Middleton Society
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Middleton Society
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be l i e v e i n m a k i ng a di f f e r e nc e .
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Middleton Society Gifts help researchers tackle the world’s most ravaging diseases, support
promising medical students who will save lives tomorrow and ensure that every community can be a healthy community. These gifts may endow a professorship or a scholarship, help find new treatments for c a ncer or est abl i sh com mu n it y partnerships to combat childhood obesity.
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T h e M i ddl e t on S o c i e t y, the philanthropic society of the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, honors alumni, faculty and friends who support hope and encourage the scientists, clinicians, teachers and students who translate hope into action. A gift to the School may honor a beloved family member, a respected professor or a trusted physician. Alumni often express gratitude for their education by supporting the institution at which their careers began. Grateful patients make gifts to recognize the extraordinary care they or their loved ones received. Private support is the key to the School’s sustained excellence. Gifts fund preliminary research that will lead to treatment breakthroughs. Gifts build modern laboratories that encourage synergy among scientists. Gifts allow the School to attract and retain top faculty and staff. Gifts make it possible for bright students, no matter their income, to attend medical school. Gi f ts m a k e a di f f e r e nc e , and the Middleton Society, founded by the Wisconsin Medical Alumni Association and now managed in conjunction with the University of Wisconsin Foundation, recognizes the generosity of those who give.
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A f t e r t e n y e a r s as chair of the UW Hospital Department of Pediatrics and eight years as medical director of UW Children’s Hospital, Philip Farrell, MD, PhD, was named dean of the Medical School in 1994. He guided the transition of the UW Hospital and Clinics into a public authority and oversaw the creation of the UW Medical Foundation. Perhaps his most visible achievements were construction of the Health Sciences Learning Center and the launch of the Wisconsin Institutes for Medical Research. When Blue Cross and Blue Shield United of Wisconsin announced its conversion funds would be distributed to the state’s two medical schools, Farrell led the effort to use income from these funds to design and implement community-academic programs that address Wisconsin’s most urgent health-care needs. Farrell also directed the transformation of the School’s mission from responding to illness — the traditional medical school philosophy— to promoting health in communities while providing excellent individual care. The resulting master of public health program and the School’s transformation to the School of Medicine and Public Health are steps toward reducing health-care costs. An expert in the screening of newborns for cystic fibrosis, Farrell continues his research on the screening and prevention of the disease with the hope of improving children’s health.
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Philip M. Farrell
Known as an organizer, a communicator and a motivator, Farrell brought energy and a collaborative spirit to his decade as dean. His goal to promote health in Wisconsin communities inspired a change in the School’s mission as it became the School of Medicine and Public Health.
T h r e e L e a de r s, T h r e e l e v e ls of gi v i ng .
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Charles R. Bardeen (1871-1935)
Founding dean of the UW School of Medicine and Public Health, Bardeen established the two-year, then four-year, University of Wisconsin Medical School and its nationally respected preceptor program during his 28-year tenure.
T h r e e L e a de r s. T h r e e l e v e ls of Gi v i ng .
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C h a r l e s B a r de e n, MD, was the architect of the UW School of Medicine and Public Health, and his legacy includes a lasting imprint on American medical education. A graduate of the innovative Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, he was recruited in 1904 by UW-Madison President Charles Van Hise to establish the University’s two-year medical school, which the Legislature approved three years later. By 1925, Bardeen had convinced budget-conscious politicians, income-threatened local physicians and the general public that the state needed a general hospital and a four-year, university-based medical school. Believing that the School should serve the citizens of the state, Bardeen developed the nation’s first preceptor program, which sent fourth-year medical students across Wisconsin to learn from practicing physicians.
“It seems to me that the only real happiness of existence is derived from working for those one loves and with those one loves toward a common purpose.” Dr. Charles R. Bardeen, in a letter to his father
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Se rv i ng a s de a n for 20 years, William S. Middleton, MD, was a brilliant teacher, administrator, writer and unequalled bedside physician. He influenced scores of medical students in his 63 years on the UW-Madison faculty, beginning in 1912, when he joined the staff of the Student Health Service, and continuing beyond his deanship (19351955). A member of the U.S. Army Medical Corps in two world wars, Middleton became Chief Consultant in Medicine for the European Theater of Operations from 1942 to 1945 and a special advisor to the surgeon general of the Army during the Korean War. He served for eight years as Chief Medical Director of the Veterans Administration in Washington, D.C., and, a year after his death, the U.S. Senate renamed the Madison veterans hospital after him. Known for his intense, positive approach to medical, academic and administrative situations, Middleton displayed a light-hearted creativity that endeared him to his students. He is remembered for his dedication to his patients and his astute ability and knowledge of diagnosis.
“You can never measure the output of the understanding heart.� Dr. William S. Middleton, 1972
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William S. Middleton (1890-1975)
The vigor, zeal and forthright optimism with which Middleton approached every problem made him one of the most popular and venerated deans of the UW School of Medicine and Public Health.
T h r e e L e a de r s. T h r e e l e v e ls of Gi v i ng .
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Levels of Support
All gifts to the UW School of Medicine and Public Health help qualify donors for Middleton Society membership. While University of Wisconsin Foundation staff can present School priorities and needs, donors decide how their gifts will be used. For more information about gift opportunities and planned giving, contact the UW Foundation at 608-263-4545 or supportuw.org.
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T h r e e l e a de r s , T h r e e l e v e l s of gi v i ng . Farrell Fellows have contributed: • $1 million in gifts and pledges of cash or appreciated securities. Corporate matching gifts and gifts-in-kind apply. • $1 million in irrevocable deferred gifts, which include pooled income funds, gift annuities and charitable remainder trusts.
Bardeen Fellows have contributed: • $25,000 in gifts and pledges of cash or appreciated securities. Corporate matching gifts and gifts-inkind apply. • $25,000 in irrevocable deferred gifts, which include pooled income funds, gift annuities and charitable remainder trusts.
Middleton Fellows have contributed: • $10,000 in gifts and pledges of cash or appreciated securities. Corporate matching gifts and gifts-inkind apply. • $10,000 in irrevocable deferred gifts, which include pooled income funds, gift annuities and charitable remainder trusts.
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All Middleton Society Members will be • invited to the annual Middleton Society dinner and program and other UW School of Medicine and Public Health events, and • permanently recognized within the Health Sciences Learning Center and receive a letter of acknowledgment. Farrell Fellows also will be • given special opportunities to be involved with the UW School of Medicine and Public Health, • invited to participate in private conversations with the dean at small, exclusive dinners, and • recognized by the University of Wisconsin Foundation as Bascom Hill Society members.
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To learn more about the Middleton Society, contact University of Wisconsin Foundation 1848 University Avenue Madison, WI 53726 supportuw.org 608-263-4545 OR University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health UW Medical Alumni Association Health Sciences Learning Center 750 Highland Avenue Madison, WI 53705-2221 www.med.wisc.edu/alumni
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