. McDonald ■ ■ Harold N. Chefitz(CGS’53, COM’55) ■ and Nancy J. Hochman Martin L. Vogel (MED’53) Richard McElroy Jane R. Clark, MD ■ (Sargent’77,’83) ■ ■ and Phyllis M. Vogel ■ ■ ■ ■ and Janice Howard McElroy ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ Suzanne Cutler, PhD (Questrom’61) ■ Reshma Kewalramani (MED’98, Madeline B. Wikler Sarah M. McGinty CAS’98) and Abhijit R. Kulkarni Andrew Yee and Mirta Yee ■ ■ Robert F. Meenan (MED’72, Shamim A. Dahod, MD (MED’87, CGS’76, CAS’78) ■ (ENG’93,’97) ■ ■ Michael A. Ziskind ■ Questrom’89) and Yana Kotlar David R. Edelstein, MD (MED‘80) ■ Joan E. Kibrick (Wheelock’76,’81) ■ ■ (SSW’14) ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ Rita Z. Mehos ■ ■ ■ Mary Jane R. England, MD (MED’64, Hon.’98) ■ The Estate of Anne Kibrick $10,000–$24,999 Patricia McLellan Leavitt (CAS’54, Carmela R. Abraham and Daniel E. Moalli (MED’61) (MED’70) ■ Joseph S. Fastow, MD MED’58) ■ ■ ■ ■ Menachem E. Abraham ■ ■ ■ ■ and Glenna M. Moalli ■ ■ Maurice R. Ferre, MD (MED’92, CGS’81, SPH’92) ■ Alan Leventhal (Hon.’09) Carola A. S. Arndt (MED’78, CAS’78) ■ Henry T. Oyama (MED’57, and Sherry Leventhal ■ ■ ■ CAS’53) ■ ■ ■ Daniel R. Fishbein, MD (MED’85, CAS’85) ■ William Y. W. Au (MED’55, CAS’51) ■ ■ The Estate of Lillian A. Luksis ■ ■ Edward Avedisian (CFA’59,’61) Carol C. Pohl (MED’67) (Questrom’99) ■ Jonathan P. Gertler, MD Joseph B. Mizgerd and Pamela A. Avedisian ■ ■ and Alan L. Pohl ■ ■ Shahram S. Gholami, MD (MED’96) and Ann F. Mizgerd ■ ■ John T. Avellino Ronald L. Ragland (MED’82) ■ ■ Zein E. Obagi and Samar A. Obagi ■ ■ ■ Ralph L. Sacco (MED’83) Burton P. Golub, MD (MED’65) ■ and R. Ellen Avellino ■ ■ ■ Carl A. Olsson (MED’63) Robert M. Beazley and Scott Dutcher ■ ■ Lewis Heafitz and Mary D. Olsson ■ ■ ■ ■ and Kristen S. Beazley ■ ■ ■ John Schieltz and Katie Schieltz ■ ■ Rod F. Hochman, MD (MED‘79, CAS‘79) ■ The Estate of John S. Perkins ■ ■ Elliot M. Bloom (LAW’67) and Richard D. Scott and Mary Scott ■ ■ ■ Allen Questrom (Questrom’64, Hon.’15) ■ ■ William F. Shields (MED’94, GRS’90) ■ ■ Christine Spitaels Hunter, MD (MED’80, CAS’80) ■ Anne Perlo Bloom (CAS’70) and Kelli Questrom (Hon.’15) ■ ■ Gail Blumsack Barry E. Sieger (MED’68) ■ Jeffrey R. Jay, MD(CAS’83, MED’83) Florence Robertson Trust ■ ■ and Steven L. Blumsack ■ ■ and Margarete Sieger ■ ■ ■ Donald Martin Kaplan, MD (MED’73) ■ Albert Rosenthaler Caryn B. Broitman ■ Lee (MED’82, CAS’82) and Debbie Rosenthaler ■ ■ ■ and Rachelle Silver ■ ■ ■ Sarkis J. Kechejian, MD (MED’63) Jeffrey Z. Broitman (CAS’93) ■ ■ Paulette Samowitz ■ ■ Richard S. Buckanin ■ ■ Sally L. Speer ■ ■ ■ Reshma Kewalramani, MD (MED‘98, CAS‘98) The Estate of Robert E. Schiesske ■ ■ David J. Caron and Susan M. Caron ■ ■ The Estate of Pauline G. Stitt ■ ■ Sherry M. Leventhal ■ Jerome S. Serchuck Ann C. Cea (MED’67) Sumner Stone (MED’58) and Joan S. Serchuck ■ ■ ■ and Martha Skinner ■ ■ ■ Douglas M. Macdonald, PhD (MED ’98, GRS’92) ■ and Anthony Tedeschi ■ ■ ■ Christine E. Stiefel ■ ■ Aram V. Chobanian (Hon.’06) ■ ■ ■ ■ Simon L. Strong (ENG’79, Questrom’91) ■ Francis Philip MacMillan, Jr., MD (MED’95) Trust of Mary D. Wells ■ ■ Jeffrey A. (Wheelock’75) and Sarah A. Strong ■ ■ Simon C. Parisier, MD (MED’61) ■ Burton White (MED’61) and Pamela Dippel Choney ■ ■ Harold M. Swartz and Ann Flood ■ ■ ■ ■ Cynthia Taft Egdahl (GRS’77) ■ Terry R. Peel ■ and June S. White Andrew B. Crummy Jr. (MED’55) ■ ■ Eugene Whittier, Jr. ■ ■ David R. Edelstein (MED’80) Jeffrey D. Tripp and M. Douglass Pedram Salimpour, MD (MED’96,’00) and Eve L. Edelstein ■ ■ Poirier (MED’76, CAS’73) ■ ■ Leslie Karen Serchuck, MD (MED’90) $25,000–$49,999 Geraldine L. Feldman (MED’69, The Estate of A. Paul Vastola, Jr. ■ ■ Deborah W. Vaughan (GRS’72) ■ ■ ■ Jerome S. Serchuck ■ Norman W. Alpert CAS’69) ■ ■ and Jane D. Alpert ■ ■ Daphne H. Foster (CAS’79, Questrom’82) Marian A. Vita ■ ■ Richard C. Shipley (Questrom’68,’72) Suzanne Cutler (Questrom’61) ■ ■ and Lawrence Foster ■ ■ Estelle Weedon ■ Lee Bryan Silver, MD (MED’82, CAS’82) ■ Robert G. Darby ■ ■ Ronald S. Gabriel (MED’63) Larry C. Young and Sue Young ■ ■ Rachelle L. Silver ■ Jodi Dome Linger and Pamela Hobbs and Nicholas T. Linger ■ ■ Burton P. Golub (MED’65) $5,000–$9,999 Louis Wade Sullivan, MD (MED’58, Hon.’90) ■ Maurice R. Ferré (MED’92, CGS’81, and Lee H. Golub ■ ■ Parag M. Amin (MED’03, CAS’99) Patricia J. Williams, MD (MED’89, CAS’84) ■ SPH’92) and Maria D. Ferré ■ ■ ■ Malcolm Gordon (MED’48) and Vandana Madhavan ■ ■ and Nan Miller ■ ■ Michael L. J. Apuzzo (MED’65) ■ ■ Emily M. Wise Shanahan, MD (MED’09) Jonathan Gertler (Questrom’99) and Jane Clark ■ ■ Kenneth E. Hancock (ENG’92,’01) Amin Ashrafzadeh (MED’97, CAS’93) ■ FY20 Donor Frederick A. Godley III (MED’83) and Hsi-Pin Chen (MED’96,’96, and Helen C. Ashrafzadeh and Kathleen Carney-Godley CAS’89, SPH’91) ■ ■ ■ (Questrom’96, CAS’92) ■ ■ New DAB Members in Italics (AFLGS) ■ ■ Kamlyn R. Haynes (MED’97, CAS’89) Gary Balady and Rosemary Mehl ■ David T. Greenleaf (MED’65) and Joseph B. Parse ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ and Katherine O. Greenleaf ■ ■ RoxAnn J. Haynes (Wheelock’56) Elizabeth Day Barnett (MED’85) and Frederick M. Haynes ■ ■ ■ and Suleiman Kutana ■ ■ ■ ■

Howard C. Bauchner (MED’79) and Christine Brian L. Cameron (MED’87) Vicki A. Chavin (MED’91, CAS’87) M. McElroy (GRS’81,’84) ■ ■ ■ ■ and Doris R. Cameron (MED’87) ■ $1,000–$2,499 and Jeffrey M. Chavin ■ ■ Kathryn E. Bell ■ ■ Yi-Chuan Ching (MED’58) ■ ■ ■ Elizabeth P. Akoma (MED’00) ■ ■ John V. Chobanian (MED’81) The Estate of Jennie Bemis ■ David J. Chronley (MED’74) Robert G. Alexander (MED’74, CAS’67) and Stephanie M. Pawlowski ■ ■ David Boris and Carin Boris ■ ■ and Marianne K. Chronley ■ ■ and Teresa D. Alexander ■ ■ Stephen P. Christiansen Yvonne K. Brockman ■ ■ John P. Cloherty (MED’62) ■ ■ Daniel P. Alford (SPH’86, MED’92) and Karen C. Christiansen ■ ■ ■ Michael L. Brody and Anne W. Brody ■ ■ Jeffrey P. Collins (MED’94) and Barbara J. St. Onge ■ ■ ■ June J. Christmas (MED’49, Hon.’73) ■ ■ Elizabeth R. Brown ■ ■ ■ and Colleen K. Collins ■ Stephen Algeo ■ David J. Chun (MED’95, CAS’91) Robert D. Carter ■ Clare L. Dana (MED’69) ■ ■ Rahul S. Anand (MED’01, CAS’97) and Susie S. Lee-Chun (CAS’91) ■ ■ Lisa B. Caruso (SPH’99) ■ ■ ■ ■ Maria J. DiChiara and David P. DiChiara and Meredith Anand ■ ■ Marc A. Clachko (MED’71) Harold N. Chefitz (COM’55, CGS’53) (MED’84, CAS’80) ■ ■ ■ James E. Andrews (MED’78) and Gayle W. Clachko ■ ■ and Charlotte M. Chefitz ■ ■ Victor Evdokimoff (CGS’64, and Deborah L. Andrews ■ ■ Ronald G. Collman (MED’81, CAS’81) Patricia A. Connolly (MED’84) ■ ■ CAS’66) ■ ■ ■ ■ Marilyn C. Augustyn and Domingos J. Silva ■ ■ Ronald B. Corley and Janice Corley ■ ■ ■ ■ Harold W. Forbes and Carol S. Forbes ■ ■ and George Westerman ■ ■ ■ Mark H. Cooley (MED’60) ■ William R. Creevy (MED’85, CAS’81) Richard K. Forster (MED’63) David S. Babin (MED’62) Tod D. Cooperman (MED’87, CAS’87) and Jill D. Creevy ■ ■ ■ and Janet F. Forster ■ and Nancy C. Babin ■ ■ and Sharon Cooperman ■ ■ ■ Thomas J. Dowling, Jr. (MED’81, CAS’81) Ralph G. Ganick (MED’67, CAS’67) Janis L. Baccari (MED’95, CAS’91) ■ ■ Stephen Copen and Naghmeh Makhani ■ ■ and Rosemary Dowling ■ ■ ■ and Lois B. Ganick ■ ■ ■ Nancy Baler ■ ■ Andres F. Costas-Centivany (MED’84) David A. Druckman (MED’91, CAS’91) Dorothy M. Green ■ ■ Thomas W. Barber ■ ■ ■ and Barbara Robinson-Costas ■ ■ and Beth Druckman ■ ■ Leonard A. Greene (MED’60, CAS’52) Tamar F. Barlam (SPH’09) ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ Paul B. Cotter ■ ■ Joseph S. Fastow (MED’70) and Joan E. Greene ■ ■ David L. Barrasso (MED’74) Joan H. Craw ■ ■ and Ellen K. Fastow ■ ■ Robert W. Healy (MED’67) and Sibylle C. Barrasso ■ ■ Diane W. Crocker (MED’52) ■ Frederick L. (MED’68) and Gail P. Fox ■ ■ and Bonnie M. Healy ■ ■ ■ Kiran N. Batheja (CAS’90, CGS’88) Mary K. Daly and Paul Legutko ■ ■ ■ Patricia L. Freysinger (SON’82) ■ ■ David G. Heller (MED’68, CAS’68) and Jenny C. So (MED’94, CAS’94) ■ ■ Abdulrasul A. Damji (ENG’85,’90) Donald Golini and Tracey Golini ■ ■ and Nancy R. Heller (Wheelock’65) ■ ■ Emelia J. Benjamin and Amina Damji ■ ■ ■ Donald J. Grande (MED’73) George L. Hines (MED’69, CAS’69) and David M. Pollak ■ ■ ■ Christopher A. Danby (MED’86) and Elena M. Grande ■ ■ ■ ■ and Helene A. Hines (Sargent’69) ■ ■ Steven L. Berk (MED’75) and Lisa M. Danby ■ ■ Marvin J. Hoffman (MED’47) ■ ■ Peter C. Kelly (MED’65) ■ ■ and Shirley A. Berk ■ ■ Leah A. Darak (MED’91, CAS’91) John P. Howe III (MED’69) Mary D. Kirchner ■ ■ Audrey B. Berman and Harold Darak ■ ■ and Tyrrell E. Flawn ■ ■ Burton I. Korelitz (MED’51) and Leonard D. Berman ■ ■ ■ ■ Joel R. Daven (MED’75) Joseph O. Jacobson (MED’79, CAS’75) and Ann Z. Korelitz ■ ■ Peter David Berman (MED’85) and Jennifer Daven ■ ■ and Margaret J. Seton ■ ■ Robert M. Lincer (MED’81, CAS’81) ■ and Holly Berman ■ ■ Susan F. Davis (CAS’71, Wheelock’72) Clinton W. Josey, Jr. and Betty Josey ■ ■ Bronwyn L. Martin (MED’94, CAS’85, Elisabeth D. Bilden (MED’95) and Arthur D. Davis ■ ■ The Estate of Damon J. Keith ■ ■ GRS’87) ■ ■ and Richard J. Bilden ■ ■ ■ Sylvia A. de Freitas (SON’58) ■ ■ Abdul Khalique ■ and Farhat N. Khalique ■ ■ C. James McKnight Eric A. Birken (MED’68, CAS’68) Lilibeth K. Denham (MED’97) Joe G. Konefal and Katherine Konefal ■ ■ and Natalie J. Mcknight ■ ■ ■ ■ and Marcia D. Birken ■ ■ and Kristin L. Dardano ■ ■ Edward E. Krukonis (MED’63) Alan S. Multz (MED’85, CAS’81) Richard D. Bland (MED’66) Anand K. Devaiah and Priscilla J. Krukonis ■ ■ ■ and Michelle A. Multz ■ ■ ■ and Marlene Rabinovitch ■ ■ and Manju L. Subramanian ■ ■ ■ Allan P. Markin and Patricia Markin ■ ■ Daniel S. O’Connell ■ ■ Peter H. Bloom (CAS’72) Lester S. Dewis (MED’61, CAS’57) ■ ■ ■ ■ William Meyer and Dana Meyer ■ ■ Richard L. Pearlstone (Questrom’69) ■ and Rebecca H. Delamotte and Susan B. Dewis (Sargent’62) ■ ■ ■ Robert Miselis and Cynthia Miselis ■ ■ ■ Terry R. Peel and Ann D. Peel ■ ■ Robert S. Boltax (MED’63, CAS’59) Ineke M. Dikland ■ ■ ■ ■ Julie R. Palmer (SPH’85, SON’80) ■ ■ ■ ■ Scott D. Pendergast (MED’91) James F. Bopp Jr. and Phyllis Bopp Bill and Kay Dixon John I. Polk (MED’74, Wheelock’13) and Mary and Judy T. Pendergast ■ ■ Lenore J. Brancato (MED’84, CAS’84) Bruce W. Donald and Mary Donald ■ ■ ■ C. Nugent Polk (SON’76,’77) ■ ■ ■ ■ Tania J. Phillips and Jeffrey S. Dover ■ ■ ■ and Louis Potters Theodore S. Donta (MED’00) Nancy E. Rice (MED’65) Barbara Z. Poplack (CAS’59) ■ ■ Bruce N. Brent (MED’75, CAS’72) and Helene Donta ■ ■ ■ ■ and Millard J. Hyland ■ ■ Daniel Rotrosen (MED’78) and Christine S. Brent Lawrence A. Dressner Joel A. Roffman (MED’75, CAS’72) and Elizabeth M. Dugan ■ ■ ■ Lawrence Bressler and Mary Bressler ■ ■ ■ and Monique Dressner ■ ■ and Nancy C. Roffman ■ ■ Jeffrey H. Samet (SPH’92) James D. Bridgeman ■ ■ Michael S. Drucker (MED’69) ■ ■ Jordan S. Ruboy Charitable Fund ■ ■ and Michele S. Marram ■ ■ ■ Joan M. Brodzinski ■ ■ and Deirdre D. Drucker John A. Russell and Martha T. Russell ■ ■ Frank J. Schaberg, Jr. (MED’68, CAS’68) and Christopher D. Brown (MED’96) Robert T. Eberhardt ■ ■ ■ ■ Michael Salcman (MED’69, CAS’69) Monica J. Schaberg (MED’68, CAS’68) ■ and Patricia S. Brown ■ ■ and Margaret M. Eberhardt ■ ■ and Ilene Salcman (CAS’70) ■ ■ Alan L. Schechter (MED’78) Lois A. Brown ■ Barbara E. Edelin ■ ■ Rafic Saleh ■ ■ and Genevieve Schechter Robert H. Brown (MED’65) Guy R. Eigenbrode (LAW’76) ■ ■ Jordan E. Scott (MED’00) Stephen Schiavone ■ ■ and Joyce W. Brown ■ ■ ■ and Patricia Nicholas and Rebecca Scott ■ ■ Josh Schor and Lori S. Schor ■ ■ ■ Scott E. Brown and Lisa R. Brown ■ ■ Mary Jane England (MED’64, ■ ■ ■ ■ John G. Shooshan and Marcia Shooshan ■ David N. Schwartz (SDM’79, MED’82) and Gloria G. Bruggeman ■ ■ ■ Hon.’98) ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ Richard L. Simmons (MED’59) ■ ■ Debora B. Schwartz (CAS’78) Nancy J. Bryant (MED’87) ■ ■ John R. Evans, Jr. Louis Wade Sullivan (MED’58, Hon.’90) Marguerite Shepard-DiCiaccio Mary C. Burke (MED’83) Jack T. Evjy (MED’61) ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ and E. Ginger Sullivan ■ ■ ■ and Nicolas P. DiCiaccio and Nancy Mayo ■ ■ and Sheila A. Evjy (SON’82) ■ ■ ■ Edmund C. Tramont (MED’66) ■ ■ Edward J. Sherwood (MED’75, CAS’72) Michael G. Callum (GRS’91, MED’94) Leendert J. Faling and Judith R. Faling ■ Stephen M. Tringale (MED’90, CAS’80, and Shirley Y. Sherwood and Julie Callum ■ Holly B. Falzone (Questrom’03) ■ ■ GRS’86) ■ ■ Robert A. Snyder (MED’77) David C. Campbell ■ ■ and Richard P. Falzone, Jr. ■ ■ Peter A. Fauci, Jr. (MED’57) Raymond Yee and Lulu Yee ■ ■ and April Snyder Katharine Canfield and David C. King ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ Lily M. Young (MED’65) Donald B. Stewart (Questrom’98) Russell and Gerri Carney ■ ■ and Linda E. Kelly Fauci ■ ■ ■ Jean Fechheimer (MED’81) and John G. Johansson ■ ■ and Karen A. Engelbourg Arthur P. Carriere (MED’62, CAS’58) ■ ■ Manuel A. Suarez-Barcelo (MED’90) Michael J. Cassidy (MED’73) and Peter H. Schur ■ and Yelitza Rocha-Suarez ■ ■ Hui Feng and Xiangdong Deng ■ ■ $2,500–$4,999 and Andrea W. Cassidy ■ ■ ■ Burton G. Surick (MED’86, CAS’86) and Nancy S. Flint (SON’77,’81) and Carol E. Anderson (MED’72) ■ ■ Richard J. Catrambone (MED’92) Ilona W. Surick (MED’86, CAS’86) ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ Loring S. Flint, Jr. (MED’76, CAS’73) ■ ■ ■ Regina Antinori ■ ■ and Sophia Catrambone Robert A. Vigersky (MED’70, CAS’70) Eliot D. Foley ■ ■ James B. Bassett, Jr. (MED’80) David M. Center (MED’72, CAS’72) and Karen J. Fitzgerald ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ Joseph M. Fonte (MED’97, CAS’92) and Lily L. Bassett (Questrom’79) ■ ■ and Patricia Rabbett Samuel A. Wineburgh ■ ■ ■ and Lina Fonte ■ ■ H. Kim Bottomly and Wayne Villemez ■ ■ ■ Toby C. Chai and Amy Chai and Elinn Wineburgh ■ ■ Karen S. Fowler ■ ■ Joseph F. Calabrese sCAS’72) and Patricia A. Chamberlain ■ ■ Robert A. Witzburg (MED’77) and Lorraine Anne M. Frasca ■ ■ and Mary T. Calabrese ■ ■ ■ Donny L. Chang (MED’08,’08) G. Witzburg (Wheelock’06) ■ ■ ■ and Li-Wei Lin (CAS’99, MED’02) ■ ■ Mark Freeman and Winifred L. Freeman ■ ■ Stephen F. Wright (Questrom’81) ■ ■ Randolph Friedman and Donna Friedman ■ ■

