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Transforming Medicine Campaign
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"I still enjoy science. I like being involved in new areas of research where on day one you don't necessarily know what the application is, but you just have a feel that this is an area that's worth spending some money and time on," says Gillis. "ARCH believes in basic science, and that from good basic science, breakthrough science, come breakthrough products. There are no shortcuts."
Reflecting on his gift, Gillis says, "I've always had a fondness for Dartmouth and for the freedom and support that I was given during my time there to follow my nose and let the results take me wherever they may. I view it as a privilege that Anne and I are in a position to give something back to the greater Dartmouth community in honor of Ross. . . . Loyalty is important in life, and Ross has been loyal to Dartmouth, and that's worth celebrating."
Helping kids fight cancer
The Scott M. and Lisa G. Stuart
Professorship in Pediatric Oncology
will further strengthen
the resources available to children
with cancer and their
families at NCCC and the
Children's Hospital at Dartmouth.
"By enabling us to
recruit a leading physicianscientist
who will advance our
research and teaching as well as
the care of these vulnerable
patients, this gift will be instrumental
in the growth and
development of our pediatric
cancer program," says Israel.
"The impact of this gift cannot
be overstated."
This gift is not the Stuarts' first in support of children with cancer. When hurricane Katrina hit Scott Stuart's hometown of New Orleans in 2005, the Stuarts established a fund to ensure that young cancer patients evacuated to Houston continued to receive essential treatments. "Kids with cancer were showing up at Baylor without medical records, without insurance documents, without parents, but needing treatment immediately. It was grim," says Scott Stuart, who with Lisa and their four children now live in Greenwich, Conn." We raised close to a million dollars and sent it straight to Houston."

Scott Stuart, DC '81, and his wife, Lisa, have made a gift that will establish an endowed chair in pediatric oncology at DMS.

Steve Gillis, who earned his Ph.D. at Dartmouth in 1978, and his wife, Anne, made the lead gift to establish a second cancer-related chair—this one in honor of longtime Cancer Center director Ross McIntyre.
The Stuarts made their commitment to endow a chair in pediatric oncology in honor of Scott Stuart's 25th Dartmouth College Class of 1981 reunion. But Lisa Stuart, a UC Berkeley graduate who now jokes about having been rejected by Dartmouth,made sure they designated their reunion gift to "something that speaks to my heart. . . . Kids fighting cancer," she explains,"are working so hard and enduring brutal treatments.They deserve all the supports possible."

Raising the bar
The financial goal of the Transforming
Medicine Campaign for
Dartmouth Medical School and
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical
Center is to raise $250 million
by 2009. Even more far-reaching
is its goal of "raising the bar"
in medicine. Of questioning
assumptions—respecting tradition
but not following it blindly.
Of erasing boundaries—translating
science from the lab bench
to the bedside by connecting researchers
with clinicians. Of creating
solutions to the nation's
most critical health-care issues.
Of transforming medicine.
Highlights of 2007
More than 28,000 donors made
2007 a record-breaking year for
the Transforming Medicine
Campaign. Gift commitments
from friends, patients, alumni,
faculty, and staff topped $63 million
for the year, bringing the
Campaign total to $195 million.
The year was marked by a $20-million gift commitment from
Dr. Peter Williamson and his
wife, Susan—the largest gift ever
to Dartmouth Medical School—embracing the vision of the
future Koop Medical Science
Complex as a place where discovery
and collaboration will accelerate
medical advances. Other
lead commitments during 2007
are building endowment reserves,
strengthening care of the
mentally ill and victims of child
abuse, and supporting cancer research.
At the same time, strong
participation in the annual funds
provided important unrestricted
monies for DMS and DHMC.
Learning more
For more about the Transforming Medicine Campaign, visit http://transmed.dartmouth.edu
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Kate Villars is assistant director of development communications for DMS-DHMC.
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