Report of Donors
of $10,000 to create the Dr. John C. Kermode Fund. These funds will be designated for students in the PCOM School of Pharmacy – Georgia Campus.
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Former PCOM Trustee Lita Indzel Cohen, Esq., raised $17,000 from individuals and institutions for the Food Allergy Research Initiative (FARI) this fiscal year. These funds are used to continue peanut allergy research.
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Craig B. Danshaw, DO ’84, and his wife, Barbara Escudero, continue to make pledge payments on their $60,000 gift to name a classroom in the Dr. Michael and Wendy Saltzburg Clinical Learning & Assessment Center.
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Steven L. Edell, DO ’69, a radiologist from the state of Delaware, offered support for Delaware residents interested in PCOM and the DO program. Dr. Edell established The Edell Family Scholarship with a $50,000 pledge to benefit a student from Delaware demonstrating financial need.
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Umar Farooq, MD, and Sabahat Farooq, MD, continue their support of the Fund for PCOM with a gift of $13,125 toward their $105,000 pledge. These funds will be used to benefit students and faculty.
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Carol L. Henwood, DO ’83, along with the Dahdah/ Henwood families, continues to support their pledge with a gift of $11,000 to name the Orientation Conference Room in the Dr. Michael and Wendy Saltzburg Clinical Learning & Assessment Center.
The Saltzburgs decided to make their gift to PCOM’s new Clinical Learning & Assessment Center as a match to a Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Redevelopment Assistance Capital Program grant. The Saltzburg gift is the largest one-time personal gift to the College in its history.
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PCOM Trustee John Kearney and his wife, Lois, who have shown their support consistently over the years, made a gift of $35,000 to the John D. Kearney Memorial Scholarship. This scholarship in memory of their son, JD, has helped numerous students attain their goal of becoming osteopathic physicians.
Gifts and Pledges
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Nasreen M. Khan, DO ’93, and her husband, Moazzam Khan, made a pledge of $50,000 to establish a scholarship in memory of their late daughter, Sharon Qureshi Khan, DO ’98. This need-based scholarship will be awarded to a medical student from the state of Delaware.
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Bruce Kornberg, DO ’78, professor and chair, department of internal medicine, division of cardiology, has shown his generosity and commitment to PCOM students over the years with his support of the Ruth and Irving Kornberg Memorial Internal Medicine Scholarship. Dr. Kornberg continues to make gifts to his $50,000 scholarship pledge.
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Mrs. Arlene Blanco Leone, widow of Anthony G. Leone, DO ’57, established a memorial scholarship in honor of her late husband with a $50,000 gift. The scholarship will be awarded to a fourth-year DO student who plans to incorporate osteopathic manipulative treatment in a primary care practice.
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Gayle R. Lewis, Esq., made a $10,000 gift to the College in honor of Saul Jeck, DO, professor and chair, obstetrics and gynecology. This gift will support a lectureship series in the area of obstetrics and gynecology.
SUMMARY OF GIFTS RECEIVED
JULY 1, 2013 – JUNE 30, 2014
Donors Gifts
Unrestricted The Fund for PCOM
1,285
$687,171
Restricted Scholarship Funds
601
$590,246
Other Restricted Funds
300
$1,308,818
59
$145,816
Healthcare Centers (Golf Classic) Total
1,926* $2,732,051
* Total does not calculate due to multiple gifts from single donors.
Million-Dollar Gift Tops Giving in Fiscal Year 2013–14 A $1,000,000 donation from Wendy and Michael Saltzburg, DO ’77, endowed a permanent fund to provide resources to sustain training in the new Clinical Learning & Assessment Center on the Philadelphia campus. Dr. Saltzburg is an orthopedic surgeon in Altoona, Pennsylvania. The Saltzburgs are the parents of Lauren Saltzburg, a fifth-year osteopathic medical student who is earning a combined DO/MBA in healthcare administration.
Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine sincerely thanks alumni and friends who made significant gifts to benefit the College and its key objectives. The following donors contributed $10,000 or more, and the College gratefully acknowledges their gifts: •
Daniel H. Belsky, DO ’57, made a gift of $25,000 to establish the Andrew D. DeMasi, DO ’47, and Daniel H. Belsky, DO ’57, Commencement Award. The award will be presented for the first time in 2015.
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PCOM Trustee J. Steven Blake, DO ’89, MSc, continues to support The J. Steven Blake, DO ’89 Scholars Society with his pledge payments of $25,000. Dr. Blake’s gift, once completed, will benefit African American osteopathic medical students.
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Steven R. Blasi, DO ’02, and The Blasi Family Trust pledged a very generous $30,000 to name the Debriefing Room in the Dr. Michael and Wendy Saltzburg Clinical Learning & Assessment Center.
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Jaehwa Choi, PhD, the widow of John C. Kermode, PhD, along with other Choi/Kermode family members, made a gift
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