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Joseph R. Gaeta Sr. (MED’58) Charna C. Larkin ■ ■ Kenny J. Omlin and Ninveh Omlin ■ Monica Smiddy (MED’89) ■ ■ and Carol A. Gaeta ■ ■ Dennis R. LaRock, Sr. (MED’90, CAS’86) Rita M. O’Neil ■ ■ David B. Smith (MED’78) David F. Garvin (MED’65) and Jeanne B. LaRock ■ ■ ■ Andrew J. Paraskevas and Sandra M. Sweetnam ■ ■ and Jacqueline T. Garvin ■ ■ Hau D. Le (MED’05, CAS’01) and Holly Lindner ■ ■ ■ Jonathan G. Smith and Megan W. Smith ■ ■ Sarah J. Gasperini ■ ■ and Celina Le ■ ■ Edward F. Parsons (MED’65) ■ ■ ■ Rebecca E. Snider (MED’84) Patricia E. Gibson ■ Howard M. Ledewitz (MED’65) and Burt M. Perlmutter (MED’63) and Jack B. Beard, Jr. ■ ■ Anna M. Goldenheim (MED’15, SPH’15) Carolyn Ledewitz ■ ■ ■ and Roberta Perlmutter ■ ■ ■ Susan M. Strahosky (MED’80, Wheelock’72, and David Goldenheim ■ ■ ■ Frank (MED’88, CAS’88) and Sally Lee ■ ■ ■ Jacquline T. Perry (MED’83) CAS’80) and James H. Roberts ■ ■ ■ Elizabeth Goldes Grace J. Lee (MED’92) and Joon S. Lee ■ ■ and William Barclay ■ ■ Carrie D. Stucken (MED’07) and and Jeffry A. Goldes (MED’79) ■ Howard M. Leibowitz Gregory C. Persak (CAS’77, MED’81) Charlton E. Stucken (MED’07) ■ ■ ■ Gerald D. Goldman (MED’77) and Margery and Ann G. Leibowitz ■ ■ and Maureen Persak ■ ■ Randolph W. Taylor II (MED’06) ■ ■ S. Goldman (Wheelock’74,’77) ■ ■ Paul M. Leiman (MED’74, CAS’72) Gloria S. Plottel (UNI’88) Mark P. Teng (MED’95, CAS’95) Craig S. Gordon (MED’74) and and Carol R. Leiman ■ ■ ■ and Philip Plottel ■ ■ and Skye Huang ■ ■ Patricia D. Gordon (Wheelock’72) ■ ■ Elliott H. Leitman (MED’92, CAS’88) ■ ■ Peter E. Pochi (MED’55) ■ ■ ■ Frankie A. Tester ■ ■ Evangelos S. Gragoudas Elena Levinsky (MET’77) ■ ■ ■ Turin Pollard ■ Lisa H. Theobald (MET’95) and Chariclea Gragoudas ■ Ivan Y. Lim and Ann T. Lim ■ ■ Joel Potash (MED’62) and Sandra Hurd ■ and Carl E. Theobald ■ ■ Robert D. Gross ■ ■ ■ George I. Litman (MED’64) Mary V. Pratt ■ ■ Charles P. Tifft (MED’73) Yan Guo and Fan Wang ■ ■ and Judith Litman ■ ■ Fredric F. Primich (MED’57) and Elissa K. Tifft ■ ■ ■ William E. Guptill (MED’92) Felicia H. Liu (MED’73) and John T. Citron ■ ■ and Doris Primich ■ ■ ■ Craig I. Title (MED’96, CAS’96) and and Ruth Guptill ■ ■ Joseph Loscalzo and Anita B. Loscalzo ■ ■ ■ John J. (MED’77) and Janet C. Przygoda ■ ■ Rachel S. Title (MED’02, CAS’99) ■ ■ Roderick J. Hancock Stephen C. Lyons and Brenda Lyons ■ ■ Albert Quintiliani, Jr. (MED’58) Shu-Chen Tseng ■ ■ ■ ■ and Cynthia L. Berger ■ ■ Douglas M. Macdonald (MED’98, and Ann Quintiliani ■ ■ Ruth E. Tuomala (MED’74, CAS’72) Judie Harchar and John Harchar ■ ■ GRS’92) ■ ■ Keith Raffel ■ ■ and Ernest G. Cravalho ■ Stephen W. Hildreth ■ Neal Mandell (MED’86) Terri Raffel ■ ■ Daniel M. Veltre and Mary D. Veltre ■ ■ ■ Brian J. Hines (MED’96) and Amy L. Mandell ■ ■ Jean E. Ramsey (MED’90, SPH’08) Pamela J. Villanyi and Tracy Shevell ■ ■ Frank I. Marcus (MED’53) and David T. Ramsey ■ ■ ■ and Stephen T. Villanyi ■ ■ ■ James S. Hoffman (MED’88) and Janet Marcus ■ ■ Helen S. Ratner ■ ■ ■ Ruth A. Vitale (COM’75) ■ and Jane M. Hoffman ■ ■ ■ Suzanne Maselli ■ ■ ■ Diane C. Reddoch Pradip M. Vyas and Nita Vyas ■ ■ ■ Michael T. Holick ■ Katherine E. Mason (MED’02,’06, SPH’02) ■ and Michael L. Reddoch ■ ■ Robert L. Wade and Elizabeth A. Wade ■ ■ Ruth A. Homan ■ ■ Rebecca A. Massey ■ ■ Fletcher A. Reynolds (MED’96, CAS’91, David J. Wallace ■ ■ Tonya M. Hongsermeier (MED’87, John F. McCahan ■ ■ ■ GRS’92) and Frances H. Reynolds Annetta K. Weaver (MED’68) Sargent’81, Questrom’96) ■ Laura J. McCarthy ■ ■ (CAS’90, CGS’88) ■ ■ and Thomas G. Weaver ■ ■ Richard F. Hoyt, Jr. ■ ■ Sandra L. McCatty (MED’84) ■ ■ Rachel H. Robbins (MED’08, Bruce W. Weinstock (MED’86, CAS’83, Harry M. Iannotti (MED’66) Philip L. McDaniel Sargent’03) ■ ■ ■ SPH’97) and Lisa Kempler and Judith A. Iannotti ■ ■ and Debra C. McDaniel ■ ■ Mark J. Roberts (MED’99,’04) and Neda (MET’93) ■ ■ ■ Robert K. Jackler (MED’79) and Harold J. McDermott Laiteerapong (MED’05, CAS’01) ■ ■ Murray Weinstock (MED’65) Laurie M. Jackler (CGS’74, CAS’76) ■ ■ and Ruth E. McDermott ■ ■ Judi R. Ross Zuker (CFA’65) ■ ■ ■ and Gloria Weinstock ■ ■ Todd James and Charlsie K. James ■ ■ Thomas S. McGrath ■ ■ Katherine E. Rowan and Robert Baker ■ ■ Diane J. Weiss (MED’84) Jean G. Janelle (MED’69, CAS’69) Joseph McNelis ■ Doris M. Russell ■ ■ and Antonio Villalobos ■ ■ and Cindy A. Janelle ■ ■ ■ Jean E. McPhail (Wheelock’63) ■ Ruth G. Ryave (MED’80) Andrew M. Wexler (MED’80) Hernan J. Jara ■ ■ ■ Sean B. McSweeney and Steven F. Ryave ■ ■ and Geri S. Wexler (Sargent’76) ■ ■ Nancy Roberson Jasper (MED’84) and Patricia M. McSweeney ■ Kavita B. Sabnani-Nagella (MED’95, Thomas V. Whalen, Jr. (MED’76, CAS’73) and Sterling Jasper, Jr. ■ ■ Marisa Messore (MED’92) ■ ■ CAS’95) and Rajesh Nagella ■ ■ and Elaine W. Whalen ■ ■ ■ Allen E. Joseph (MED’84) Mark S. Michelman (MED’67) Osamu Sakai and Mariko Sakai ■ ■ ■ Marian R. White ■ ■ and Polly J. Panitz (MED’84) ■ ■ and Susan F. Michelman ■ ■ David J. Salant and Anne Salant ■ ■ ■ Michael H. Wilensky (MED’73) Cherry Junn (MED’10, CAS’07) ■ ■ ■ Bennett Miller (MED’51) ■ ■ Morton E. Salomon (MED’77) and Enid Wilensky ■ Joseph H. Kahn and Nancy H. Kahn ■ ■ ■ ■ Heather H. Miselis (MED’00,’04, SPH’00) and Teri Salomon ■ ■ Patricia J. Williams (MED’89, CAS’84) Joseph P. Kannam (MED’89, CAS’85) and Nathan R. Miselis (GRS’95) ■ ■ ■ Richard J. Samaha (MED’66, GRS’66) and Dion Alveranga ■ and Rebecca E. Kannam ■ Sarita A. Mohanty (MED’98) and Christine Samaha ■ ■ Peak Woo (MED’78, CAS’78) Paul Kaufman (MED’55) and Prasanna K. Mohanty (SPH’97, Mark S. Samberg (MED’74, CAS’72) and Celia T. Chung-Woo ■ ■ and Mary F. Kaufman ■ ■ ■ MED’00, Questrom’02) ■ ■ and Marcee Samberg ■ ■ Stephen Wright, Jr. and Aislinn S. Wright ■ ■ David L. Kerstetter, Jr. (MED’00,’04) David W. Moore (MED’65) Jose M. Santiago (MED’73) Juanita D. Wyatt-Hathaway (MED’90) and Sheela G. Kerstetter (MED’05, and Jaye Moore ■ ■ ■ and Janice E. Catt ■ ■ and Gary S. Hathaway ■ ■ CAS’01) ■ ■ Thomas J. Moore Dennis J. Sargent (MED’77, CAS’77) Joshua Wynne (MED’71, CAS’71) Bassam Khabbaz and Pauline Khabbaz ■ ■ ■ and Mary C. Moore ■ ■ ■ ■ and Katherine Forte Sargent (MED’77, and Susan I. Farkas ■ ■ Judi Kiernan ■ ■ Elizabeth A. Moran (MED’94) ■ CAS’77) ■ ■ John Xavier and Nelly Xavier ■ ■ ■ Andrew Kim and Kaye Kim ■ ■ ■ Patricia G. Morikawa (MED’89) ■ Judy S. Schwab (CAS’91) and Daniel I. Lawrence A. Yannuzzi (MED’64) Rosalind Kim (GRS’72) Audrey Morris ■ ■ Silvershein (MED’93, CAS’93) ■ ■ and Julie Yannuzzi ■ ■ and Sung-Hou Kim ■ ■ David C. Moverman (MED’82) Anthony L. Schwagerl (MED’03,’06) ■ ■ Robert L. Young III (CAS’90, CGS’88) Sandra L. Kirmeyer ■ and Hagit Moverman ■ ■ ■ ■ Steven B. Schwartz (MED’77, CAS’73) and Tanya J. Bentley-Young ■ ■ Gregory D. Knepper (CAS’92) ■ ■ Robert S. Napoletano, Sr. (MED’85) and Paula A. Leonard-Schwartz Kevin Yu (MED’06, CAS’02) ■ ■ Baroukh E. Kodsi and Marie E. Kodsi ■ ■ and Laura L. Napoletano ■ ■ (MED’77, CAS’77) ■ ■ Richard D. Zenn (CAS’83, MED’87) Anne Koerner and Eric Koerner ■ ■ Rebecca Reetz Neal (MED’85) ■ ■ Michael J. Scollins (MED’69) and Deanna M. Zenn (CAS’85) ■ Sean S. Koh and Yoon Jeong Koh ■ ■ Roberta A. Neal ■ and Mary D. Scollins (MED’69) ■ ■ David H. Zornow (MED’66) ■ ■ Stanley H. Konefal, Jr. and Joan Konefal ■ ■ ■ Kishwer S. Nehal (MED’92, CAS’92) ■ ■ Bruce K. Shapiro (MED’72, CAS’72) and Iva Zornow ■ ■ Warren S. Zwecker (MED’78) Gail K. Kraft (MED’70) Kenneth E. Nelson and Martha Gallo ■ ■ and Elizabeth B. Shapiro (SON’72) ■ ■ and Arnold A. Kraft ■ ■ Ralph A. Nelson (MED’65) Jay R. Shapiro (MED’57) and Karen L. Zwecker ■ ■ Sonia Y. Kragh (MED’87) and Anne E. Nelson ■ and Judith B. Shapiro Ethan M. Shevach (MED’67, CAS’67) and Sriram Narsipur ■ ■ Keyvan Nouri (MED’93, CAS’89) ■ ■ $500–$999 ■ ■ Fred M. Krainin (MED’81, CAS’81) Jeffry R. Nurenberg (MED’69, CAS’69) and Ruth S. Shevach Morris S. Albert (MED’60) Neal H. Shuren (MED’90, CAS’90) ■ and Mary S. Krainin ■ ■ and Barbara Nurenberg ■ ■ and Barbara D. Albert ■ ■ ■ Christopher Kutteruf (MED’72) John F. O’Brien (MED’59) and Maria M. Shuren Stephen J. Alphas (MED’55) Allan W. Silberman (MED’75, GRS’73) ■ ■ and Anita Robinson ■ ■ and Julianne O. Larsen ■ ■ ■ and Alexandra Alphas ■ ■ Byron L. Lam (MED’86, CAS’84) Stephen C. O’Connor (MED’90, CAS’85) and Kathleen A. Silberman Edward P. Andersen (MED’64) Kenneth B. Simons (MED’80) and Pauline E. Andersen and Diane Zheng ■ ■ and Margot S. O’Connor ■ ■ Cecelia Lance ■ ■ and Wendy A. Simons ■ ■ Patricia L. Andrade ■

Frank Andryauskas Wayne R. Cohen (MED’71) Michael Histand and Tracey Histand ■ Peter J. Mogayzel, Jr. (MED’90, GRS’90) and Margaret Andryauskas ■ and Sharon R. Cohen Jon Hoffman and Mary Hoffman ■ and Cyndra R. Mogayzel ■ Michael S. Annunziata (MED’66,’66) ■ David L. Coleman and Jill Lacy ■ ■ Neal D. Hoffman (MED’87, CAS’87) Linda M. Monkell ■ Monica A. Ansani (MED’97) ■ Lawreen H. Connors (GRS’86) and Andrew Ingall ■ John J. Moore and Kirsten Moore Ernest Armstrong ■ and Michael K. Connors ■ ■ ■ Anna D. Hohler (MED’98, CAS’95,’98) Evan E. Mortimer (MED’73) ■ David Atkinson and Francine Atkinson ■ ■ Bernard M. Cooke, Jr. (MED’73) and David Hohler ■ ■ Angela Cooper Mota (COM’02, Nina K. Auerbach (MED’63) ■ and Kiyo Cooke ■ Elizabeth L. Hohmann ■ ■ Wheelock’12) and Rob Mota ■ ■ David A. Bailen (MED’67) Ronald E. Coutu (MED’66) Helen Hollingsworth and John I. Reed ■ Larry S. Nichter (MED’78, CGS’71, CAS’73) ■ and Helene R. Bailen (CAS’63) ■ ■ and Judith A. Coutu ■ Patrick T. Hook ■ Ned R. Novsam (MED’79, CAS’74) David H. Baker (MED’51) Martin J. Coyne (MED’69) ■ Robin A. Horn (MED’89) and Patricia J. Novsam ■ and Elizabeth H. Baker ■ ■ Thomas M. Daley and Helen W. Daley ■ ■ ■ and Mark F. Mendell ■ Daniel J. Oates (MED’00, CAS’00, SPH’05) David A. Bakst (LAW’65) Benedict D. Daly, Jr. (MED’65,’65) Charles B. Howard (CAS’65) and Kenneth Mok ■ ■ and Rhona F. Bakst ■ and Joan M. Daly ■ ■ and Edith S. Howard George T. O’Connor (MED’79, CAS’79) Philip S. Barie (MED’77, CAS’77) George Dermksian (MED’54) Fengduo Hu and Lynn Hsu ■ ■ and Rosemary A. O’Connell ■ and Elaine D. Barie ■ and Tamara Dermksian ■ Ih-Ping Huang (CAS’94, MED’99) Gwynneth D. Offner (GRS’84) ■ Jeffery L. Barker (MED’68) Wayne L. Dingwell and Leah E. Dingwell ■ and Amy L. Huang Stephen T. Olin (MED’73) and Laura S. Olin ■ and Marion M. Barker Kimberly A. Dodd (MED’02, CAS’92, Jeffrey P. Hurley (MED’84) Jay D. Orlander (SPH’92) Paul F. Barresi (MED’83) and Judy Barresi ■ SPH’10) ■ ■ and Joanne Hurley ■ and Anna J. Mitus (MED’83, CAS’83) ■ Paul C. Barsam (STH’52) George Dolinsky and Daria Dolinsky Kathleen L. Irwin (MED’83) Hytho Haseotes Pantazelos (MED’63) ■ ■ and Joyce L. Barsam ■ ■ Clare A. Donnelly-Taylor (MED’12) ■ and Richard W. Steketee ■ Swati J. Parekh (CAS’90) Sherry Bauman Robert P. Driscoll Kamal M. Itani and Gheed A. Itani ■ ■ and Jai G. Parekh (MED’93, CAS’89) ■ Richard T. Baxter and Deborah Baxter ■ Lena M. Dusio ■ Anne P. Iverson ■ Jordan C. Paul and Valerie J. Paul ■ Scott D. Becker (MED’83, CAS’83) Douglas B. Evans (MED’83) Loretta E. Jackson-Williams (MED’94,’94) Alexandra B. Perkins (MED’92) and Rehana P. Becker ■ and Elizabeth D. Evans (Wheelock’82) ■ and James E. Williams, Jr. ■ and Robert Antonacci ■ Edward L. Bedrick (MED’79) Stuart R. Ferguson (MED’79) Jean M. Jacques ■ Donald R. Pettit (MED’64) ■ and Amy B. Bedrick ■ and Carolyn H. Welsh (MED’79) ■ Kaitlyn Jones ■ Da Ba Pho (MED’65) and Anne Pho ■ ■ Leonard Bell and Linda Bell ■ Timothy J. Fitzgerald ■ ■ Tyrone F. Jones Cecil Pickett and Shirley Pickett ■ Douglas Benton and Kathie Benton ■ Walter D. Fitzhugh III (MED’92) Warren Kantrowitz (MED’60) Steven P. Poplack (MED’88) Martin Berger ■ and Mary D. Fitzhugh ■ and Harriet A. Kantrowitz ■ ■ ■ and Laura S. P. Poplack ■ Timothy R. Berigan (MED’92) John F. Folley ■ Armen S. Kasparian (MED’70, CAS’66) Charles Powell ■ ■ and Yadira C. Berigan ■ David W. Fontaine (MED’90) and Maureen C. Kasparian ■ Susan E. Pursell (CAS’84, MED’90) Sheilah A. Bernard and Laurie Fontaine ■ Hasmeena Kathuria and Karan Singh ■ ■ and Michael A. Wack ■ ■ and Richard Kopelman ■ ■ Pamela Fox Michael J. Katz (MED’97) and Allison Katz Ryan Reddy ■ Sharon H. Berreby (MED’03) Samuel A. Frank (MED’98) Frank J. Kawa ■ Susan S. Redline (CAS’79, MED’79) and Patrick Berreby ■ and Jennifer H. Frank ■ ■ Kathleen E. Kearney (MED’84, CAS’84) ■ ■ and Raymond W. Redline (MED’79) ■ Barbara H. Bjornson (MED’75, CAS’71) ■ Howard J. Frankel (MED’64) Stuart Kendall and Beebee Horowitz ■ Daniel G. Remick and Robin A. Remick ■ ■ Mary A. Blanchard ■ and Judy W. Frankel (CAS’63) Robert F. Kenerson (MED’65) Stuart Rhein (MED’69, CAS’69) Kip L. Bodi (ENG’06, GRS’07) ■ ■ Richard D. Frary (MED’56) and Joan S. Frary ■ and Ruth E. Kenerson and Judith K. Rhein (Wheelock’68) ■ Carl J. Boland (MED’88) Marilynn C. Frederiksen (MED’74) Andrew H. Kim (MED’01,’05) ■ Arnold Robbins ■ and Jennifer A. Clark (MED’88) ■ and James W. Frederiksen Jerome O. Klein and Linda S. Klein ■ ■ ■ Patricia L. Roberts (MED’81, CAS’81) Anthony F. Bonacci (MED’67) Pete Freund ■ David Klimek and Kimberly Klimek and Michael S. Rosenblatt (SPH’89, and Sheila J. Bonacci Robert I. Friedman (MED’72) Harold J. Kober ■ Questrom’97) ■ ■ ■ ■ Edith E. Braun (MED’78, CAS’78) and Donna A. Friedman (CAS’72) Robert P. Kreminski Conley Rollins ■ and James D. Levine Martha M. Frigoletto (MED’66) ■ ■ and Barbara R. Kreminski ■ Richard S. Rome (Wheelock’71, MED’77) Louis J. Bresnick (MED’97, GRS’93) ■ Bryan D. Fry Ping-Ping Kuang (MED’07) and Judith M. Rome ■ Brian K. Brighton (Sargent’97, MED’02, Richard K. Gaines (MED’81) and Bin Liu (MED’97) ■ ■ ■ Gerald Rosenblatt (MED’59, CAS’53, SPH’02) and Erin C. Brighton (CAS’98, George H. Gallup ■ Joseph Kulas ■ Wheelock’54) SPH’01) ■ Norman C. Gaudrault (MED’62) Karen M. Kyle (MED’85, CAS’85) ■ and Lorraine M. Rosenblatt ■ ■ ■ Howard S. Britt (MED’70, CAS’70) and Evelyn L. Gaudrault Sylvia M. LaChapelle ■ Ann S. Rosenthal ■ and Gail L. Britt ■ B. Joanne Gaver Ruth M. Lawrence (MED’64) ■ Kate Rosenthal ■ Fred J. Brog and Eve Parkin-Brog Charles M. Geller (MED’87, CAS’87) Christina Y. Lee (MED’92) and Moshin Lee ■ Sharon I. Rounds ■ Karen T. Brown (MED’79) and Peter Suchy ■ and Kim A. Feldinger Geller Faye Lee (MED’76) ■ Mark C. Rouvalis and Cynthia J. Rouvalis ■ ■ Linda Burke-Galloway (MED’87) ■ Richard W. Gillies (MED’59) Fred T. Lee, Jr. (MED’86, CAS’86) Christina Rubenstein ■ Anthony Bustamante (MED’15) and Nicholas Giosa (MED’52) and Marjorie Lee and Richard A. Rubenstein (MED’70) ■ Zephyr D. Dworsky (MED’15) ■ ■ ■ Andrew I. Glantz and Ricki Glantz ■ ■ Mark F. LePore (MED’99, CAS’96,’99) ■ Richard J. Rushmore III (MED’04) Julie Campbell ■ ■ ■ Harley M. Glantz ■ James L. Lerner ■ and Christine Kannler (CAS’96, Leroy Campbell and Helen Campbell Arnold Goldenberg (MED’54) ■ ■ Seth P. Lerner (MED’81) MED’00, SPH’00) ■ Patsy G. Camuso ■ Jeffrey H. Gottlieb (MED’81) and Judith S. Lerner (SSW’81) ■ Peter J. Sapienza (MED’69) Juan Canoso ■ and Regina Gottlieb ■ ■ M. Justin Loew (MED’99) and Barbara G. Sapienza ■ William E. Caplan (MED’76, CAS’73) William G. Griever, Jr. (MED’88) and Elizabeth H. Loew ■ Louis J. Scheinman (MED’75, CAS’72) and Joanne M. Caplan ■ and Susan Griever ■ Jonathan I. Macy (MED’76,’76, CAS’72) and Mary Scheinman ■ Alan C. Carver (MED’95) Kirsi M. Groden and Jeannette M. Macy ■ Harold S. Schell (MED’70) and Deborah C. Carver ■ and Brian F. Groden (MED’88) ■ David M. Maganza ■ and Antoinette M. Schell ■ ■ John R. Charpie (MED’90, GRS’90) Lisa Gruenberg and Martin Carmichael William M. Manger and Lynn S. Manger ■ Mitchell S. Schwartz and Lisa Schwartz ■ ■ and Kathryn C. Charpie ■ Cynthia A. Hadley (MED’79) ■ Phoebe S. Markey ■ John A. Scolaro (MED’03,’07) Edmond E. Charrette (MED’62) Michelle A. Hankins (MED’87) Richard T. Mason (MED’63) and Christie C. Scolaro ■ and Maria T. Charrette ■ ■ and Andrew Strassman ■ and Vivian Mason ■ Joseph F. Seber (MED’78) ■ S. C. Andrew Chen (MED’64) Christian L. Hansen (MED’94) ■ Phillip L. Massengill (MED’94,’95) Amy S. Serrano and Roberto Serrano ■ ■ and Helen H. Tu ■ Kate Harris ■ and Susan Herrmann (CFA’87) Neal Shadoff (GRS’74, MED’78) Edmund W. Cheung (MED’93, CAS’93) Kevan L. Hartshorn and Ruth Kandel ■ ■ Ronald B. Matloff (MED’72) and Susan S. Shadoff (Wheelock’74) ■ and Kathy Tsai ■ Bartlett H. Hayes (MED’85) and Cindy Matloff (Wheelock’70) ■ Kenath J. Shamir (MED’87, CAS’87) ■ Raymond E. Clarke (MED’74, CAS’69) and Elizabeth B. Hayes Laura L. McCann (MED’77) Leslie M. Shaw ■ and Gloria L. Clarke Patrick J. Healey (MED’87) and Peter Kates ■ ■ Arthur D. Shiff (MED’67, CAS’67) ■ Maura J. Coakley and John S. Cleary ■ ■ and Pamela M. Healey Tracey A. McDermott-Styles ■ and Eileen Shiff ■ Joan E. and Bruce Cohen ■ ■ Alysa R. Herman (GRS’93, MED’99) ■ Ellen McGinnis ■ Evan L. Siegel (MED’84, CAS’84) Scott M. Himes and Carol L. Himes Joseph P. Mizgerd and Louise Mizgerd ■ ■ and Diana R. Siegel

