MASONS GIVE U OF MINNESOTA $65 MILLION FOR CANCER RESEARCH
April 12th, 2008 by adminMINNEAPOLIS/ST. PAUL, Minn., April 10 /PRNewswire/ — The University of Minnesota has received its largest gift ever — $65 million from Minnesota Masonic Charities — to the University of Minnesota Cancer Center. With this pledge, Masonic support of cancer research and care at the University of Minnesota over the past 53 years totals $100 million. In recognition of this record-breaking gift, the University of Minnesota Cancer Center will now be called the Masonic Cancer Center, University of Minnesota.
"The Masonic Fraternity is proud to expand its partnership with the Masonic Cancer Center for a cure. The gift is new, but the giving is not," said Raymond G. Christensen, M.D., Grand Master of the state’s nearly 17,000 Masons.
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