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Growing Forward Campaign Chairman Leslie “Les” C. Quick III is the definition of a philanthropist — humane, kind and generous. Quick, who became active in supporting Morristown Medical Center in 2002, harnessed the lessons of his benevolent father, Leslie Quick, Jr. He watched his father help fellow worshipers at the family’s local parish and neighbors in their Long Island neighborhood of Woodbury, New York. Later, after a successful career on Wall Street, Quick witnessed the impact of his father’s $10 million donation to the Inner-City Scholarship Fund, supporting Catholic schools as part of the Archdiocese of New York. Coincidentally, the senior Quick was close with another champion of Morristown Medical Center, William E. Simon. “Our fathers knew each other,” Quick said. “They were on what I call the charity circuit of dinners and fundraisers. There is a story of a dinner they attended where the two of them got on stage at the Waldorf Astoria in New York City. They challenged one another, saying — ‘you give $100,000, and I’ll give $100,000,’ and then they got the audience involved.” Quick met the elder Simon’s son, J. Peter Simon when both of their sons were classmates at the

Les Quick, left; Peter Simon, right

Delbarton School. The two men quickly bonded. They discovered their backgrounds were similar, the impressions made by their fathers identical. “We went on a school trip to one of the poorest counties in Kentucky,” Quick said. “It was eye-opening for all of us — the boys as well as the dads.” During this time Quick began getting more involved at the hospital while Simon was already heavily active in philanthropy efforts at Morristown Medical Center, his family seeding the money to launch Carol G. Simon Cancer Center. Quick began his work as the Campaign for the Heart chair that led to the launch of Gagnon Cardiovascular Institute. In 2017, as a donor and volunteer at Morristown Medical Center, the Bernardsville resident and father of four not only committed to lead the Growing Forward Campaign, but, late last year, also contributed $1 million to Carol G. Simon Cancer Center. That same year, Quick’s wife, Eileen, also joined the Carol G. Simon Cancer Center’s Philanthropy Council, and he merged his firm with Simon, now known as Simon Quick Advisors, located in Morristown. “As business partners and with my wife’s involvement, we are collectively trying to continue to build at the Carol G. Simon Cancer Center,” Quick said. “Moreover, I have seen Morristown Medical Center transform from a respectable local hospital to a nationally recognized health institution. Sometimes, I have to pinch myself.”

Eileen and Les Quick