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Carol J. Singer-Granick (MED’78) Dalia N. Armonas (GRS’74) Glenn A. Dobecki ■ L. Duane Jackson and Deborah C. Jackson ■ and Mark S. Granick and John E. Armonas ■ Wilfred O. Dockham Robert M. Jackson (MED’76, CAS’73) Meaghan I. Smith (Questrom’03) ■ ■ Irwin Avery (MED’66) and Ann A. Avery ■ and Constance Dockham and Betsy W. Jackson Rosemary K. Sokas (MED’74, CAS’72) Stewart F. Babbott (MED’87) Kevin P. Donahue (MED’06) Janel R. Jacob (MED’78) and Ahmed Achrati ■ ■ and Cecelia Babbott ■ and Erin E. Donahue (Wheelock’03) ■ and Gregg A. Lichtenstein ■ Vernon K. Sondak (MED’80, CAS’80) Gari A. Banks ■ Andrew M. Doolittle (MED’99) Z. Gordon Jiang (MED’05,’11) and Ling Luo ■ and Suann C. Middleton ■ Michael Baron and Karen Baron and Tove Doolittle Jerome Johnson Jorge A. Soto and Ana M. Betancur ■ ■ ■ Joseph H. Bayne and Sandra Bayne ■ Frank A. DuPont (CAS’85, MED’85) Thomas C. Johnston (MED’80, GRS’80) Pamela L. Spatz (MED’82) Louise Beale ■ and Terese S. DuPont (CAS’82) ■ and Elizabeth A. Roche-Johnston ■ and David E. Bogen (GRS’86,’91) ■ Laurence H. Beck, Jr. Corinne Edelin ■ Joseph L. Jorizzo (MED’75, CAS’71) Gary L. Stanton (MED’77) and and Catherine B. Beck ■ ■ ■ Sybil Edelstein ■ and Irene N. Carros ■ Rebecca H. Stanton (LAW’89) ■ ■ ■ Marshall S. Bedine (MED’67) Anne D. Emmerich (GRS’83, MED’87) Martin F. Joyce-Brady Kimberly A. Stock (MED’97) and Joyce R. Bedine ■ and Marc Emmerich ■ and Jean M. Joyce-Brady ■ ■ and Jonathan Stock ■ Joan F. Beer (LAW’93) and Dennis J. Beer ■ Cynthia C. Espanola (MED’93) David A. Kalemba ■ Susan C. Stoddard ■ Dan D. Bell and Jan R. Bell and David Walinski ■ ■ David S. Kam (SDM’82, MED’85) Jonathan Stolpinski and Danielle Stolpinski Jonathan A. Benjamin ■ Stefan Fatsis ■ and Laura M. Kam ■ Domenic M. Strazzulla (MED’81) Frederick B. Berrien (MED’68) Emily Feinberg (SON’86) ■ ■ Elizabeth Kantor (MED’75, DGE’69, and Sandra Strazzulla ■ and Virginia C. Berrien (SON’80) Jime Ferrari and Jackie Wilson ■ CAS’71) ■ Alexander Styles ■ Shailesh Bhat (MED’95, CAS’95) James D. Fletcher (MED’90, CAS’86) Eve M. Kaplan (CAS’73) ■ Diane M. Sullivan ■ and Aarti Maskeri ■ and Robin Fletcher ■ Jennifer Kasper (SPH’99, CAS’91, MED’91) ■ Elihu L. Sussman (MED’69, CAS’69) Albert J. Birmingham ■ C. Douglas Fogg and Sandra R. Fogg ■ Claire S. Kaufman (MED’11) ■ and Geraldine A. Sussman ■ Charles M. Blitzer (MED’79, CAS’79) Patricia O. Francis (MED’79) Joel M. Kaufman (MED’77, CAS’73) Hidehisa T. Takei (MED’86, CAS’86) and Sandy Blitzer ■ and Ronald L. Francis ■ and Carol G. Kaufman ■ Andrew W. Taylor ■ ■ Harold P. Blum (MED’53) and Elsa J. Blum ■ Paul S. Freedberg (MED’74) Jean Keegan ■ Maureen C. Terrazano (MED’87) Carol S. Blumental (CAS’63, SSW’65) and Maria S. Freedberg ■ Teshome S. Kelkile ■ and Richard Terrazano ■ and George Blumental ■ ■ ■ Nicholas P. Gallery ■ Derek H. Keller (MED’08) Arthur C. Theodore (MED’79) Courtney Bodge ■ Alison Gallup ■ and Debbi McInteer ■ and Dawn M. Theodore ■ ■ ■ Ronald L. Boucek ■ David Garnett ■ Robert N. Kelley ■ Judith Tolnick Champa ■ David Breen and Katherine Breen ■ Ronald Gault and Charlayne Hunter-Gault ■ William E. Kelley, Jr. (MED’73) Hillary S. Tompkins (MED’04) Gary R. Briefel (MED’72) and Ellen F. Briefel ■ Robert J. Gaynor (CAS’63) and Marcia E. Kelley ■ and Edward Hickey ■ ■ Daniel Brownell and Kelley Laurel ■ and Lynne Gaynor ■ James Keyso and Michelle Phelan-Keyso ■ Keith Tornheim and Susan F. Tornheim ■ ■ Elizabeth Bryant ■ David M. Gillerman ■ ■ Raymond L. Killian Jr. (Wheelock’59) Jens N. F. Touborg (MED’66) Michael Buckley and Eilleen Buckley ■ ■ Robert H. Gilman (MED’74, SDM’77) Loren T. Kimura (Questrom’81) and Merry D. Touborg ■ Robert T. Burke ■ and Christine F. Gilman ■ ■ and Kimura B. Tam ■ Lloyd Trotter and Teri Trotter ■ Samuel A. Burstein (MED’72) Lisa A. Giudice (MED’97) Cian J. Kinderman (MED’21) ■ Zoe Tseng (MED’11) and Peter Chai ■ ■ ■ and Cheryl N. Boyd ■ and John W. Guidice ■ Carolyn L. Kinney (MED ‘81) ■ Gene S. Tyler ■ William F. Butterfield ■ Jeffrey Glassroth and Carol H. Glassroth Daniel S. Kirshenbaum (MED’11, CAS’07) and Edward Vaimberg and Mitzi Vaimberg ■ ■ Timothy Cadman and Jean M. Cadman ■ Robert N. Golden (MED’79) Laura B. Kirshenbaum (LAW’12) ■ ■ Celina Valenzuela ■ Michael J. Cahalane, Jr. (MED’80) and Shannon C. Kenney ■ Ethan H. Kisch (MED’76, CAS’73) Kathi J. Vandever ■ and Nancy L. Cahalane ■ Margaret B. Goldman (GRS’69) and Helene Kisch-Pniewski (MED’76) ■ ■ Carol T. Walsh (GRS’73) ■ ■ Eileen Calvey ■ and John N. Goldman Marie M. Klossner Francis E. Wanat (MED’63) ■ John W. Carpenter (CAS’65) Edward M. Gosselin (MED’90) Jonathan M. Koff (MED’97) ■ ■ Timothy F. Ward ■ and Ellen S. Carpenter ■ ■ and Geri A. Gosselin and Stacey G. Koff ■ ■ Amy M. Wasserman John Clark and Mia Clark ■ Steven A. Gould (MED’73) Darrell N. Kotton and Camille N. Kotton ■ George A. Waters (MED’94) Beckey F. Cochran ■ Sarah K. Grass David S. Kugler (MED’96,’97, SPH’94) ■ and Sarah B. Waters ■ Adam J. Cohen (CGS’89, Questrom’91) Thomas Green ■ and Dorothy Kugler Lynn Weidman ■ and Jenifer B. Cohen (CAS’91) ■ ■ Charles F. Grimes (LAW’76) Clement E. LaCoste (MED’55, CAS’50) Robert M. Weiss Gary R. Cohen (MED’82) and and Patricia B. Grimes ■ and Joan M. Lacoste Corey J. Langer (MED’81, CAS’81) and Susan E. Chimene ■ ■ ■ Cheryl N. Cohen (Questrom’80) ■ ■ Gene A. Grindlinger (MED’70, CAS’70) ■ ■ and Mindy R. Langer (MED’81) ■ Shirvinda A. Wijesekera (MED’98, CAS’98) Lillian E. Cohn (MED’78) ■ and Jeanne M. Grindlinger Alan A. Larocque (ENG’72, GRS’79, MED’80) and Namita G. Wijesekera (MED’98, Minou W. Colis (MED’81) and George Colis ■ Matthew K. Griswold (MED’12) and ■ ■ ■ and Kathleen A. Larocque (CAS’74) ■ CAS’98) ■ ■ Brian I. Collet (MED’80, CAS’80) Anna S. Eisenstein (MED’16,’16) Jonathan H. Lass (MED’73, CAS’72) and Richard E. Wilker (MED’76) and Ann I. Collet ■ Joshua D. Gutman (MED’73) ■ Leah S. Lass (CFA’71) ■ and Phyllis B. Wilker (Wheelock’00) ■ Andrew Corrigan III (CAS’13) ■ and Eva F. Gutman Joan L. Lasser (MED’66) Lancelot L. Williams (MED’88) Jeffrey B. Crandall (MED’67) Stephen R. Guy (MED’85, CAS’74) ■ Eleanor W. Laughlin ■ Charles T. Williams ■ ■ and Holly J. Crandall ■ and Ruth Frank ■ Robert G. Layton (MED’72) David J. Winton and Katherine F. Winton ■ Tristram C. Dammin Alan D. Haber (MED’84, CAS’84) ■ and Judith H. Layton ■ Robert R. Wolff (MED’74) and Beverly H. Dammin ■ George S. Harlem and Rosina P. Harlem Harold D. Levy (MED’59) and Susan C. Wolff ■ ■ George Dapper ■ James J. Heffernan (MED’77, SPH’92) ■ ■ and Patricia M. Levy ■ Dorothy Wong ■ Gwendolyn P. Davis ■ and Mary A. Barry (SPH’88) Lester K. Henderson, Jr. (MED’69) Howard I. Levy (MED’67, CAS’67) Lawrence W. Wood (MED’62) Michael DeCorte and Kathy DeCorte ■ ■ and Eleanor A. Henderson ■ and Gareth W. Levy ■ and Beverly P. Wood Antonio J. DeFreitas and Brenda DeFreitas ■ Marcia Edelstein Herrmann (MED’78) Kimberly G. Litherland ■ Maryann R. Wyner ■ Mary L. Delaney (MED’86) and Jeffrey C. Herrmann ■ Athena M. Lolis (CAS’02, MED’06) ■ Barry J. Zamost (MED’76, CAS’73) and Steven Delaney ■ Ruth E. Hersh (CAS’82, SSW’89) Richard E. Luka (MED’89) and Rita L. Zamost ■ Anthony M. DeLuise, Jr. (CAS’97, MED’01) Aline I. Hillman (Questrom’86) and and Amy R. Luka ■ ■ Bei B. Zhang ■ and Monica DeLuise ■ Scott R. Hillman (Questrom’86,’86) ■ ■ Brian Lyman and Joanne Lyman ■ William A. Depietri and Beth A. Depietri ■ Michael Hoban and Linda Hoban ■ Jared W. Magnani and Amy D. Bardack $250–$499 Michael A. Diamond (MED’63) Joseph L. Hooley and Linda S. Hooley ■ Andrew S. Malbin (MED’78, CAS’76) ■ Daniel A. Adelberg (MED’88, CAS’88) and Violette Notis-Diamond ■ ■ Gordon S. Manning (MED’80, CAS’80) and and Sara-Jane Adelberg ■ William G. Dietrich (MED’82, CAS’82) William N. Hoover and Kari M. Hoover ■ Karen F. Rothman (MED’81, CAS’81) ■ Kari-Claudia M. Allen (SPH’13, MED’13) ■ and Regina M. Bielawski ■ Christopher R. Hoult and Rixey Hoult ■ John R. Marcaccio (MED’64) Matthew J. Amerlan and Erin E. Amerlan ■ Vincent D. Dinick (MED’93) ■ Jeffery W. Howe and Reva M. Dolobowsky ■ and Patricia H. Marcaccio ■ Thomas A. Amoroso (MED’90, SPH’09) Joseph F. DiTroia (MED’64) Syed A. Hyat (UNI’08) ■ ■ Jennifer Maric ■ and Family ■ and Susan G. DiTroia ■ ■ Lois B. Illman (Wheelock’66) Dave V. Anderson and Mary F. Anderson Fatai A. Ilupeju (MED’94) Sara W. Mayo (MED’94) Mark C. Dmohowski ■ ■ Nancy E. Anthracite (MED’73, CAS’72) ■ and Fausat M. Ilupeju ■ and Charles A. Foehl

