N.Y. and Minn. Hospitals Receive $50-Million Gifts
February 12, 2009 | Read Time: 1 minute
NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital trustee Ronald Stanton has pledged $50-million to bolster cancer-fighting efforts at the hospital, Crain’s New York Business reports.
The gift will establish the Ronald P. Stanton Clinical Cancer Program and help the hospital procure new equipment and build a new center for blood infusions and donations. Mr. Stanton, a member of the NewYork-Presbyterian board since 1983, is the chairman of the fertilizer and chemicals firm Transammonia.
The University of Minnesota’s new pediatric hospital will be named after Dr. Kurt Amplatz, inventor of a cardiac device for children, following his daughter’s $50-million donation, reports The St. Paul Pioneer Press. The gift by Caroline Amplatz, a lawyer, is the second-largest in the history of the university, where Dr. Amplatz taught from 1957 to 1999.