Italo C. Mazzarella (MED’56) Richard A. Rudnick (MED’79) Joachim R. Woerner (Questrom’81) Lawrence F. Audino and Barbara J. Audino ■ and Barbara R. Mazzarella ■ and Sheila Trugman (MED’79) ■ and Allison M. Woerner ■ Armand V. Auger and Janice C. Auger Jeremiah P. McDonald (MED’63, GRS’63) Steven B. Rupp ■ Benjamin L. Wolozin Dixie Aumann ■ and Louise A. McDonald ■ Stephen M. Ruskin (MED’81) and Danielle Murstein ■ ■ Kirsten E. Austad ■ ■ Elizabeth H. McKenna (MED’89) Selma H. Rutenburg (MED’49, CAS’46) ■ Yonghong Xiao (MED’94) ■ Robert Averill and Linda Averill ■ and Jeffrey A. McKenna ■ Alma Rutgers ■ Trudy Yavorek-Kobylski ■ Arthur Avila and Maureen Avila ■ Brian J. McKinnon (MED’90) and Caroline Philip W. Saines (CAS’76) Jonathan L. York (MED’84) Ricky J. Avila and Theresa K. Avila ■ R. McKinnon ■ and Catherine W. Saines ■ and Dorothy S. York (Questrom’82) ■ Debra A. Babcock (MED’80) Maureen M. McLaughlin ■ Marie-Helene Saint-Hilaire James J. Zerner (MED’95, GRS’91) and Mark R. Rosekind ■ Jennifer H. Mieres (MED’86) and Neil D. Beneck (SPH’94) ■ ■ ■ and Meridan D. Zerner Kathryn M. Babel ■ and Haskel Fleishaker ■ Ernest L. Sarason, Jr. Summer R. Zhang (MED’09) ■ Joseph A. Bachicha (MED’82) Marian Mirchandani (COM’90, CGS’88) ■ ■ Aaron M. Savar (MED’03) ■ and James S. Fane, Jr. ■ David Mischoulon (MED’94,’94) Todd E. Schlegel and Julia J. Schlegel ■ $1–$249 Francesca S. Badar (CGS’18, CAS’20) ■ and Alisabet J. Clain ■ Victor C. Schlitzer ■ Anonymous ■ ■ ■ ■ (7) Yoon-Soo Bae (MED’05,’09) Rebecca G. Mishuris (MED’08) Joel R. Schulman (MED’72) Daniel G. Aaron (MED’20) ■ and Jens E. Harboe-Schmidt and Gary Mishuris ■ ■ and Joan S. Van Berg (CAS’76) ■ Jules S. Abadi (MED’89, CAS’85) Thomas C. Bagnoli (MED’64) James F. Mitchell, Jr. (MED’80) ■ Julia E. Serazio ■ ■ Myriam B. Abdennadher and Ann G. Bagnoli ■ Gary Moebus ■ Jeffrey A. Shane (MED’68, CAS’68) and Matthew Belisle ■ ■ Corey C. Bailey (Questrom’20) ■ ■ Chester H. Mohr (MED’83) and Joan Mohr ■ and Roberta H. Shane ■ Don Abells and Margaret Abells ■ Thomas B. Bain E. Blake Moore, Jr. ■ Malveeka Sharma ■ Debra B. Abeshaus (Wheelock’73) ■ Deborah M. Baker Gustavo Mostoslavsky ■ ■ Daniel L. Shaw ■ Robert M. Abrams (MED’58) Anne M. Bankson (MED’86) Peter H. Moyer (SPH’03) Vincent F. Shea and Dorothy M. Shea ■ ■ and Frances R. Abrams ■ ■ and Daniel D. Bankson and Gricel G. Moyer ■ ■ Linda B. Sherr ■ Michael Abramson and Mimi Abramson ■ Irma May V. Baptiste ■ ■ Scott E. Muma and Kim B. Muma ■ Myron A. Shoham (MED’71, CAS’71) Arthur B. Abt and Leona G. Abt ■ Peter M. Barkin Michael S. Murphy (Sargent’87, MED’93) and Andrea B. Shoham ■ ■ Carol Aceto ■ Gary Barlow ■ and Lori A. Farnan (MED’95) ■ Corrine E. Shurte ■ Mark Acker ■ Molly K. Barlow (MED’16) ■ Robert M. Najarian (MED’05) Alyse B. Sicklick (MED’88, CAS’84) Norberto Adame (MED’89) and Pattie Adame William Barnard ■ and Kristin Kludjian Najarian ■ and Jay E. Sicklick ■ John J. Adams (MED’79, CAS’79) James D. Barnes and Elizabeth C. Barnes ■ James D. Nallo Rebecca A. Silliman ■ and Anne C. Adams ■ Douglas Barnes (MED’16,’20) and Sarah Kaye and Margaret M. Brady-Nallo ■ Michael L. Silverman ■ William G. Adams and Amy Adams ■ Karen R. Barnett (MED’83, CAS’79) Clyde A. Niles ■ Paul E. Simon (MED’73) and Miriam L. Simon Julia C. Adams ■ and Robert A. Barnett ■ ■ K. Michael Nolan and Julie M. Nolan ■ ■ Geoffrey Simons Marie V. Adams ■ Tara Barrows ■ Brian G. Norwood (MED’99,’03) Todd Sinett and Wendy L. Sinett Linda M. Afifi (MED’12) ■ ■ G. Curtis Barry (MED’63) and Diane V. Norwood ■ Russ Smiltnieks and Sandra Smiltnieks Saurabh M. Agarwal (CAS’96,’99, MED’99) and Pauline T. Barry ■ Gilbert A. Norwood (MED’57, CAS’53) ■ ■ Theresa A. Smith (MED’56) and Linda Agarwal Charles A. Barsam (MED’94,’99) Alexandra E. Novak (CAS’11) ■ and Robert R. Smith ■ Ankit Agarwal (MED’16, CAS’12, and Margaret R. Barsam (MED’95,’99) Mary E. O’Donnell ■ Mary M. Spencer ■ Questrom’16) ■ Nora A. Bartek ■ John D. Ogilby (MED’79) Eva M. Statz (MED’83) ■ Parul Agnihotri (MED’16) ■ Robert J. Bartel ■ and Katrina V. Ogilby ■ Jonathan Stein ■ David Agoada (MED’11) Lawrence S. Bartlett Roger S. Orefice and Frances E. Orefice Raymond E. Stephens ■ ■ Nancy Aiken ■ Lisa M. Bartnikas (MED’05) Charles C. Paniszyn (MED’80, CAS’80) and Michael T. Stratton (MED’12,’16) ■ ■ ■ Marlene H. Alderman ■ ■ and Thomas Bartnikas Lucy C. Paniszyn (MED’81, CAS’81) ■ Sally B. Strazdins Frank H. Allen (MED’60) and Nola N. Allen ■ Julia A. Bartolomeo (MED’15) ■ ■ Andrew M. Parad (MED’06) Carmen S. Suardy David W. Allen (GRS’74) and Sandra A. Allen Alyssa Barton ■ and Adrienne L. Parad (MED’07) ■ and James I. Wasserman ■ ■ Alessandro Aloi and Antonella De Carlo ■ John F. Bassi and Renay S. Bassi ■ Ruth Paris and Robert Saper ■ Edward Swan and Claudia Swan ■ Andrea G. Alonso (MED’20) Thomas M. Battin (SSW’78) Lynn Patterson and Kevin Patterson ■ Carter B. Tallman (MED’62) Caroline S. Alpert (MED’00,’01, UNI’95) ■ and Daryl J. Battin (SSW’76) James M. Perlotto (MED’82) and Sylvia H. Tallman ■ ■ Barbara W. Alpert (SPH’79) ■ George E. Battit (GRS’51, MED’56) and Judith L. Battit (SON’57) and Thomas Masse ■ Andrew L. Taylor (MED’63) Arnold Alpert and Penny Alpert ■ Bruce J. Baum (GRS’75) and Linda G. Baum ■ Thomas T. Perls ■ and Antoinette R. Taylor ■ Alan Amarando and Marcia Amarando ■ Wayne Baxter and Sally Baxter ■ Katherine L. Phaneuf (MED’88) ■ Joseph B. Taylor (MED’79) David A. Ames (CAS’66, GRS’73) ■ Herbert S. Plovnick (MED’71, CAS’67) and Marie C. Brennan (CAS’78) ■ and Linda R. Ames (CFA’71) ■ D. Tony Beane Sara Ann Beard and Kathleen R. Plovnick (ENG’89, Lance Templeton and Kyra Templeton ■ Ted Amsden and Ruth Rydstedt ■ ■ CAS’68) ■ ■ Mike Uretsky ■ Nancy P. Andersen (MED’81) E. Jerome Beck ■ Earl Potts, Jr. ■ Marjorie C. Van Houten (SSW’84) and Herbert J. Nelson ■ James Bedell and Martha Bedell Michael W. Bednarz and Debra A. Bednarz Lois G. Poucher (SON’69) and Francis Van Houten ■ ■ John A. Anderson, Jr. ■ Ellen A. Beecher ■ and John S. Poucher ■ Michael W. Von Plato (MED’17) ■ ■ ■ Lee Anderson and Sheri Anderson ■ Yousef B. Beidas (MED’20) ■ James F. Primich (MED’99) Mary Jo J. Wagner (MED’88, CAS’88) Alana Andrews ■ Kathleen Belke ■ and Elizabeth Primich ■ and Karl D. Bihn ■ John C. Andrews and Maura F. Andrews ■ ■ ■ Eric L. Putnoi (MED’01) and Deborah Polansky Todd A. Watson (MED’97,’01) Marcia E. Angell (MED’67) Oluwatomisin A. Bello (MED’20) ■ Leon T. Rabinowitz (MED’67, CAS’67) and Michelle Watson (SPH’01) ■ David A. Angelo and Donna M. Angelo ■ Robin Belsky and Lesley Wilson ■ Matthew E. Weber (MED’94,’97) Peter Angelos (MED’89, CAS’89, GRS’95) and Rachel Beltran ■ Elvin R. Ramey (MED’78, CAS’78) and and Carrie Weber ■ Grace K. Angelos (Questrom’84, CGS’84) Linda Ben-Ezra (Questrom’82) Lisa S. Ramey (MED’79, CAS’76) ■ ■ Laurence M. Weinberg (MED’76) John J. Ansbro and Connie J. Ansbro ■ and Amram Ben Ezra Dallas A. Reed (MED’10) and Deborah W. Weinberg ■ Beth Ansell (Wheelock’68, DGE’66) Barbara J. Bengtson Milton Benjamin Lee C. Reich ■ Lucille I. Weinstein (MED’75) and Jack E. Ansell ■ ■ ■ Nancy L. Ricks (Wheelock’67,’74) ■ and Mark J. Weinstein ■ Michael Anteski, Jr. (MED’63, CAS’59) and Joan Wallace-Benjamin Nancy Robinson (MED’81) Jerry R. Wexler (MED’71, CAS’71) Roberta J. Apfel (MED’62,’62) Harry W. Bennert, Jr. (MED’65) ■ and Stephen J. Imbriglia and Helen H. Wexler (Wheelock’71) ■ and Bennett Simon ■ and Joan N. Bennert Andres Rodriguez-Munoz (MED’86) Brooks S. White (MED’51) ■ ■ Dennis W. Archer and Trudy D. Archer John M. Bennett (MED’59) ■ and Sandra Russo-Rodriguez ■ William D. Whitney and Jean Whitney ■ John Arena and Rosemarie Arena ■ and Carol R. Bennett Rebecca L. Bennett ■ Elizabeth A. Rose (CAS’70, SSW’75) Janice F. Wiesman ■ ■ Christopher J. Arlinghaus James A. Benson (MED’74, CAS’70) and Joe D. Hull ■ Flash Wiley and Benaree Wiley ■ and Susan C. Arlinghaus and Gail T. Benson ■ George Rosenthal ■ Tumika Williams-Wilson (MED’85) ■ Alexandra S. Ashinoff (MED’21) Isidore L. Berenbaum Richard I. Rothstein (MED’80, CAS’74) Tyree Winters ■ Cosmo A. Assortato ■ and Lia L. Rothstein (CAS’74, CFA’82) ■ Kristen H. Atwood and James Atwood ■ ■ and Debra Berenbaum ■ ■ ■ J. Michael Rubino (MED’76) ■ Louise J. Auclair ■ Barbara Berger ■

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Jerome F. Bergheim (MED’66) and Robyn Brody ■ Burton H. Chapin, Jr. and Jane Chapin Richard L. Cudmore ■ Diana R. Bergheim (Wheelock’61,’63) ■ ■ Selwyn A. Broitman ■ ■ ■ ■ Diane R. Charpentier ■ Gary Cuminsky and Sharon Cuminsky ■ Emily Bergson ■ Christopher D. Brook Sadaf Chaudhry (CAS’04, MED’07) ■ Ina S. Cushman John L. Berk and May M. Wakamatsu ■ ■ and Alexandra Chomut ■ ■ ■ Xuejing Chen ■ ■ Carol Cutts ■ Shari Berkowitz ■ Geraldine Brooks ■ Kir-Wei Chen (MED’07,’12) and Kyle L. Cyr (MED’10,’15) Murray Berkowitz and Rebecca S. Berkowitz ■ Matthew Brooks ■ Kui-Tzu V. Feng (MED’07,’12, SPH’07) and Mary E. Howard (MED’15, SPH’11) ■ Arnold M. Berman (MED’74, CAS’72) Patricia Brown Vicki M. Chen (MED’02, CAS’99) Paul Czerkies ■ and Darlene J. Berman ■ Richard M. Brown ■ and Christopher Ip Michael Dacey and Joan Dacey ■ Rachel A. Berman (MED’10, SPH’10) Rebecca T. Bruce ■ Martin Cherniack and Lauren Santos Pauline M. Dagesse and Yonah Berman Amy Bruning ■ Manmohan S. Chima Emma Dain ■ Stephen Bernardi and Diane Bernardi John D. Bryzgel and Harpinder K. Chima ■ Nancy Dalby ■ Stephen L. Berry and Louise A. Berry ■ Joan Buchheit ■ Ranjit S. Chima (MED’10) Kushna K. Damallie (MED’99) ■ Mindy R. Berstein (MED’79, CAS’79) ■ ■ Daniel Buckley and Johanna Kelly ■ Nicholas Chiu (MED’20, CAS’20) ■ Louise S. Damascus Daniel Bertzos ■ Kevin J. Buckley and Amanda B. Buckley ■ Luke T. Chmielecki (CAS’16, MED’20) ■ Maria J. D’Amico (MED’20) Heidi Besson Star (Questrom’86) Jyothsna Buddharaju ■ ■ Kasia Chmielinski ■ Mary Ann Dammers ■ and Barry L. Star ■ Morenikeji A. Buraimoh (MED’12) Guy Choate ■ Karla Damus ■ ■ Monica Bharel (MED’94, CAS’94) and Kendall L. Buraimoh (MED’14) Monica Chowdary (MED’20) ■ James M. Dargin (CAS’00, MED’04) and Sushrut Waikar ■ ■ Lewis Burik James Chriesman ■ and Elizabeth A. Dargin ■ ■ Swati Bhattacharya (MED’16) ■ Edmund S. Burke, Jr. and Eleanor O. Burke ■ William A. Christmas (MED’65) Bruce R. Davidson (MED’70) Aaron Bickoff and Alicia Bickoff ■ Joseph P. Burke and Holly B. Burke ■ and Polly Raye ■ and Elaine A. Davidson Aaron T. Billowitz (MED’66) Donna M. Burke ■ John Chuma, Jr. and Angela M. Chuma ■ Susan S. Davis (MED’74, CAS’72) and Laurie M. Billowitz ■ William J. Burns, Jr. Hope H. Churchill and James W. Davis Wayne Bilodeau and Kristie Bilodeau ■ Charles H. Burr ■ Richard Chused and Elizabeth Langer ■ Gerald F. Davis and Barbara A. Davis Bruce R. Bindman and Susan Bindman ■ Julia Bury ■ Scott Cindrich and Jessica Cindrich ■ Robert M. Davis ■ Anna M. Bissonnette (SON’69) ■ ■ A. Eric Buterbaugh and Tina V. Buterbaugh Dr. and Mrs. Curtis Clayman (MED’65) and John Davisson ■ Winston Blake ■ Joan Butler (CAS’64) ■ Dian C. Davitt (SON’71) ■ Jacqueline F. Bleakney ■ Margaret Cafara ■ Austin C. Cleaves Elda M. Dawber Jordan L. Blinder (MED’86) John C. Cail and Mary Cail ■ Eliane D. Clermont Tom De Corte and Lynda M. Ronie ■ and Hayley R. Blinder ■ Nicolena Caine ■ Charles T. Cloutier (MED’65, CAS’60) and Alain A. de la Chapelle (MED’65) Charles M. Bliss, Jr. (MED’89) Kristin Callahan Phyllis C. Cloutier ■ ■ and Iris A. de la Chapelle ■ and Cynthia A. Learner Bliss ■ Erin E. Callahan (COM’20, CAS’20) ■ John P. Cocchiarella (MED’64) Jose A. De Olazabal (MED’94) Charles M. Bliss (MED’63) Malori M. Callender (MED’15) ■ and Joan M. Cocchiarella ■ ■ and Leslye V. Canas-De Olazabal ■ and Barbara W. Bliss ■ ■ ■ Eugene Camarota and Avis T. Parkis ■ Robert L. Codispoti, Sr. Tracey Dechert Nancy L. Bloom (SPH’87) John W. Campbell III (MED’03) and Thao T. Codispoti ■ Christopher Decilio ■ and Jacob L. Bloom ■ ■ and Erin M. Campbell ■ Christopher L. Coe (MED’17) ■ Jeanne Degatano ■ Barry I. Bluestein (GRS’78) Maureen Campion ■ Francis J. Coffey and Cynthia K. Coffey David Degatano ■ Andrew L. Blumenthal and Virginia Nugent ■ William Camuso ■ James B. Cohen and Randi C. Cohen ■ Glenda J. Deigan Brown ■ Harriet R. Blush (CGS’54, COM’56) Anthony J. Cannistra (MED’87) Paul B. Cohen (MED’71) and Jane G. Cohen Jeffrey Dekro and Rochelle Sauber ■ and Jerry Blush ■ and Lauralyn B. Cannistra ■ Sheila H. Cohen Mary L. Del Monte (MED’67) ■ Jan K. Blusztajn ■ ■ Francis Cannizzo, Jr. (Sargent’85, Stafford I. Cohen (MED’61) Gerardo Delligatti and Doris C. Delligatti ■ and Deborah S. Cohen Christine Boardingham ■ MED’94,’94) and Susan M. Cash ■ Debra K. Delorenzo ■ Barbara Boardman (Sargent’78) Lucille M. Cappel Geoffrey Cohn and Arthur E. Delorenzo, Sr. ■ ■ Rachel L. Bocchino (MED’20) ■ Joseph J. Cappellano, Jr. ■ Sally Cohn John E. DeMello and Margaret M. DeMello ■ ■ Adam S. Bodzin (MED’07) ■ Michael J. Carchidi (COM’70) ■ Brian F. Colalucci and Emilee M. Colalucci Harry Demeter and Anna Demeter ■ Steven D. Colan (MED’77) Kris M. Boelitz (MED’20) ■ Randi Carlson ■ Richard D. Demopoulos ■ and Margaret Wermer ■ Henry R. Bolin and Hermina F. Bolin ■ Ilene E. Carlson (MED’92) ■ Joshua T. Denk ■ Leslee A. Bollea ■ Jesse A. Caron (MED’03, CAS’99) and John Colella and Dorothy A. Colella Bruce Derbyshire (MED’54) ■ Mark Bond and Amy Bond ■ Jessica Alverio-Caron (Pardee’00) ■ Tony Coletti and Barbara Coletti and Elizabeth Derbyshire ■ ■ George H. Boothby (SHA’07) ■ Richard P. Carpenter (DGE’60, COM’62) Eric S. Collier and Linda Collier Mark Derderian and Deborah Derderian ■ Donald F. Collins William Borden ■ and Linda A. Carpenter ■ Mark D’Ermes and Loretta D’Ermes ■ Louise M. Collins Joel Bortz ■ William Carrick and Michele Carrick ■ Kathleen DeRosa ■ Donna Comeau ■ Jean R. Boshco ■ Bryan Carritte and Nancy M. Carritte ■ Erkeda L. DeRouen (MED’12) David Comfort ■ Markus Bosmann ■ ■ Catherine M. Carroll ■ Ellwood Derricks ■ ■ John H. Conroy III and Debra A. Conroy ■ Felicia R. Bottoni (MET’15) ■ Christine M. Carroll (SON’72) Tushar Desai Dean Conway ■ Robert J. Boucini and Lucille A. Boucini ■ and William P. Carroll ■ Cary M. DeShaw James J. Coogan and Judith T. Coogan ■ David B. Bouder and Michelle L. Bouder ■ James D. Carter and Penny Carter ■ Gordon E. DeShaw Katharine Cook ■ ■ Richard Boushka and Julie Boushka ■ Christopher H. Casey Suzanne Dettmann Mary Cook ■ ■ Robert J. Bowers and Catherine O. Bowers ■ and Annette M. Casey ■ Anthony J. Deutsch and Patricia E. Deutsch ■ ■ ■ John P. Bozzi, Jr. and Gisele G. Bozzi David J. Casey (MED’96) Selma F. Cooperband (Wheelock’54) Peter DeWire (MED’86) ■ ■ Jared Braddock and Jenny Braddock ■ and Maria E. DiGiovanni ■ Kevin W. Copeland and Andrea Dewire ■ ■ ■ Kevin G. Brady and Mary C. Brady ■ John T. Casey and Lisa A. Casey ■ Bruce E. Corbett and Susan E. Corbett Ricky Diamond and Batya Diamond ■ ■ ■ David J. Braitman and Helen Braitman ■ James Cash and Clemmie Cash ■ William Cosgrove and Donna Smith Donald Dicken and Trinh Dicken Dorinda M. Cosimano Burton F. Dickey and Yean S. Dickey Harold I. Brandon and Georgine E. Brandon ■ Russell Catania ■ ■ ■ Jean W. Bratt Janet A. Cate ■ and James R. Schiffer Alberto P. Diez and Shannon L. Diez Amy D. Costigan (MED’11) Francis P. Digregorio Anita W. Brean ■ Kathleen N. Cathcart (CAS’85, GRS’88) and Sean P. Costigan ■ and Elizabeth A. Digregorio ■ Kevin F. Breen and Leslie A. Breen ■ and Charles S. Cathcart (CAS’82, Donna Cotterell (MET’05) E. Dillavou and Kim Dillavou ■ Christopher J. Brennan and Carol Brennan ■ MED’88) ■ ■ Ruth E. Courville ■ Elva Dillavou ■ Karen Bressler ■ Joy G. Cavalaris (MED’00, CAS’96) Gary K. Cousin (Questrom’97) Mark DiMaurizio and Kim DiMaurizio Lynne L. Brewer (MED’74) ■ and Doug C. Prince ■ Robert F. Couture, Jr. ■ Kathryn V. Dinneen ■ Matthew E. Brier (MED’96, SPH’03) Brian P. Cazeneuve (COM’87) Thomas A. Covill and Teresa Covill ■ Elizabeth A. Dippold ■ and Emily J. Dulude ■ Richard J. Cea (MED’63) and Barbara L. Cea Michael Craig ■ ■ Jorge A. Brito (MED’81) Edward Chaiken and Judith T. Chaiken ■ Maris DiTolla Louise K. Crane ■ Gwendolyn E. Brobbey Jie Y. Chan (MED’14,’18) ■ Robert Dixon and Kristen Dixon ■ ■ Jonathan R. Broderick (Pardee’12) Leslie W. Chandler I ■ Joseph E. Crisp and Amanda Crisp Darryl Dobberfuhl ■ ■ and Sarah J. Funk (CAS’12) ■ Samuel T. Chang (MED’20) ■ Joyce C. Crowell (MED’62) David R. Dobler and Laura L. Dobler ■ John J. Cuaron (MED’10)

Danielle A. Doctor (CAS’15, MED’20) Yi Feng (CAS’14, MED’18) Robert F. Geller and Suzanne S. Geller ■ Arlene S. Grimes Jonathan Doctor and Barbara Doctor ■ ■ Joann Fenty ■ Daniel Gentile and Dorothy E. Gentile Gregg H. Grinspan (MED’79) Jennifer Dodd ■ Raul A. Fernandez (COM’00, Frederick P. Georgian (MED’81,’81) and Phyllis Grinspan ■ Asemena T. Dodge and Kaylee D. Murphy ■ Wheelock’16) ■ ■ and Margaret A. Georgian ■ Herbert S. Gross and Marjory L. Gross ■ Jean M. Doelling (MED’58) ■ Paul F. Fernands, Jr. and Eleanor M. Fernands ■ William J. Georgitis (MED’73) John Gross and Patricia Gross ■ John M. Doggett, Jr. and Patricia H. Doggett ■ Phyllis Ferrazzi and Betsy C. Georgitis (Wheelock’73) ■ Gabriella G. Grossman (COM’13, CGS’11) Raymond A. Domenico Sarah D. Ferree (MED’20) ■ Bart J. Germond II and Colleen M. Germond Victor Grotti and Carol Grotti ■ and Joanne M. Domenico ■ William A. Ferri, Jr. (MED’86) and Mary E. Ferri Donald B. Gerne and Emily S. Gerne ■ Elizabeth M. Groves (SSW’75) Michelle N. Domini (MED’20) John W. Ferry Joan N. Gerson ■ and Timothy W. Groves ■ and Alan DenAdel Terry L. Fetzer ■ Louis C. Gerstenfeld (GRS’82) and George Grubb ■ Mary M. Donald (MED’57) Elizabeth L. Finch and Peter G. Coe ■ ■ Nancy L. Chapin (MED’84, GRS’80) ■ ■ Michael W. Gruber and Rebecca Gruber Robert L. Donegan and Cathleen G. Donegan Samuel Finkielsztein and Gala Finkielsztein Richard W. Gibson and Linda J. Gibson ■ Kenneth M. Grundfast Kevin P. Donoghue ■ Emma K. Finnerty (MED’20) ■ William F. Gilbert and Audrey C. Gilbert ■ and Ruthanne Grundfast ■ ■ Alvaro G. Donoso (MED’18) Geraldine Fiore ■ Toby A. Gilman (SON’67) ■ Jean M. Gubbiotti ■ Miguel I. Dorante (MED’19) ■ Brian M. Fissel (MED’15,’19) ■ James H. Gilmour, Jr. (MED’59) Richard J. Gubbiotti and Cynthia Gubbiotti ■ ■ Roman D. Dover (CAS’92, CGS’89, Mary C. Fitzgibbons ■ and Patricia S. Gilmour ■ Robert A. Gubbiotti and Karen L. Gubbiotti ■ MED’97,’02) and Christine S. Dover ■ Michael J. Fitzpatrick (LAW’10) Loanna Giovanetti ■ Cara S. Guenther (MED’20) Lorainne Dowdall and Grace Enriquez ■ Lawrence Gitlitz and Robin Gitlitz ■ Kara Guglielmo ■ Lindsay C. Downey (Wheelock’21) ■ ■ Maureen Fitzpatrick Neal D. Gittleman (MED’84, CAS’84) and Meghan P. Guissarri ■ Nancianne E. Doyle (COM’85, MED’13) ■ Juliette O. Flam (MED’16) ■ Marilyn N. Gittleman (SDM’86, CAS’86) Nina H. Gummadi (MED’20, CAS’20) and Walter S. Drenzek and Nancy M. Drenzek ■ Stephen Flatow ■ Patricia Glazer ■ Christopher R. DeLucia (ENG’17, CGS’17) Michael Dubroff and Andrea M. Dubroff ■ Elizabeth L. Fleischer Scott S. Glazier (MED’10) and Theron Gunderman and Lisa Gunderman ■ Marianne B. Dubuque ■ Estee E. Fleischman (MED’14) ■ Joanna H. Ng-Glazier (MED’10, CAS’06) ■ Charles A. Gundersen (MED’63) Jessica Dudra ■ Melanie Fleming ■ Vicki J. Glenn (Questrom’91) ■ ■ and Jean E. Gundersen ■ Steven P. Duffy and Jacqueline L. Duffy ■ Thomas P. Florence Mark Glenn and Sandra Glenn ■ Bennett S. Gurian (MED’65) Kristen M. Duncan (MED’20) ■ and Carla J. Doyle-Florence ■ Jacqueline Glueckert ■ and Tanya T. Gurian ■ John A. Dundas (MED’71) John E. Flynn and Jacqueline T. Flynn ■ Frederick A. Godley (MED’15,’20, John T. Gustafson and Cynthia A. Gustafson ■ and Julia Dewdney ■ Amy G. Fogelman (MED’02) Questrom’20) ■ Michael J. Gustin (Sargent’14, MED’20) Katherine L. Dunn (CAS’90) ■ and Matthew Fogelman ■ Steven R. Gold (MED’82, CAS’82) Briana Gwaltney (Sargent’20) ■ Lisa Dunn ■ Paul R. Foley and Bonnie L. Foley ■ and Eva Gold ■ Mary T. Gyi ■ ■ Cathleen A. Dunn ■ Eric Folley and Mary Folley ■ Lee R. Goldberg (MED’92) Rebecca T. Gyi (MED’12) Jean Dunn ■ Robert H. Follin and Donna M. Follin ■ and Debra K. Goldberg ■ John H. Haas ■ Danny Dunsworth and Mary Dunsworth ■ Daniel D. Foote (MED’66) and Polly A. Foote ■ Suanne Goldberger ■ Charles J. Haberle and Susan L. Haberle ■ Eric Duquella (MED’77) Tanya Foreman (MED’94) and Mark Snaza ■ Susan Golding ■ William Haberman ■ and Bernadette Francois ■ Charles L. Foss and Carol S. Foss ■ Ronni L. Goldsmith (MED’88) ■ Ann A. Hablanian (GRS’73) ■ Nancy A. Durant-Edmonds (MED’53) Doreen D. Foutch Ron Goldwyn and Carol Towarnicky ■ James P. Hackett III and Mary S. Hackett John A. Durkan (MED’79, CAS’79) Robert T. Fowler III ■ Kristen H. Goodell and Edwin B. Goodell ■ David A. Hadiprodjo (MED’13) and Marianne Durkan (SON’78) ■ Steven J. Fox (MED’83) Peter M. Goodman (MED’68, CAS’68) Mark E. Hahn and Rachel Graber ■ Daniel L. Dussia ■ Brett T. Foxman (MED’82, CAS’82) Anthony J. Goodness and Julie M. Goodness ■ Jonathan P. Hains ■ Carole G. Early ■ and Nicole R. Foxman (COM’81) ■ J. Felix Goodrum and Denise A. Goodrum ■ Dennis Hale and Dee Hale ■ Charles I. Earp and Susan L. Earp Mark D. Franciosa (MED’06, CAS’96) Mark L. Goodstein (MED’92) ■ Warren Hall ■ Blake Edwards ■ and Huai-Jen Yang (CAS’01, GRS’01, Elizabeth Gordon ■ Mark Hallenbeck and Nancy Hallenbeck ■ James E. Edwards (MED’55) MED’07,’11) ■ ■ Michael Gordon and Jessica Edelist ■ Joseph R. Halperin (MED’67) and Nancy L. Edwards ■ Devon R. Francis (MED’06) ■ Vivian Gordon ■ and Lynn H. Halperin Belinda S. Eichler ■ Speros Frangules ■ Weldon M. Goree ■ Norma B. Hamilton (MED’66, CAS’62) Roy B. Einhorn and Jodi Sufrin ■ Deborah A. Frank and Neil Kominsky ■ ■ Charles W. Gorodetzky (MED’62) and Patrick Hamilton ■ Victoria B. Eldredge ■ Ronald R. Frantz and Diane H. Frantz ■ and Barbara L. Gorodetzky ■ Kyle Hamilton ■ James H. Eldredge (MED’54) ■ ■ Ruth I. Freedman and Donald N. Freedman ■ ■ Nancy J. Goss ■ Sally Hammer ■ Patricia Elsener ■ Seth E. Freilich (LAW’01) ■ David W. Gothard (MED’68, CAS’68) Ryan Haney ■ James R. Emery and Pamela A. Emery ■ Judith A. Frey ■ and Reiko J. Gothard Gaozhen Hang (MED’05) ■ James Emiliani and Natalie S. Emiliani ■ Deborah S. Friedman ■ Thomas S. Gould (MED’74, CAS’72) William Hanley ■ Scott Enyart ■ Richard Friedman and Constance S. Gould ■ Andrea Hansell ■ Ken Eras and Berlinda Eras ■ ■ and Roberta A. Friedman ■ ■ Allan Gould ■ Lynn Hansen ■ Michael K. Erb (MED’12,’13) Bernard S. Friedman and Nora Friedman ■ Alison P. Goulder Michael A. Harrell (MED’14) and Emily C. Erb (MED’20) ■ ■ George Friess and Maiga Friess ■ Barbara M. Gracia (Wheelock’66) ■ Megan Harris ■ Patricia A. Erickson ■ Thomas Furrier and Anne M. Furrier ■ Peter C. Grande and Diane Z. Grande William T. Harris Gloria A. Erickson Caterina Fusca Barbara Grant (Wheelock’63) ■ Jay Harris ■ Jonathan Estrin Dominick J. Gadaleta (MED’10,’14) ■ Geoffrey E. Grant Matthew D. Hartman (MED’20) ■ Alan B. Ettinger (MED’83, CAS’83) Barbara A. Gallo ■ Ronald A. Grant (MED’69) ■ Julia G. Hartnell (MED’91) and Deborah M. Weisbrot ■ Kaija Gallucci ■ Frank N. Gravino (MED’74, CAS’72) and George G. Hartnell ■ John W. Evans Stephen N. Ganak (COM’62) ■ and Patricia A. Gravino ■ ■ Barbara L. Hartwell (MED’82) Roberta A. Eventoff ■ Donald L. Gantz and Nancy O. Gantz ■ ■ ■ Sheila I. Gray ■ ■ and James Hartwell ■ Donald C. Exelby and Marsha S. Exelby ■ Charles A. Garabedian (MED’88, CAS’81, Michael J. Gray (MED’04,’08) Valerie T. Harvey ■ Bruce Fabens and Diana Levy ■ GRS’84) ■ and Marianne F. Gray (MED’04,’08) Andrea Harvie ■ Caroline F. Falcone (Wheelock’18) ■ Steven Gardiner and Nancy Gardiner ■ Jessica R. Gray (MED’12) Julie Haskett ■ ■ ■ Edward V. Famiglietti (MED’72) ■ Arvin Garg (MED’99, SPH’99) and Ari Sussman Luke Hauber and Gretchen Hauber ■ Sharon Faniel ■ and Priya S. Garg ■ ■ David S. Green Charles Hauck and Kathleen Hauck ■ ■ George C. Farah (MED’17) ■ Denise M. Garofalo (MED’20) ■ Beth H. Green (MET’80) and Gerald Green Ashley Havecker ■ Karen S. Greenberg (MED’95) Rosemary B. Farahmand (MED’20) ■ ■ ■ Betty L. Garrison ■ Andrew D. Hawkins (MED’20) and Richard D. Rudman ■ John Farre and Debbie Farre ■ Howard Gartner and Diane Gartner ■ Paul C. Hayden, Jr. and Jean M. Hayden ■ Avian S. Greenberg Joslynn Faustino ■ Robert Gaspar and Christine Gaspar ■ John P. Hayden (MED’16,’20) ■ ■ Celia M. Greenlaw (MED’20) ■ Flavia Favali ■ Robert J. Geller (MED’79, CAS’79) Victoria A. Hayne (Questrom’16) ■ ■ Mary Greenwood ■ Stephanie A. Feldman (MED’10,’14) ■ and Janice L. Geller ■ John B. Haynes, Jr. ■ Kevan Grice and Audra Slosek ■ Bernice E. Felix ■ Evan Geller (MED’84) Gregory M. Hayward and Susan B. Hayward Michael A. Grieco ■ Sydney L. Felleman ■ and Bernadette P. Geller ■ Connie S. Griggs

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Gerald W. Hazard (MED’62) Steven J. Jacobs (MED’68, CAS’68) Alan M. Kimball (MET’80) Robert Lee ■ and Anne C. Hazard ■ and Pamela G. Jacobs ■ and Phyllis W. Kimball ■ Grace H. Lee (MED’86, CAS’86) ■ Jay V. Hebert and Ann M. Hebert Cerise Jalelian Keim (LAW’84) E. Sanford King and Marsha C. King ■ Margaret S. Lee (MED’99,’05) ■ Laurie C. Heeney ■ and William J. Keim (Questrom’90) Tim S. Kinney Eileen Y. Lee Breger (LAW’19) ■ Andrew Heffler and Dale Heffler ■ Kevin M. James and Julia Wood ■ Christopher M. Kirchgasler Richard Lees ■ John J. Hegarty and Judith A. Hegarty ■ Lisa James ■ and Kathryn Kirchgasler ■ Daniel R. Lefton (MED’88, CAS’88) Frederic E. Helbig (MED’69) Mary M. Jan (MED’03, CAS’95) ■ Warren A. Kirshenbaum Brian J. Leonard and Sidney Leonard ■ and Maureen Helbig ■ Ronald E. Janosko and Mary A. Janosko and Elizabeth J. Kirshenbaum Kacy Leonard ■ Irwin and Sheila Heller Gerald Jennings and Jeannine Jennings Stephen F. Klein and Renee A. Klein ■ Lenore Lerer ■ Robert I. Heller and Judy Heller ■ Jing Jin (GRS’93) ■ Dolores L. Kleinberg Keith J. Lerner (MED’80, CAS’80) and Lauren Heller and Dwight Schultheis ■ Yang Jin ■ ■ Howard Kligerman and Nance Gieger ■ Lauren L. Lerner (MED’80, CAS’80) ■ George W. Helwig and Nadine A. Salley Caroline D. Jirka (MED’16,’20) ■ Elizabeth Klinck ■ Nancy Letizia Robert Henninger and Rebecca A. Henninger ■ Ali Jiwani (ENG’15) ■ Treyce S. Knee (MED’91, GRS’87) James C. Levin and Karen M. Levin William L. Hennrikus Andrew B. Joel (MED’97) and Rex Guinn ■ Veda Kaufman Levin (CAS’69) and Eileen F. Hennrikus ■ ■ and Marlene L. Joel ■ Don Knepper and Yolanda Knepper ■ and David S. Levin ■ ■ Joi C. Henry (CAS’19) ■ Benjamin Joffe-Walt and Maayan Walt ■ Barbara A. Knuth and Kurt J. Jirka ■ ■ Mark Levin and Jill Levin ■ Scott Heric Vishak J. John (MED’07) Winston F. Kobe ■ Michael C. Levin and Ellen Levin ■ William H. Herman (MED’79) David H. Johnson (MED’99) Zeynep Koch ■ ■ Joseph A. Levine (MED’87, CAS’87) and Ann R. Herman ■ and Karen L. Johnson ■ Wendy O. Koch ■ and Sandra W. Levine ■ Richard S. Herman and Judith E. Herman ■ Brittany Johnson ■ Eric Koenig ■ Susan L. Levine ■ Coralee Hermes ■ Tyler Johnson ■ Debora Kollmeier ■ Simon Levy (GRS’84) and John A. Hermos (MED’65) Jane L. Johnston ■ Miriam Komaromy ■ ■ Kirsten T. Levy (Questrom’93) ■ ■ ■ and Rosalie J. Hermos (SPH’91) ■ ■ Kattrin Jones ■ Kitsa C. Kondylis (MED’94) Bernard Levy ■ Konrad Hernblad ■ Beverly P. Joutras ■ and Andrew Deblois ■ David L. Levy (MED’75) H. S. Hetrick and Janis Hetrick ■ Nina Jreige (MED’20) ■ ■ Michelle Konicov ■ and Valerie H. Levy ■ Rebecca Hiam (COM’17) ■ Carol S. Judd (CAS’66) ■ Rudolph A. Konieczny, Jr. Estelle L. Levy (PAL’51) ■ Susan K. Hibbard (SON’86) Dolores A. Judge ■ and Mary B. Konieczny ■ Herbert I. Lewis (Questrom’76) Peter C. Hickey and Marilyn E. Hickey ■ Hilary L. Junk (Questrom’07) ■ Jonathan Kopcsik and Paige Macfarlan ■ and Sherri B. Lewis ■ ■ ■ Mikhail C. Higgins ■ ■ Elinore C. Kagan (CAS’62, DGE’60) Nicholas W. Kopp ■ Raymond M. L’Heureux Stephen Himmelberg and Herbert M. Kagan ■ ■ ■ James Korn and Megan Korn ■ and Kathy L’Heureux ■ and Adrienne Himmelberg ■ Chase I. Kahn (MED’20) ■ Phyllis J. Kornguth (MED’76, GRS’68) Lucy Li (MED’20) ■ John Hinchey and Edith L. Hinchey Bindu A. Kakkanatt (MED’97, CAS’97) and Martin G. Kornguth ■ ■ Phillip Licese and Madelyn Licese ■ Marc F. Hirsch (MED’69, CAS’69) Charles V. Kamar (Wheelock’76) Margaret S. Kosek (MED’55) Jonathan A. Lichkus (MED’14) and Mildred D. Hirsch ■ and Norma J. Kamar ■ and Jon C. Kosek ■ ■ Mark B. Licker (LAW’83) Robert W. Hockenbury David A. Kamsler ■ Jeanette M. Kosier ■ and Lisa J. Kahn (LAW’84, CAS’81) ■ and Bernice M. Hockenbury ■ William M. Kandianis Jean Koulack-Young (Wheelock’63) ■ ■ Kenneth Lieberman and Wendy Chabot ■ William Hoffman and Teresa Holt ■ and Patricia A. Kandianis ■ Karthik C. Kovuru (MED’20) Jeffrey M. Liebmann (MED’83, CAS’83) Mary L. Hoge ■ Heather Kane ■ and Achala Kovuru and Cindy G. Liebmann ■ Daniel Hohl and Nicole Hohl ■ Heidi Kapanka (MED’80, CAS’76) ■ Marilyn B. Kowalski Anthony E. Lim (MED’10) and Jeanne Lim ■ Lawrence F. Hohl ■ Richard N. Kaplan (MED’58) and Sue Kaplan ■ Alan G. Kreitzer and Sherry E. Kreitzer Chuck Lima ■ Stephanie Holding (LAW’12) ■ Samantha E. Kaplan Betty G. Kreitzer Dennis B. Lind (MED’66) Craig Hollander and Eileen Hollander ■ ■ and Matthew H. Lowry ■ ■ Terry Kriedman ■ and Judy A. Lind (SSW’66) ■ Myle Holley and Dana Holley ■ Konrad Karasek (MED’15) ■ Philip C. Kron and Mary Lou B. Kron ■ Michael P. Lindheimer Steven J. Holtz (MED’74, CAS’72) Frank R. Karasinski ■ Deborah J. Kruyer ■ and Sandra Lindheimer ■ and Helen M. Holtz ■ Melody C. Karian (MED’75) ■ Ken Krzywicki and Carol Stoker ■ Matthew J. Lipman (CAS’72, MED’75) ■ Ann Holzgraf ■ Robyn G. Karlstadt (MED’74, CAS’72) Joseph Kulik ■ Steven Lipper (MED’72, GRS’70) ■ Joe C. Hong (MED’02) ■ and Stephen H. Meyeroff ■ Krishnaji H. Kulkarni Michael Loch and Carey Loch ■ James E. Hook (GRS’91) and Wen Chyi Shyu ■ Rhonda Karol ■ and Vshatai Kulkarni ■ ■ ■ John F. Loeber and Linda M. Loeber ■ ■ William C. Horne (GRS’76) Janet I. Katich ■ Herbert Z. Kupchik and Leona Kupchik ■ ■ ■ Donald R. Lomb and Mary A. Lomb ■ and Roberta L. Brilmayer ■ Michael E. Katin and Eileen M. Katin ■ Clarence V. LaBonte, Jr. ■ Linda J. Lombardi ■ Catherine Horne Toni Kauffman ■ Sandra L. Ladd (MED’14) ■ Luisa Longenberger Barry K. Horne (MED’20,’20) ■ Charlotte R. Kaufman (CFA’68) ■ ■ Andre M. LaFlamme and Laurel L. LaFlamme and Henry W. Longenberger ■ Eugene F. Howden and Linda M. Howden ■ David Kaufman (MED’47) Andrew Lafond ■ ■ Richard J. Lopez (MED’77) Nancy B. Huba ■ and Joan A. Kaufman ■ Subodh K. Lal (MED’97, CAS’97) and Suzanne G. Lopez ■ ■ Jean Y. Hubbard ■ John A. Kaufman (MED’82) and Chavi Lal ■ Peter R. Loughlin and Valerie Loughlin ■ Anne M. Hubbell ■ and Catherine H. Kaufman ■ Daniel Landesman ■ Susan J. Lounsbury ■ James Hudspeth and Sarah Kimball ■ Peter R. Kaufman and Elizabeth M. Kaufman ■ William Lang (MED’77) Grace G. Loyack ■ Mallory Huggins ■ Brian K. Kautz and Katherine Kautz ■ and Margaret D. Lang ■ Derrick A. Lucas ■ Christine B. Hunt ■ Patricia L. Kavanagh (Questrom’92, Alfred Lanzoni, Jr. and Maddalena C. Lanzoni ■ John J. Lucas and Barbara J. Lucas ■ Melanie D. Hunter (MED’84) MED’03) ■ ■ Nancy J. LaPointe ■ Jennifer I. Luebke (GRS’90) ■ ■ Harvey I. Hurwitz (MED’62) Judith G. Keefe ■ Bridget M. Larkin (Pardee’15) Lenny Luecke and Kathy J. Luecke ■ and Sara L. Hurwitz ■ David Keene Judith-Anne Larsen (GRS’84,’88) Bella Luft ■ Michael A. Husson (MED’80) C. Monroe Keeney and Mary L. Keeney and Eric T. Quinto ■ Michael Lugauskas ■ and Mary L. Todd (MED’81) ■ Gilda B. Keith (CFA’84) ■ Robert A. Latkany (MED’97) Richard C. Luis and Juanita B. Luis ■ Susan K. Hutchison ■ Catherine M. Kelleher and Barbara Lock ■ Adam Lurie and Rebecca Lurie ■ Earl Hutson and Joan Hutson ■ Jeanne D. Keller (MED’55) Nelson Lau and Dianne Schwarz ■ ■ Peter M. Lynch (Wheelock’73,’74,’80) Jill Indovino ■ and Dieter H. Keller ■ ■ Joy M. Laughlin ■ and Kathleen K. Lynch (Wheelock’80) ■ Roberta M. Inman ■ Gerald W. Kelley and Mary Jane Kelley Jane A. Lauridsen (SON’77) and Jens Lauridsen James Lyons ■ Jessica Inwood ■ Robert H. Kelley and H. Florence Kelley ■ Richard E. Lawrence, Jr. Eunice MacAllister April J. Isa (MET’15) ■ David J. Kelly and Margaret A. Kelly ■ and Frances K. Bennett ■ and James D. MacAllister ■ ■ Nancy Israel ■ Denise T. Kenneally (SPH’99) ■ Beverly A. Lawson and J. Randolph Lawson Ann M. Mace Laurinda M. Jackson (MED’20) Michael A. Keough ■ John Lazazzera and Annmarie Lazazzera ■ Adam Mackay and Deborah Colella ■ and Erica B. Davis ■ Lloyd R. Kepler and Patti L. Kepler ■ Elizabeth A. Leach (Questrom’77) ■ Margaret J. MacKey ■ Susan Jacob (CAS’14, MED’20) Samantha M. Khosla (UNI’96) ■ ■ Jody Lease ■ William Q. MacLean and Mary J. MacLean ■ and Patrick E. Reidy (CAS’14) ■ Patrick B. Killoran (MED’12) ■ Joseph Ledvina ■

Francis P. MacMillan, Jr. (MED’95) Patricia E. McLean ■ Evan Nair ■ ■ Victoria Palmer and Jeffrey P. Palmer and Laura B. MacMillan ■ Shira G. McMahan (CAS’02) ■ Beth Nakamura (COM’05) ■ (MED’84) ■ ■ Jill S. MacRae (MED’18) ■ ■ ■ Alexandria M. McManus (CGS’04, COM’06) Garnik Nanagoulian Elizabeth S. Palter ■ Paul A. Madera (MED’15) Joan M. McNamara ■ and Karine P. Nanagoulian ■ Cristina M. Palumbo (ENG’95, MED’99) Alan W. Madison and Barbara B. Madison ■ Linda McNeill Irina Nanagoulian (MED’05) ■ ■ and Michael H. Palumbo (COM’95) ■ Helena Madrawski ■ Donna McQuade ■ Barnabas Nandori and Andrea N. Ban ■ Jean J. Panagakos (MED’74, CAS’72) Allison Maffiore ■ Maurice McWalter, Jr. (LAW’65) Peter Nandori ■ and J. Alberto Martinez ■ Ruth J. Magraw (MED’79) and Patricia T. McWalter ■ Micaela R. Nannery (MED’20) ■ Shyam N. Panchal (MED’04) and Michael A. Baron ■ Ted Meekma and Heather Dunhill ■ Edward J. Nash and Joan E. Nash ■ and Rohini Panchal Steven Maguire and Amy Maguire ■ ■ Arthur Mehlman and Sandra A. Mehlman ■ Andrea Natsios ■ Brian Panzeri and Alexandra King ■ Biraaj M. Mahajan (CAS’16, MED’20) Eric Mele ■ John Nealon and Pamela Lucas ■ Katerina Papatheodorou (Questrom’13) Abiramy Maheswaran (MED’15, CAS’11) ■ Benedetta Mele David W. Nelson (MED’82, CAS’82) Carol S. Papov (MED’95) Sally A. Mahieu ■ Michael T. Mellon and Heather Weisacosky ■ and Dena M. Nelson and Vladimir V. Papov ■ Mary M. Malloy ■ Lisa Melonas Asha E. Neptune (SPH’11, MED’11) ■ Vincent E. Paquette and Alison M. Paquette ■ Gary Mancil and Rickilyn Mancil ■ Joanna E. Menda (SHA’93) ■ Barbara S. Nestler Harvey A. Parad and Nancy J. Parad ■ ■ John Manier ■ L. Aaron Mendelson and Cynthia C. Mendelson Bruce W. Newlands (LAW’84) Eleanor B. Paradise (GRS’69,’73) Brock S. Manner and Karla M. Manner ■ Darrel E. Merk and Maxine C. Merk ■ and Judith G. Newlands ■ and David M. Paradise ■ Kathryn Marando ■ Jeffrey J. Merk and Wendy A. Merk Andrew O. Nichols (MED’88) So Hyeon Park (MED’20) ■ Albert H. Marcus (MED’56, DGE’49, Wayne Merrill and Donna Merrill ■ and Irene Fassler ■ ■ James E. Parker (MED’84) ■ CAS’52) and Estelle Stetz-Marcus ■ ■ ■ Marilyn M. Meserve (MED’50, CAS’46) ■ Joseph D. Nickerson, Sr. Chuck Parrish and Nancy Parrish ■ Marc Margolius ■ Lizabeth B. Metzger (Sargent’09,’11) ■ and Celesta A. Nickerson Elaine E. Pascal ■ Rick Markello and Jennifer Markello ■ Howard M. Miller (LAW’62) Richard Nightingale ■ Morris Pasternack, Jr. (MED’84) Stephen G. Marko and Susan J. Marko ■ and Elaine T. Miller ■ Neil J. Nigro (MED’94,’98) and Shelley Fredson ■ Susan Marquardt Lori M. Miller (MED’91, CAS’91) and Stephanie Nigro ■ Kunal G. Patel (MED’14,’18) ■ ■ Manuel C. Marques and Ronald Gabor Ricardo Nirenberg and Isabel I. Nirenberg ■ Mrugesh N. Patel (CAS’12, MED’17, SPH’17) and Adelaide V. Marques ■ Keith C. Miller (MED’92) ■ Edward G. Noack and Sharon R. Noack Tarulattaben Paten ■ Thomas H. Marshall and Linda G. Marshall ■ Ann M. Miller ■ Dolores C. Nocera Jamel Y. Patterson (MED’88) Brooks Martin (MED’78) Stephen Miller ■ Dennis C. Norden and Karen J. Bergan ■ and J. J. Patterson ■ and Karen B. Martin ■ Irene J. Morris-Miller ■ Clifford M. Noreen and Mary T. Noreen Walter M. Pavasaris (Wheelock’93) Joseph M. Martin and Suzanne S. Martin ■ Gayle P. Milton (MED’86) Art Norton and Bette Norton ■ and Beverly A. Pavasaris (SPH’83) ■ James Martin and Susan Martin ■ and Michael C. Zeller ■ Sara J. Nuciforo (MED’89) Kaitlin M. Peace (MED’14, CAS’10) ■ ■ ■ Kyara H. Martin ■ Cynthia E. Miner and Richard W. Murray Joyce M. Peace ■ ■ Carlie Martinez ■ ■ Paul R. Minton (MED’57, CAS’52, GRS’53) Thea Nuckolls Julia C. Peay (MED’19, LAW’19) ■ Joseph B. Marzouk (MED’76) ■ and Sarah B. Minton ■ Michael E. Nurenberg (MED’01) and Steven E. Peddycoart ■ Edward J. Moakler and Kathleen O. Moakler Margaret G. Craig (CAS’97, MED’01) ■ James D. Mason, Jr. ■ ■ Crandall E. Peeler ■ Sheila P. Nysko (Wheelock’70) ■ Thomas P. Massello (MED’70) Carol Z. Moltz and William J. Moltz Francisco N. Peguero (MET’20) ■ ■ ■ and Carolyn S. Massello Paul A. Monach and Linda Monach ■ Judith Obermayer Gerald J. Pelletier and Loreen Pelletier ■ ■ Christian R. Matthews (MED’20) ■ Marie A. Monast ■ Alicia O’Bomsawin Robert E. Pelletier and Kimberly M. Pelletier ■ Michael G. Mattie and Elena H. Mattie Linda Z. Montana (Wheelock’83) Forrest W. O’Brien and Jeanne O’Brien Jim Pepper and Judy A. Salosky ■ ■ Eva R. Mauer (MED’73, CAS’72) and David Montana ■ Timothy O’Connell and Linda O’Connell Helen Perakis (MED’06) ■ and Patrick A. Mauer Christina Montorio ■ Courtney E. O’Connell (COM’14) Florencia A. Pereira Zigante (MED’20) Francis G. Mauriello and Roberta Mauriello ■ Gregory D. Moore (MED’14) ■ Daniel J. O’Connor, Jr. Maria Pereyra ■ ■ Matthew T. McAdams (MED’11,’15, Sarah M. Moore ■ and Christine K. O’Connor ■ ■ Ibrahim Perez CAS’09) and Michelle McAdams ■ Fred Mopsik and Judie Mopsik ■ Brigid M. O’Connor (MED’98) Christopher J. Perkins (GRS’88, MED’93) ■ Bridgette McAleer ■ Margaret M. Moran (SSW’85) Joseph A. O’Connor, Jr. and Kathryn A. Perkins ■ ■ ■ Michael McBride ■ and Simon E. Shapiro John M. O’Donnell Adam I. Perlman (MED’94, SPH’98) ■ Lynn A. McCarthy and Rita A. McCarthy ■ Catherine A. Morat Brian P. O’Gara (MED’10) and Laurice Perlman William A. McCarthy Gareth Morgan ■ ■ Ann M. Ogletree (Questrom’79) Victoria K. Perry (MED’12) ■ and Deborah J. McCarthy Carys Morgan ■ Robert C. Oh (MED’98, CAS’93) Diana V. Perry (MED’94) ■ ■ ■ John J. McCarthy and Anne M. McCarthy ■ Michael Moriarty ■ and Connie R. Oh Alan S. Peterson (MED’72, CAS’68) ■ Richard J. McCarthy Allen D. Morris and Marsha Morris Cassandra Ohnstad Georgios Petrakis (GRS’07) ■ ■ ■ and Kathleen D. McCarthy ■ Gavin Morrissey ■ Ross A. Okazaki (Sargent’13, MED’20) Marion A. Petron (MED’92) ■ Ted Mccarty and Sharon McCarty ■ Jeffrey M. Morse (MED’85) William H. Oken and Fran Oken and Alexander W. Petron ■ Joan E. McCauley ■ and Peggy T. Morse ■ Steven T. Olive (MED’95, CAS’91) and Milton C. Pettapiece, Jr. (MED’65) ■ ■ Arthur W. McClaren Nick Moscatello ■ Rebecca A. Olive (Wheelock’93) and Susan F. Pettapiece ■ and Kathleen A. McClaren ■ Carter G. Mosher (MED’61) Babafemi S. Onabanjo (MED’14) Walter Petzinger ■ and Asia Matthew-Onabanjo John R. McCoy and Stephanie Murdock ■ and Shirley A. Mosher ■ Karran A. Phillips (MED’01) Mary A. O’Neal and G. Jerome Beers Regina L. McCoy ■ Karen Mostrom ■ and Elias I. Mansour ■ (MED’76) ■ Joseph T. McDonald, Jr. Jim Motavalli and Mary Ann Masarech ■ ■ Richard S. Pieters, Jr. (MED’82, Wheelock’74) Thomas H. O’Neil and Elizabeth J. O’Neil and Christine K. McDonald ■ Richard Mounce ■ and Edith M. Jolin (MED’88) ■ ■ Phyllis O’Neil ■ Marie Mcdonnell Scott V. Mower and Kathleen Mower Laura H. Pinsky ■ Marcia Oneill ■ Kathleen McGarry ■ Lezetta J. Moyer (CAS’68) and Lin E. Moyer ■ Joseph W. Pinto and Patricia A. Pinto ■ ■ Francis H. McGourty Jean M. Moynihan ■ Erin E. O’Neill Laura F. Pinzur (CAS’63, DGE’60) ■ ■ and Eleanor H. McGourty ■ ■ Kit Mui (MED’09) ■ Michael Orr Jeanne T. Pitkin ■ ■ Mary E. McGovern ■ Robert Mullins Nydia Ortiz-Fish Rosalie Pitnell ■ Stephen F. Osborne (MED’74) Joanne McGowan ■ Daniel Munoz and Gail Munoz ■ Timothy Pitt and Lisa Pitt and Susan S. Osborne (Wheelock’68) ■ Patricia S. McKay and Mark O. Shriver ■ Rachel L. Murkofsky (MED’94, CAS’94) Allison B. Plafcan (MED’20) ■ Adam M. Ostrowski (COM’04) ■ Patricia K. McKeehan ■ and Brian J. Lee R. Ryan Platt (MED’69, CAS’69) ■ Russell McKeever Elizabeth A. Murphy (MED’95) Michael Ostrowski (COM’92) and Ellen D. Platt ■ ■ Julie M. McKibben (CAS’97, MED’01,’02) and Edward J. Murphy ■ Allen E. Ott (MED’72) and Margaret C. Ott Laura Pliskin ■ and Shane McKibben ■ Philip Murray and Michelle A. Murray ■ Philip Ottaviani and Valerie Ottaviani Ann Poche ■ Walter L. McLean (MED’60) Robin J. Muscaro ■ Kari M. Oversvee-Choi (CAS’03, CGS’01) Tracy Pogue ■ ■ and Francis M. McLean ■ Robert K. Myers ■ Doreen Pace Marc A. Pohl and Carol S. Pohl ■ ■ John P. McLean and Leandra R. McLean ■ Shamini R. Mylvaganam (SPH’07, MED’13) Ed Pak Donald M. Policastro and Mari J. Policastro ■ Robert J. McLean and Judith B. McLean ■ and William J. Hammond (MED’13) ■ John Pallen, Jr. and Gail M. Pallen Susan S. Polit Irvin Naiman ■ Joseph A. Politch ■ ■

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GIFTS FROM THE DEAN’S ADVISORY BOARD, ALUMNI, FACULTY AND STAFF, PARENTS, AND FRIENDS (CONTINUED)

Eleanor Polster (CAS’69) and Harvey Polster ■ Bruce H. Rindler (Wheelock’94) Leela Sarathy (MED’13) Nicholas B. Sims (Questrom’18) David Popek and Patricia Popek ■ and Nancy C. Tanner ■ ■ Suzanne C. Sarfaty (MED’88, CAS’84) and Rebecca R. Sims ■ ■ Michael J. Poplack (LAW’86) ■ Theron K. Rinehart and Lars E. Reinhold (MED’04) ■ ■ Barbara W. Simundza (Questrom’81) Stephen G. Porter (MED’78) Patrick J. Ring and Cheryl A. Ring ■ ■ Mary Satienpoch ■ and Scott P. Simundza ■ and Pamela P. Kellogg ■ Paula Ringo ■ Montira Satienpoch ■ Charles T. Sinclair, Jr. and Joan E. Sinclair ■ Michael Porter and Jessica Porter ■ Lynne M. Ritucci (Wheelock’98) Esther Saul (MED’20) ■ ■ Elinor M. Siner (MED’56) and Joel L. Siner James Poulin and Karen Poulin ■ and John A. Ritucci ■ Joseph J. Savitt (MED’82, CAS’82) Anthony Sinopoli (MET’00) and Gerald J. Pouliot (MED’66) Jim C. Rivera (CGS’05, CAS’07) ■ ■ and Amy E. Savitt ■ Michele T. Sinopoli (ENG’99, MED’03) ■ and Marjory Pouliot ■ Marie A. Rizzo ■ Angelo Scalcione and Laura M. Scalcione ■ Cynthia Sirard ■ Alvin F. Poussaint ■ Elizabeth N. Rizzuto ■ Jerome B. Scanlon and Constance Scanlon ■ Wayne Siu and Anita Siu ■ Robert Powderly and Anne W. Powderly ■ Harvey W. Robbins and Susan W. Robbins ■ ■ Teresa M. Scarpace ■ Lane M. Skalberg Ralph D. Powell, Jr. (MED’58) Janis Roberts ■ Ann L. Schafstedde ■ Justin J. Slade (MED’16) ■ and Deborah E. Powell Hubert L. Roberts (MED’10) ■ Andrew Schena ■ Lewis J. Smith Daniel Powers (MED’56) Dick Robidoux and Pam Robidoux ■ Hanna Schepps ■ Robert G. Smith III and Catherine R. Smith ■ and Carole S. Powers ■ Gregory Robidoux and Patricia Robidoux ■ Paul K. Schick (MED’61) Sandra C. Smith Yash Prakash (CAS’20, MED’20) ■ Homer Robinson ■ and Barbara P. Schick ■ Shawn M. Smith (MED’03) ■ Shilpa N. Prasad (ENG’18, MED’22) ■ Deidre Robokos ■ David W. Schifsky and Judith A. Schifsky ■ Micah Smith ■ Amanda H. Price (MED’12,’13) ■ Ronda A. Rockett (MED’98) Bob Schilling and Ronda Schilling ■ Michael E. Smith and Melanie J. Smith Elisse R. Price (CFA’66) and Jacob M. Price ■ and Sean E. Rockett Elihu M. Schimmel and Edith Schimmel ■ Fredric S. Sneider and Nancy R. Featherman ■ Jerilynn C. Prior (MED’69) and Yvette Vigna ■ Daniel E. Rodd and Debra F. Rodd ■ Kay L. Schlozman and Stanley F. Schlozman ■ James H. Snyder ■ Mark Pritchard and Lori J. Pritchard Sophia Roldan-Ferreira (CGS’16, Questrom’18) Thomas J. Schneberger Richard Snyder and Maureen Snyder ■ ■ Terry W. Prosser and Mary Prosser ■ Dennis P. Ronberg and Linda H. Ronberg and Joanne M. Iovino-Schneberger ■ Timothy W. Snyder and Penelope F. Snyder ■ Leslie Prosterman ■ Christopher S. Rose ■ Michael Schneider and Linda M. Schneider Paul Solomon (MED’54) Pierre E. Provost V (MED’87) Richard F. Rose (MED’73) and Molly Rose Stuart J. Schneller (CAS’70) and Phyllis B. Solomon (Sargent’78) ■ ■ and Elizabeth E. Porter ■ Richard Roseff (MED’80) ■ Sheila Schofield ■ Arthur W. Solomon and Linda S. Solomon ■ Julia E. Puliafico Yael L. Rosen (MED’06) Kenneth K. Schreiber ■ Alexandra L. Solomon (Sargent’14, MED’18) ■ Margot Putukian (MED’89) and Joe Hindelang and Joshua A. Rosen ■ Ingrid Schroeter-Morse ■ Anjeli Song (MED’20) ■ Steven R. Pyrka and Ellen Pyrka ■ Lynn A. Rosenberg (GRS’65) ■ ■ Barbara Schron Barbara A. Sousa Teresa L. Qi (MED’20) Allison Rosenberg ■ Edward P. Schuman (MED’77, CAS’77) Angela Spaulding Wei Qiu (MED’14) ■ Margaret A. Rosene (Questrom’90) and Amy H. Zucker ■ ■ Jean L. Spencer and Gerald A. Coffman ■ ■ Jennifer H. Quarti (MET’10) and Douglas L. Rosene ■ ■ James Schwartz and Pamela Schwartz ■ Kenneth C. Spengler, Jr. (MED’69) and Jonathan Quarti ■ Pam Rosenfeld ■ Sydney Schwartz (CAS’13) and Ellen D. Spengler ■ Marylou Rabe ■ Jaime A. Rosenthal (MED’20) ■ Martha B. Scott (MED’74) Janice L. Spieler (Wheelock’56) ■ Thomas F. Race and Ellen L. Race Louis E. Rosenthall (MED’71) John Seawright ■ Sarah E. Spinella (CAS’10, MET’12) Mark W. Radulski and Christine D. Radulski ■ and Mary S. Rosenthall ■ Srbui Seferian (Pardee’96) ■ Steven J. Spitz (MED’73) and Cynthia Ingols ■ Kathleen Radway John E. Rossi and Sandra K. Rossi ■ Peter A. Senopoulos and Jane B. Senopoulos ■ Brian Stahnke ■ Hesham T. Ragab Ann Chatham Rote (Wheelock’78) ■ ■ Andrew Settle ■ Bill Stahnke and Nancy Stahnke ■ James R. Rakers ■ Kate Roth ■ John F. Seymour and Martha P. Seymour ■ Walton B. Stamper and Nancy W. Stamper ■ Martine N. Randolph (MED’20) ■ ■ Larry H. Roth (MED’75, CAS’72) Peter M. Seymour (MED’81) Charlotte C. Stanley ■ Mary O. Ranta ■ and Kathryn Roth ■ and Sherry Seymour Connor Steen ■ Ronald J. Rapoport (MED’74) Ruth G. Rothman (MED’75) Philip D. Seymour (MED’59) James T. Stehlin and Beverly M. Stehlin ■ and Jenny M. Rapoport and James E. Rothman ■ and Catherine A. Seymour ■ David H. Stemerman (MED’92) John E. Raschka, Jr. and Carol Raschka Sara W. Rothman (GRS’67,’71) ■ Aydar Z. Shaildayev (CAS’12) ■ and Gila Kaminsky Stemerman ■ ■ Rohan Rastogi (CAS’20, MED’20) ■ ■ Alyssa Rotman ■ Ruby Shalansky ■ Paul J. Stephenson ■ Marcia H. Ratner (CAS’95, MED’04) ■ ■ Gene Rouse and Marita Rouse ■ Kathryn N. Shands (MED’77) David Sterman ■ Stephen J. Raulli (MED’20) and Olivia Raulli ■ James R. Rousseau ■ and Joseph Mulinare ■ James D. Stern (MED’88, CAS’88) Marjorie E. Readdy-Sullivan (MED’45) Chad Rubalcaba ■ Krisanne Sheedy ■ and Barbara L. Stern ■ Thomas Reale and Grace Reale ■ Barry J. Rubin and Kay E. Rubin ■ Martin J. Sheehy III (MED’66) Stephen F. Stettler ■ Joel M. Reaser and Susan Reaser ■ Andrew Rudiman, Sr. ■ and Patricia A. Sheehy ■ Michael P. Stevens (MED’85) and Harvey A. Reback Linda Ruggiero ■ Muna S. Sheikh (MED’16, CAS’12) Debra A. Barra-Stevens (MED’87) ■ ■ Kalyn L. Reddy (MED’20) Mary Ruggiero ■ Jason A. Sherer (MED’16, SPH’16) ■ ■ Luke A. Stevens (MED’11,’15, CAS’09) Arjun P. Reddy (CAS’18) ■ Heather A. Russell-Loux (CAS’89, LAW’93) Victoria A. Sheridan (CAS’11) ■ Walter Stevenson and Bridget Stevenson ■ Meredith Reece ■ Vincent J. Russo (MED’64, SPH’83) John P. Sherry and Kelley Sherry ■ Alexis Steward ■ Stephanie Jean Reents ■ and Sheila K. Russo ■ ■ David S. Shulman (MED’83, CAS’83) Eric Stohler and Barbara Stohler ■ Paul M. Regan and Kathleen L. Regan Richard Ruth and James E. North and Dorothy A. Shulman ■ Julie Stomel (MED’17) ■ ■ Philip S. Reilly (MED’59) and Joan M. Reilly Judith M. Ryan ■ Audrey Shuman Carl Streed ■ ■ Leon L. Remis (MED’74) and Deborah S. Remis Lynne E. Ryan ■ Matthew Shuster and Diane A. Shufro ■ Andrea Stromar ■ ■ Christina M. Rencis (COM’14) Edward K. Ryter (MED’90) ■ Joseph N. Sidari (MED’92) Richard Stuart and Abby Rabinovitz ■ ■ Edward F. Renola and Karen J. Renola Lynn F. Sabio (ENG’84) and Charles J. Happ ■ and Karen O. Sidari ■ Peter T. Stucchi ■ Roger D. Reville (MED’62) Marcia Sahaya Louis (ENG’16,’21) ■ Nicole H. Siegel ■ ■ Chaz L. Stucken (MED’08, CAS’05) and ■ and Mary Beth Reville Kenneth J. Sahd and Deborah K. Sahd ■ Hudie B. Siegel (MED’80) ■ Emily Z. Stucken (MED’08, CAS’05) ■ N. Chester Reynolds (MED’59) Judith D. Saide (GRS’72) ■ ■ John D. Silker and Debra Silker ■ Arthur Su (CAS’12, MED’19) and Carolyn J. Reynolds ■ Virginia Salamack ■ Kenneth T. Siloac and Sharon A. Siloac ■ and Heather Sun ■ ■ Peter H. Ricard and Paula S. Ricard Miles A. Salerni (CFA’12, BUTI’08) Barbara W. Silva Jacqueline M. Sugarman (MED’88, ■ Susan Rice Leila Sales ■ Jean O. Silva ■ CAS’84) and Walid A. Abou-Jaoude ■ Stephen M. Rich (MED’78) and Esther T. Rich Melissa A. Salinas (MED’20) ■ Anita M. Silva ■ Jamie Suh (Questrom’20) ■ William Richer ■ Elizabeth Salomon ■ Jerel B. Silver and Rosalie M. Silver ■ Mina Suk ■ ■ Jeffrey Richman David M. Saltzberg (MED’78, CAS’78) Jason G. Silverman (CAS’55, GRS’59, MED’60) Najeyah Sultan and Rasheed Sultan ■ ■ Christopher Rifer and Elise S. Saltzberg ■ and Louise S. Silverman (CAS’60) ■ Colin Summers and Helen Scoveell ■ Michael R. Rifkin (MED’77) Ronald J. Salvatore ■ Harvey M. Silverman (MED’70, CAS’70) and Carlyn Suprena ■ and Laura K. Rifkin David A. Salz (MED’10, CAS’07) Gretchen K. Silverman (MED’71, CAS’71) Paul J. Swanson and Heather M. Swanson ■ Lance Riley and Dayna Riley Bobby Samuels and Margaret Samuels ■ Rachel P. Simmons ■ ■ Ty E. Sweeney (CAS’16, MED’20) ■ Tom Riley Vivian Sanchez ■ ■ Katherine R. Simon (MED’08) ■ Daniel F. Sylvester (MED’19) ■ ■ Anne A. Riley-Hill Lynn Sanglier ■ Christopher P. Simons (MED’10, CAS’06) ■ Robert Symes Joseph Santana (MET’19) ■ Robert R. Simpson, Jr. and Gayle D. Simpson ■ Joseph Tack ■

Peter M. Taft (MED’71) and Thayer T. Taft ■ Asher Tulsky ■ ■ Byron Webster ■ Ebonie S. Woolcock (MED’10, SPH’10) ■ Carlo M. Taglietti (ENG’20) ■ Casey Udoff ■ Diane C. Webster Luke Wooters ■ Patricia A. Takach (MED’99) Barry Udoff and Leslie Udoff ■ Jeffrey M. Weinfeld (MED’94) William G. Worley and Sharon H. Worley ■ Glenn K. Takei (MED’76) and Janice Takei ■ Melissa Udoff ■ and Nilam M. Patel (SPH’95, CAS’91) Anneli Wrethling ■ Joseph Tan and Sarah Tan ■ Eldon L. Ulrich and Jean P. Ulrich ■ ■ Michael A. Weinhold (CAS’08) ■ Terry L. Wright ■ Melin Tan-Geller (MED’04) and David S. Geller Micah C. Ulrich (CAS’14, MED’20) ■ Marilyn S. Weinstein ■ Bobbye L. Wright ■ Michael Tantalo and Josephine Tantalo ■ Emma W. Vaimberg (MED’20) ■ Zohar B. Weinstein (MED’20,’20) Henry M. Yager (MED’66) Mark Taubenfeld and Ami Taubenfeld ■ Simone Vais (MED’20) ■ ■ ■ and Murat Cokol ■ and Felice B. Yager ■ Peter R. Tauberer and Gale B. Tauberer ■ Elisa L. Valente (MED’02) ■ Leah Weintraub ■ Christine C. Yamada and Eric Yamada ■ ■ Celestino R. Tavares Walter Valenzuela ■ Cynthia Weiss ■ Jennifer Yamashita ■ and Gladys Carrasquillo-Tavares ■ Joseph Valof and Anita Valof ■ Mitchell Weiss and Ronnie Weiss ■ Xionghu Yang (MED’01, MET’01) Sally A. Taylor (CAS’70) ■ Donald Van and Gina R. Van ■ Joshua D. Weissman (MED’07, CAS’04) and Fuxiang Hou ■ Charles E. Taylor (MED’64) Trudy M. Van Houten ■ and Eliana Weissman ■ Andrew E. Yankovic (CAS’70) ■ and Carol A. Taylor ■ Thomas H. Van Riper ■ Judith F. Wellington David L. Yarbrough and Regina Yarbrough ■ Jack T. Wells and Kim J. Wells Marilyn L. Taylor (COM’74) Jacqueline Vargas ■ John F. Yee (MED’75) ■ Welmoet Wels ■ Mary L. Taylor ■ Charles W. Vaughn and Martha R. Vaughn ■ Anthony Yeung (MED’24,’24) ■ Theodore W. Thoburn (MED’58) Ross D. Vaughn Sheila M. Wenc Eileen S. Yoffe ■ ■ and Cassandra M. Thoburn ■ Alexander R. Vershbow and Lisa Vershbow ■ Larissa M. Wenren (MED’19) Sherwin Yoffe and Marsha Yoffe ■ ■ H. Emerson Thomas, Jr. (MED’62) ■ ■ Erol E. Verter (MED’16) ■ Ralph A. Westwig and Erna A. Westwig Jeremiah O. Young (MED’62) ■ Carol A. Thompson ■ Diane C. Vice ■ Gerald B. Wheeler, Jr. and Sally A. Wheeler and Beverly A. Young ■ ■ Lindsay M. Thomson (MED’20) ■ Matthew Villanyi (MED’20) Mary Wheeler ■ J. P. Young and S. E. Young ■ Trygve R. Thoreson and Connie Fletcher Joseph P. Vincent (CAS’06, GRS’06, Alice E. White and Donald P. Monroe ■ ■ ■ Denise E. Youssef (MED’99) Neola J. Thorsen ■ LAW’09) ■ Edward R. White (MED’79) and Daria White ■ Thomas M. Zabek and Charlene T. Zabek ■ James F. Tierney, Jr. (MED’54) Marc L. Vincent (Sargent’06) Lewis L. Whitman (LAW’59) and Sylvia L. Alice L. Zacarian (MED’96) and Jean G. Tierney ■ ■ and Jennifer Vincent ■ Whitman (CAS’58, Wheelock’76) ■ ■ and Andrew A. Guzelian ■ Clare M. Timbie (MED’16,’16) ■ Jane M. Von Bergen ■ Mitchell B. Wice (MED’11,’15) ■ Shelley G. Zadik ■ Theresa R. Timmes King (MED’18, CAS’18) Alan J. Wabrek (MED’63) Claire M. Wickel (Sargent’13) ■ Catherine E. Zadoretzky ■ and Brandon King ■ and Carolyn J. Wabrek ■ Thejananda L. Wijeweera (Questrom’91) Mohammad S. Zaidi (CAS’13) ■ Andrea N. Timpano (COM’18) ■ Paula Waetzig ■ Eric M. Will and Suzanne G. Will ■ Raymond P. Zambuto and Janet M. Zambuto Joyce M. Timpson ■ Deborah Wagner ■ Elaine Williams ■ Judith L. Zazula and Douglas J. Ely ■ ■ Andrew J. Ting (MED’96, SPH’91, GRS’91) Peter F. Walker (MED’69) and Susan Walker John G. Williams, Jr. (MED’67) Bradley P. Zehr (MED’13,’18) and Maribeth Ting ■ John Wallace and Leslie Wallace ■ and Lucille A. Williams ■ Robert M. Zelazo (MED’75) Richard S. Tirrell and Jo-Anne M. Tirrell ■ Julian A. Waller (MED’57) and Helen F. Williams ■ and Sandra N. Zelazo (Wheelock’75) ■ James F. Tobin and Angela Tobin ■ ■ Elsa N. Waller (Questrom’57, PAL’57) ■ Joan Z. Williams ■ Jack Zeramby Marc L. Tokars ■ Patricia S. Walline ■ Thomas J. Williams (MED’20) ■ Robb W. Zerfass and Kristine L. Zerfass ■ GinaMarie Tonini ■ Patricia M. Walsh (MED’87) ■ Karen Williamson ■ Xuemei Zhong (MED’02) Allison E. Tonkin (MED’97) ■ Allen C. Waltman (MED’73) Andrew A. Wilson ■ and Wenda Gao ■ ■ ■ Ivy L. Toole ■ and Ann M. Madigan (MED’89) George H. Wilson III and Frances A. Wilson ■ Joanne Zicherman ■ Joseph J. Torre (MED’72) and Elise A. Torre ■ Annie J. Wang (MED’20) ■ James D. Wilson (MED’15,’19) ■ Russell S. Zide (MED’94, ENG’85, GRS’90) Alcy R. Torres and Monica Torres ■ ■ ■ Steven E. Ward Francis A. Windsor and Ann M. Windsor ■ and Jennifer A. Rehm (MED’95, GRS’90) Katrina E. Traber ■ ■ Lillian M. Ward (SPH’14) Adele C. Wineburgh Sean Zimmerman ■ Sally Trabucco ■ Jeremy L. Warner (MED’05) ■ Daniel Winters ■ Hilbert Ziskin (MED’55) ■ ■ Patrick M. Tracey ■ Shaun E. Wason ■ ■ Peter A. Wirth Jennifer Zmurk-Diaz ■ Lieu T. Tran (MED’15) Kalman L. Watsky (MED’83, CAS’83) Jonathan J. Wisco (MED’03) Stuart Zorn ■ Jennifer A. Tran (CAS’14, MED’20) and Deborah Fried ■ and Monica W. Wisco ■ ■ Joseph B. Zorn and Patricia E. Zorn ■ John C. Traylor and Suzanne Traylor Rebekah Watson ■ Gregory W. Wise and Cynthia M. Wise ■ David Zorn ■ Janet Treece ■ Ronald Weaver and Pamela Weaver ■ Joseph T. Wiswell ■ ■ Gordon H. Zuerndorfer (MED’83) Pamela J. Troyer ■ Darcy Weaver ■ Wincy Wong ■ and Ellen J. Zuerndorfer ■ Linda Trujillo ■ Herbert N. Weber (MED’56) Stephanie J. Wong (CAS’15, MED’15) ■ Marissa Zures ■ Ping-Fu Tsai and Sheue-Horng L. Tsai ■ ■ and Donna A. Weber Warren Wong and Merilyn Wong ■ ■ Carlton H. Tucker and Kathleen M. Tucker David W. Weber and Mary S. Weber ■ ■ Deane C. Woodring and Carole A. Woodring

THE FOLLOWING CORPORATIONS, FOUNDATIONS, AND OTHER ORGANIZATIONS GAVE TO BUSM FROM JULY 1, 2019 TO JUNE 30, 2020.

$50,000+ Celgene Corporation Harry J. Lloyd Charitable Trust Mother Cabrini Health Foundation Anonymous (4) Charles H. Hood Foundation Henry M. Jackson Foundation For The Muscular Dystrophy Association AbbVie Inc. Chest Foundation Advancement Of Military Medicine, Inc. Nancy Lurie Marks Family Foundation Alpha-1 Foundation Concussion Legacy Foundation Hussman Institute For Autism NControl Theraputics Inc. Alzheimer’s Association Crown Family Foundation J & K Wonderland Stiftung Nooril-Iman Charitable Foundation, Inc. American Academy of Allergy, Asthma, and Cure Alzheimer’s Fund J. T. Tai & Co. Foundation, Inc. Novartis Institutes For BioMedical Research, Inc. Immunology Cystic Fibrosis Foundation Johnson & Johnson Oak Foundation American Cancer Society Dairy Management, Inc. Josiah Macy Jr. Foundation Ono Pharmaceutical Company American College of Rheumatology Deborah Monroe Noonan Memorial Fund Kaiser Permanente Palatin Technologies American Diabetes Association Medical Foundation Kowa Pharmaceuticals America Pfizer, Inc. American Heart Association Doris Duke Charitable Foundation Landreth Family Foundation Robert Wood Johnson Foundation American Parkinson Disease Association Dreyfus Health Foundation LifeArc The Samowitz Foundation Trust Astrazeneca AB Elsa U. Pardee Foundation Louis E. Wolfson Foundation Scleroderma Foundation Beam Therapeutics, Inc. Evans Medical Foundation, Inc. Manan Trust Sherry and Alan Leventhal Family Foundation Biogen, Inc. Evidation Health, Inc. Mass Lions Eye Research Fund Susan G. Komen for the Cure Bob Woodruff Foundation Find The Cause Breast Cancer Foundation, Inc. Mercatus Center at George Washington Walmart Foundation Boston Foundation Foundation for the National Institutes Of Health University Warren Alpert Foundation Boston Medical Center FSH Society Morgan Stanley Whitehall Foundation, Inc. Brain & Behavior Research Foundation George Mason University Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding The Wildflower Foundation, Inc. BrightFocus Foundation Grifols Inc. Trust, Inc. The William Wood Foundation

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CORPORATIONS, FOUNDATIONS, AND OTHER ORGANIZATIONS (CONTINUED)

$5,000–$9,999 The Associated: Jewish Community Mary M Spencer Declaration Of Trust $25,000–$49,999 American Society of Nephrology Federation of Baltimore Massmutual Advisors Association Abraham Kaplan Charitable Foundation Foundation For Kidney Research Avila Family Living Trust Mattina Insurance Agency Alpert Family Foundation Arlington Community Foundation Barbara Anne Sousa 2019 Rev Trust Maureen M. McLaughlin Trust UAD 071009 American Egg Board Bessemer Trust The Brier Dulude Family Revocable Trust MetroWest Community Federal Credit Union American Friends of The Hebrew University, Inc. The Community Foundation of Buttons And Bows Homemaker Club Minou W. Colis, M.D.S.C. American Medical Association (AMA) Harrisonburg and Rockingham County Cafe Quattro Inc. AnTolrx, Inc. Dameron Family Foundation Minuteman Senior Services Association of American Medical Colleges Fit To Be Tied, Inc. The Cook Living Trust Moore, O’Brien & Foti Boston VA Research Institute Harold & Beatrice Renfield Foundation Danny R. Dunsworth Mary M. Dunsworth Nativity Preparatory School New Bedford Combined Jewish Philanthropies Robert Francis Miselis Foundation Trustee Newfound Boat Club CurePSP Sullivan Family Foundation, Inc. David J. Murphy and Sons The Nolan Family Trust Emily’s Entourage The DeMello Family Trust North Hill Needham, Inc. General Electric Company $2,500–$4,999 Dennis B. Lind, M.D. Open Door Coffee House Gertler Clark Foundation, Inc. Associated Jewish Charities of Baltimore East Stroudsburg University Student Patricia A Erickson Declaration Of Trust Karen H. Antman Living Trust 1011995 U/A Association of Professional Chaplains Activity Association, Inc. Paul C. Hayden Jr. & Sons Plumbing & Katsaros Family Foundation Brett Englebright Memorial Fund The Elizabeth McLaughlin Trust Montana State University Dallas Jewish Community Foundation Heating, Inc. Pulmonary Fibrosis Foundation Friends of FSH Research EMG Consulting & Contracting LLC Paul M. Regan Revocable Trust R.G. Darby Rental Joan Schechtman Charitable Foundation Exposure Scientific LLC Peter M Goodman Revocable Trust Steven & Jacqueline Miller Family Foundation Keegan Werlin LLP Farley Financial Partners, Inc. The Philip and Joan Reilly Living Trust Thoracic Surgery Foundation O’Connell Family Foundation, Inc. Fidelity National Financial Phoebe A S Markey Revocable Trust Framingham Amateur Radio Assoc PKF O’Connor Davies LLP $10,000–$24,999 $1,000–$2,499 Framingham Elks Lodge #1264 Robbins Library American Psychological Association Actelion Pharmaceuticals Ltd. The Framingham Housing Authority Robert & Christine Gaspar Tr American Thoracic Society Albert B. Kahn Foundation Genbey Consulting PLLC Rochester Area Community Foundation The Autism Research Foundation Amanei Foundation Gifts To Give Autism Research Institute American Association of Immunologists Rouse Farms Llc Boston Clinical Laboratories Inc. Annetta K. Weaver Living Trust Glenn K. Takei M.D., Inc. Sagerutty And Company, Inc. Coins for Alzheimer’s Research Trust Audrey R. Morris Trust Goddard House In Brookline Scissor Wizard Commonwealth Charitable Fund Best Automatic Sprinkler Corporation Hadley Printing Company,Inc. Sentinel Benefits & Financial Group Enanta Pharmaceuticals, Inc Blair Gastroenterology Associates Horizon Pediatrics, Inc. Speros Frangules - Ameriprise Financial The Gabriel Family Foundation and Natural Brown Eye Care Associates M.D., P.A. Hoyle And Sponheimer Attorneys At Law Services, Inc. History Museum Dominick & Rose Ciampa Foundation, Inc. Innovative Women’s Health, LLC Springhouse, Inc. Gordon Foundation, Inc. Downtown Eddie Brown Scholarship Fund Inc Insero & Co. CPAS, LLP Stafford I. Cohen Revocable Trust Haynes Family Foundation Faculty Practice Foundation, Inc. Iota Tau Alpha Henry T Oyama Revocable Trust Fife-Davis Charitable Trust Steven B. Rupp Living Trust Horizon Pharma USA Innovia Foundation James R. Rousseau Trust Symes Family Trust Karin Grunebaum Cancer Research Foundation Jean E. McPhail Trust John N. Goldman and Margaret B. Goldman Timmons Team Alzheimer’s Run Lee & Rachelle Silver Family Trust Jewish Community Federation & Trust United Way of Central New Mexico Mackenzie’s Mission Endowment Fund Joseph F. Seber, M.D., P.A. United Way of Rhode Island Maine Medical Center Lower Makefield Township Police Juan J. Canoso 2012 Trust Victor N. Evdokimoff 2012 Rev Tr Massachusetts Medical Society Benevolent Association Kosek Family Trust Vincent D. Dinick, D.M.D., M.D., PC Mendu Capital LLC Michael H. Wilensky M.D., LLLP Lauren Lerner and Keith J. Lerner Revocable W. G. Valenzuela Drywall, Inc. NE Corneal Transplant Fund RNA Society Trust PhRMA Foundation Ronald L. Katz Family Foundation Wallace and Irene Bronner Family Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund Stephen T. Copen M.D., Inc. Leafgogo Foundation Charitable Foundation Shire Telluride Foundation Lee C. Reich Trust The Walt Disney Company Susan M. Caron Revocable Trust Varian Medical Systems, Inc. The L’Heureux Family Trust The Wood Family Trust T. Rowe Price Group, Inc. Linda S. Solomon Tr Woodville Rod & Gun Club, Inc. Thomas F. Kelley Trust $1–$999 MacLean Charitable Foundation Visterra Inc. The Alexander W. Petron Rev Trust Market Strategies International W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. Allergy, Asthma, Arthitis & Lung Center Marlboro Electric Cooperative,Incorporated Martha’s Vineyard Hebrew Center

THE FOLLOWING COMPANIES PARTICIPATED IN THE MATCHING GIFT PROGRAM AT BUSM BETWEEN JULY 1, 2019 AND JUNE 30, 2020.

AbbVie Inc. General Electric Company Morgan Stanley Varian Medical Systems, Inc. Bank of America, N.A. Goldman Sachs Pfizer, Inc. The Walt Disney Company Biogen, Inc. Johnson & Johnson Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Boston Foundation Massachusetts Medical Society T. Rowe Price Group, Inc.

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1956 had a second retirement from that prac- Zoom and since March 15, have completed Daniel Powers of Potomac, Maryland, tice after another 20 years. For the last 20 25 plague poems, five of which have already writes, “As one of the last members of the years, I have practiced addiction medi- been accepted by literary journals. I also Class of 1956 to be chosen and one of the cine at Gosnold Center in Falmouth, clean read The Plague by Camus for the first time, a youngest, I remember that first anatomy slate recovery in Plymouth, and aviation frighteningly predictive work of fiction with a class prior to dissection, when I was the first medicine as an aviation medical exam- physician as the narrator. I did have excellent one called upon to discuss the pectoralis iner at Bramblebush Medical Offices near timing in closing my practice after 50 years major—and virtually repeated the descrip- Falmouth Hospital. I am so grateful to on September 30, 2019, and can’t imagine tion from Gray’s Anatomy word for word and Boston University School of Medicine, which the stress of doing neurosurgical procedures sat down. I guess I was ready to face what, afforded me such wonderful training by its under the present circumstances, though for then, was the daunting task of all the dedicated faculty.” I still remember the first brain biopsies we material that we would have to learn during performed when Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease the next four years. Anyone else out there 1967 and HIV became significant clinical con- from the Class of 1956?” Peter M. Glassman of San Antonio, Texas, cerns. As my mother always said, ‘every- writes, “Retired from an anesthesiology thing happens for the best,’ by which I think 1958 practice and clinical trials drug development she really meant, there’s no use worrying Joseph Gaeta of East Greenwich, Rhode career to become an author of military, med- about problems if we can’t make fundamen- Island, writes, “Finally retired at the end of ical, crime, history, and drama-genre fiction. tal changes in the situation. I’ve had a really 2018 after 54 years of practice in inter- With 15 published books since 2009, my good run and no ulcers.” nal medicine/cardiology. Enjoying retire- recent historical thriller about an old west ment with my bride Carol of 52 years, two physician and the plight of the Comanche 1971 great sons, and four grandchildren. Eternally Indians, The Silver Concho, follows the Steven J. Block of Pebble Beach, California, grateful to BUSM for giving me my lifelong exploits of Dr. Jacob Cotter, first seen in the writes, “I’ve remained in solo, private practice professional opportunities.” saga COTTER. As the organizer of the San in cardiology since 1976. I practice in a small, Antonio Writers Meetup, I have written over northern California town and have remained 1960 176 short stories, some of which are in two busy with a large patient population. The Walter McLean of West Falmouth, anthologies entitled Coffee & A Short Story. pandemic hit the county hard, requiring me Massachusetts, writes, “In December, I will We all experience writable facets of life, and to temporarily rely on telemedicine. Many celebrate the second year of my retirement I want to impart my factual story lines in patients embraced the necessity, but oth- from the active practice of medicine. After entertaining, fictional style.” ers (preferring face-to-face visits or for fear my rotating internship at Chelsea Naval of venturing out) preferred to wait, know- Hospital, I was assigned flight training at 1969 ing that I was reachable by phone through Pensacola, Florida, where I was awarded Michael Salcman of Baltimore, Maryland, my staff. The net effect was more free time my designator as a naval flight surgeon. writes, “It took five years to get a publisher for me during this awful crisis. I had previ- I saw duty in that capacity at Ream Field, for my fourth poetry collection, and when ously written a number of screenplays and California, and wintered at McMurdo Shades & Graces: New Poems came out from published two nonfiction books, and recently Station, Antarctica. Training in pediatrics Spuyten Duyvil in New York on June 1, 2020, a novel, entitled Chromoman—The Beginning. at Chelsea Naval Hospital and allergy/ it was in the middle of a pandemic when it’s This extra time allowed me to conceive and immunology at Boston Children’s Hospital not possible to do public readings! Great execute the sequel, Chromoman—Corona arca- led to postings at Chelsea Naval Hospital as timing. My book is the inaugural winner of num, The Ultimate Weapon, which is currently chief of pediatrics and then, as director of the Daniel Hoffman Legacy Book Prize; he in production and will soon be available. The the Navy Allergy/Immunology program at was a good friend of mine and a former US book is fiction, but the story allowed me to Bethesda Naval Hospital. After Navy retire- poet laureate (1973). But being quaran- acquaint the reader with easily understood, ment (20 years), I established an allergy tined at my age hasn’t been all bad: I’ve had accurate scientific information regarding practice in Falmouth, Massachusetts, and to learn how to give virtual readings over coronaviruses.”

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1972 1975 Louis J. Scheinman of Toronto, Ontario, writes, Maureen E. Sims of La Canada Flintridge, California, writes, “The best outcome of the COVID-19 pandemic “Corona the Monster Virus” by Dr. M. Sims was that it provided me with an unexpected, but opportune, time to retire. After almost On the nearby campus of which we are fond 49,000 surgical cases it was the right time. The new ICM students were happy and forming a bond I’m now doing full time what I’ve always done Multidiverse, with hair yellow, black, and brown part time—trading equity options—and thor- The weather was warm, snacks were plenty, not a single frown oughly enjoying every minute of it. Mary and I The students had finished their gap years, taken all their prelims are enjoying our grandkids and hoping that life And they were all happy now that they were in ICM gets back to some kind of ‘normal’ soon. I also hope to get back to Boston and visit BUSM They were...until Corona the virus, the monster of all, once pandemic and travel circumstances allow Decided its rule in Wuhan was too small. us to do so. I’m otherwise well and hoping that I’m ruler, the destroyer, of all that I see old friends and acquaintances from BUSM are But I need to infect. That’s the trouble with me also. Regards to all.” With humans as vectors I move in the crowd With tight jam-packed places and beyond. If my droplets could travel faster and beyond, how much greater I’d be! 1976 Mark Goulston of Los Angeles, California, What a monster! I’ll try to ruin ICM at Keck USC! writes, “Why Cope When You Can Heal? How Healthcare Heroes of COVID-19 Can Recover from But the ICM team, it could not defeat PTSD, authored by Mark Goulston, MD, and The students kept up with learning and would not retreat Diana Hendel, PharmD, with a foreword by Quint They kept up their spirits and their education Studer, published by Harper Collins Horizon, As scientists encouraged masks and social isolation December 2020, introduced to the world the approach of Surgical Empathy to help people All mine, Corona cried. Oh the thing I now rule with PTSD begin to heal from their inside out.” I’m king of LA County, I’m king of Keck Medical School I’m king of the USC clinics and even its chorus And even king of the entire library at Norris 1977 Steven H. Rosenberg of Torrance, California, I’m Corona! Oh marvelous me! writes, “Still practicing Ob-Gyn. I have a For I am the ruler of all USC son in med school at Temple, another son in pharmacy school at Northeastern, and But Group 12 would not remit a daughter who just graduated from the Not one of the students or instructors would quit University of California, Santa Barbara and There would be no fails will be applying to nursing school.” Shelby kept answering every single one of my emails

Julian showed he knew syphilis because his pts had parts that blistered 1978 Thomas L. Higgins of Longmeadow, Despite Covid, Madeline was funny and stayed quite unfiltered Massachusetts, writes, “Recently appointed Juan pressed onward, did not flee, planned on a career in neurology as interim chief medical officer at the Tamara thought Peds, Sam OB Soldiers’ Home in Holyoke, Massachusetts. We will be doctors, we will all bloom I am an owner and consultant at the Center We will keep learning with the virtual aide of Sims, Sims, and Zoom for Case Management in Natick and continue to practice critical care part time at Baystate Medical Center in Springfield.”

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1980 group, a member of Consensus Health Andrew M. Wexler of Pacific Palisades, While there have (changebridgemedical.com), a midsized, California, writes, “For over 25 years as a cra- been negative multispecialty medical group in New Jersey, niofacial surgeon, I have operated and taught “ and also for VaxCare (vaxcare.com), head- in some of the poorest countries on Earth. I aspects to COVID, quartered in Florida. I continue as founder retired from my longtime, full-time position there are also and associate director of the Genomic as chief of plastic surgery at Los Angeles positive ones, Medicine program at Atlantic Health for Kaiser at age 65. Retirement has given me 10 years now. Last year, I was appointed to more time to spend working abroad for a which, I believe, the American Academy of Family Medicine number of different organizations, including will make us Commission on Education, where I serve my own 501c3. I was packed to spend two as a national delegate. On the home front, months in Malawi, then COVID hit and put stronger both in my wife Robin and I are proud grandparents an end to my travels. I have found, however, healthcare and of two boys and a girl living in Charleston, that with modern technology, my work could as a country. South Carolina, and here in northern New continue. Recently, I livestreamed lectures Jersey. Stay safe in this pandemic!” and engaged in dialogue on facial trauma —Robert Falcone (MED’84) with surgeons in nine different African coun- ” 1984 tries. I also am able to respond to consults Robert Falcone of Warren, New Jersey, via email from my colleagues and friends writes, “While there have been negative around the world. The world is a smaller aspects to COVID, there are also positive place now than it was when we graduated. ones, which, I believe, will make us stron- I am also proud to report that I was awarded 1983 ger both in healthcare and as a country. the Lifetime Achievement Award, the high- Paul E. Kalb of Washington, D.C., writes, “As Experiencing adversity is necessary through- est honor given by The American Society of some of you know, I left the practice of med- out our lives, since the experience and out- Maxillofacial Surgeons, for my contributions icine many years ago following my residency come only makes us better as individuals to the field of maxillofacial surgery. I look for- and a year at Memorial Sloan-Kettering to and collectively. ward to once again being able to travel, to be pursue my interest in law. I’m now living in I am happy to report that I have experi- of service, and to teach in person. Meanwhile, Washington, D.C., with my wife and teen- enced a very positive benefit during this pan- I will work at being a grandfather.” age daughter, heading the Healthcare and demic—I have been fortunate to be directly FDA practice at Sidley Austin, a global law involved in contributing to the success of a 1981 firm. It’s been a great professional experi- COVID vaccine trial. Our clinical research Melody T. McCloud of Roswell, Georgia, ence, and despite my focus on law, I still practice in New Jersey was selected to par- writes, “I participated in an NBC Nightly draw heavily on my clinical background. The ticipate in one of the large Phase 3 COVID News segment regarding Dr. Rebecca Lee pandemic has brought to the fore just how vaccine trials. Crumpler, the first Black female physi- critical our physicians and all of the others Another positive aspect is the number cian, who graduated in 1864 from (what is who comprise our healthcare system are to of patients who volunteered for this trial, now) BUSM, where there is an exhibit in the proper functioning of the rest of society. which reinforces my faith and confidence in her honor. In 2019, Virginia Governor Ralph I’m not on the front lines like so many of you, Americans. In six weeks, we enrolled 240 Northam declared National Doctors’ Day in but I’m grateful for my training and early patients—which is significant for a clinical her honor; in 2020, Friends of the Hyde Park experience during the AIDS crisis—both research site—but it only occurred because Library placed a headstone at her and her have given me a unique set of insights into of all these individuals who want to contrib- husband’s grave at Fairview Cemetery. As a our current experience.” ute to a solution for this pandemic. result of all this, BUSM has now initiated a As a physician, I am very fortunate to scholarship in her name. I also have a new Arnold I. Pallay of Towaco, New Jersey, be the principal investigator for this critical literary agent and am working on two books, writes, “Happy to add a Population Health study, where I have ultimate responsibility one about ethnic health disparities and the Medical Directorship role for Partners in and oversight. Being involved in this trial and other on physicians’ ever-noble call to care, Care ACO (piccorp.com) in New Jersey. I acting as the PI has become the most impor- even in a profession under siege.” am a medical director for my family practice tant and satisfying work in medicine during

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my 36 years as a physician, which started Galaxy Hound, on Amazon Kindle Publishing contemplate the next steps. Even in the face after graduating from BUSM in 1984. under the pen name Burt Land. Published of loss and tribulation, we can find some The education that I received from BUSM two nonfiction works, Med Mal and The MD positivity, and maybe even a few blessings in provided me with an excellent medical Score, also available on Amazon Kindle, disguise. I have treasured the opportunity to foundation on which to build my career as a under the name Matthew Brackman, MD.” spend more time with family, especially just physician. I will forever be indebted to BUSM prior to moving away to start residency. I have for this education, which allowed me to 2000 seen people give of themselves to help their achieve success in so many diverse aspects Pradeep Prabhakara Nazarey of fellow human beings, and I am cheered by the of medicine.” Shrewsbury, Massachusetts, writes, “I resolve of individuals to persevere, even in the have been a pediatric surgeon and assis- face of a global crisis. My hope is that we have David J. Sherer of Chevy Chase, Maryland, tant professor of surgery and pediatrics at grown closer as human beings and that we writes, “My third book, Hospital Survival the University of Massachusetts Medical can carry this community spirit forward, well Guide, was released in August. My next, Center for the last 10 years. Just prior to past the end of this pandemic.” n What Your Doctor Isn’t Telling You, will be the COVID-19 outbreak, I had contem- released in February of 2021. I write a blog plated a career change. As the outbreak hit of the same name for BottomLineInc, a Massachusetts, I was offered a position as consumer-oriented print and online news a medical director in the Gastroenterology source. I enjoy not working in clinical medi- Business Unit of Takeda Pharmaceuticals, an cine anymore—too much third-party inter- opportunity to work on multiple therapeu- vention. The doctor-patient relationship tics to help people with Inflammatory Bowel has been breached and I hope that will not Disease. At the same time, I was able to be stay, although I have my doubts. Medicine home with my wife and children and be my has changed forever, and not for the better. I kids’ teacher in a new, virtual world. These enjoy travel, fitness, my piano, and watching interesting times have afforded new oppor- the world go by. I wish you all well.” tunities and ways to connect with my family. My best to everyone.” 1985 Nicole Simone Gibran of Seattle, 2003 Washington, writes, “2021 brings the end of Rakesh Choudary Navuluri of Chicago, an incredible surgical journey that started Illinois, writes, “I’m an associate professor at BU, where I completed both medical of vascular and interventional radiology and school and a surgery residency (1990), and the program director of the Interventional ended at the University of Washington, Radiology residency at The University of where I have enjoyed my surgical avocation Chicago. In March 2020 I was elected to for 30 years as an academic burn surgeon, fellowship in the Society of Interventional researcher, and administrator. I am grate- Radiology, an honor awarded to fewer than ful for all of the mentors, colleagues, and 10 percent of members. Unfortunately, the friends who have buoyed me over the years. induction ceremony in Seattle, Washington, With my retirement, my husband Frank was cancelled due to the COVID-19 Isik, MD (BUSM Surgery Residency, 1990), pandemic.” and I move back to Massachusetts, where we hope to revive our hobbies and actually 2020 attend a Class of ‘85 reunion.” Charles Joseph Surette of New York, New York, writes, “The past six months have 1997 proved incredibly arduous for all of us. We Matthew Brackman of Longmeadow, have endured unprecedented challenges Massachusetts, writes, “Self-published my in our personal and professional lives, and first science fiction novel, Regal and The we continue to face uncertainty as we

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50 Boston University School of Medicine “We All Stand on the Shoulders of Others.”

In the ‘90s, Dr. Aram Chobanian invited him to be a member of the School of Medicine Board of Visitors to provide guidance and support for students and the school. “I couldn’t believe how much tuition costs had risen. Dedicated students shouldn’t be burdened with a mountain of debt.” By the 2000s, Dr. Kechejian made two generous $1 million donations. Recognizing the significant need for student financial assistance, he established the Kechejian Family Scholarship Fund—the first of its kind for BUSM students. “We all stand on the shoulders of others—we didn’t get here alone. I have always been very grateful for the excellent education I received at the medical school. It truly Sarkis J. Kechejian (MED’63) was born and raised in is one of the many shoulders I still stand on today. I hope Queens, New York. His parents were immigrants and my scholarships, in turn, will inspire students to do the same survivors of the Armenian genocide who worked hard, were when they are able,” he said. Students who receive funds involved with their church community, and were happy with from Dr. Kechejian are encouraged to write to him about their new life in America. themselves so he can learn more about their background and “I have memories of cracking and preparing walnuts for journey to becoming a doctor. 100 trays of my mother’s baklava donations to the church,” Today, Dr. Kechejian is a cardiologist, president of K recalls Dr. Kechejian. His parents’ hard work and dedication Clinics, located in North Texas, chief executive officer and to others would be instilled in his way of doing things, and chairman of the board of Alliance Health, Inc., and president ultimately, his inspiration for giving. of the Kechejian Foundation. After attending NYU, Dr. Kechejian made his way to At 81 years young, Dr. Kechejian has a few words of Boston University for medical school. He worked summer advice for his peers who may be on the fence about donating: jobs, received financial aid, and ended up graduating with “Don’t give until it hurts . . . give until it feels good. Also remember, only $10,000 in debt. the last suit we wear doesn’t need any pockets.” Nonprofit US Postage PAID Boston MA Permit No. 1839

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