Nearly 800 people turned out to help the Medical Univer-sity cut the ribbon to its new dental clinical education center and re-name South Carolina’s only dental school as a lasting tribute to James B. Edwards, D.M.D., MUSC

president emeritus. Edwards has contributed much to South Carolina and the country in his long-standing career as a dedicated oral surgeon, state senator, governor, U.S. presidential cabinet member and MUSC president, and was honored by MUSC faculty, staff, students and dental medi-cine alumni during the school’s alumni weekend festivities. “With the state’s only dental school, MUSC plays a critical role in providing the dentists who serve all South Carolinians,” said Ray Greenberg, M.D., Ph.D., MUSC president. “With the opening of the new building, our students are being taught in the most advanced facility of its kind in the country. The school also honors the legacy of Jim Edwards, who began his career as an oral surgeon and ended it by leading MUSC through a remarkable two decades of growth and development.”

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“His entire life stands as a testament

to the values of integrity and service,

which we hope to instill in each of our

students. It is a privilege to rename

the college in his honor.”Jack Sanders, D.M.D., James B. Edwards College of Dental Medicine dean

MUSC names dental school in honor of Dr. James B. Edwards

MUSC President Emeritus James B. Edwards and his wife, Ann.

New clinical and teaching facility dedicated

to Edwards’ service, guidance

Dental patients at MUSC will enjoy quicker service, better outcomes and a broader array of highly advanced servic-es, thanks in large part to a gift by Henry Schein Dental to the James B. Edwards College of Dental Medicine.

The company, which distributes dental products and technologies, teamed up with its strategic business partners to provide the school with $1.6 million in supplies and technologies, including digital radi-ography machines, cone-beam scanners and E4D CAD/CAM systems. Schein also installed, licensed and networked all of the new tech-nologies throughout the entire college, making it possible for many

During Edwards’ tenure at MUSC, the university increased its campus size from 1.5 million square feet to 5 million square feet, strengthening ev-ery aspect of its three-part mission of education, patient care and scientific discovery in the process. During his 17-year tenure, Edwards and his wife, Ann, helped MUSC forge a national reputation for health care excellence, setting a pace for growth and progress that continues to build momentum today. “His entire life stands as a testament to the values of integrity and service, which we hope to instill in each of our students,” said Jack Sanders, D.M.D., James B. Edwards College of Dental Medicine dean. “It is a privilege to rename the college in his honor. I want to emphasize that this new building would not have been possible without the support of hundreds of individu-als, businesses and organizations who have brought us to this exciting point in history, especially the dentists and alumni who work and live in South Carolina.” Student Government Association President and dental student Shel-don Bates also acknowledged the school’s track record and how things are changing. “We are learning with new technologies and state-of-the-art equipment which will launch us, and future graduates, into a higher echelon of performance in the field of dentistry,” he said. “As a student at this time in the development of the dental program here at MUSC, I can see a glimpse of where we have been and can begin to envision what the future of den-tistry holds in the state of South Carolina. This is indeed an exciting time.”

Gift puts dental school on leading edge of technologystudents and dentists to access and use it at the same time. Thanks to these contributions, the college is now among the most techno-logically empowered dental schools in the country. It also is one of the more efficient, able to treat more patients and train more students in a fraction of the time than was previously possible. “More importantly, we’re able to achieve better outcomes,” noted the college’s dean, Jack Sanders. “The technologies we’ve acquired give us control over variables that were previously beyond the dentist’s control. They also allow us to treat patients in fewer steps and with fewer people, which further reduces the margin for error.”

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Charles E. VolpeOctober 5, 1937 - March 16, 2010

IT IS WITH DEEP REGRET THAT WE

ANNOUNCE THE PASSING OF CHARLES E.

VOLPE, A BENEFACTOR AND FOUNDING

MEMBER OF THE HEART & VASCULAR

CENTER’S BOARD WHO DIED ON THE

MORNING OF MARCH 16, 2010.

A native of Manchester, N.Y., Mr. Volpe was the retired president and COO of Greenville-based KEMET. Upon his retirement in 1996, he and his wife,

Andrea (“Andi”), moved to Charleston and became deeply involved with the city’s civic, educational, health care and cultural communities. Together, they were generous supporters of many orga-nizations in Charleston, including the College of Charleston, Spoleto Festival USA, the Gibbes Museum of Art and the Charleston Symphony Orchestra. Mr. Volpe was especially supportive of health-related causes, stemming largely from his family’s

experiences with poor health. When he was 5 years old, his sister died at age 16 from the effects of multiple sclerosis. A year later, his father died of a heart attack at age 54. His five brothers also died of heart attacks, each before age 65. In his inimitably proactive fashion, Mr. Volpe worked to address the state’s leading health care challenge – heart disease – through his volunteer service on the advisory board of the Medical University’s Heart & Vascular Center, a position that he held from the board’s inception until the time of his death. He also played an early lead-ership role in establishing the Michael E. Assey Endowed Chair in Clinical Cardiology and the Dr. Peter C. Gazes Endowed Chair in Clinical Cardiology. In 2006, he and Mrs. Volpe quietly made a major donation to the Medical University – one of the larger in the institution’s history – to help it build a new institute for prevention of and intervention for heart disease. On a personal level Chuck Volpe was a remark-able humanist. A good communicator and an even better listener, he was flexible and in possession of a great sense of humor. His goal in life was to help other people, to make their lives better. He gave of himself to his friends and especially his family. Many people will miss him.

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Andi and Chuck Volpe

L. JOHN CLARK, of Kiawah Island. Clark is chairman of The Steamboat Capital Group, LLC and has served as CEO of BET, PLC; chairman and CEO of Coremark International, Inc., and co-founder and CEO of Compass Partners Inter-national. He received his bachelor’s degree and master’s degree in business administration from the Wharton School of Business and Commerce, The University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia.

GENERAL WALTER F. JOHNSON, III, of Georgetown, S.C., is a former chief of the U.S. Army Medical Service Corps and director of U.S. Army Worldwide Health Services Operations; former senior vice president of the American Hospital Association; former president/CEO of the Institute for Diversity in Health Management, and former president/CEO/owner of Eagle Group International, a U.S. Department of Defense contractor. He received his bachelor’s degree

from West Virginia State University and master’s degree from the University of Missouri in Kansas City. He also attended the Harvard JFK School of Government.

DANIEL J. SULLIVAN, of Kiawah Island, is president of Flyway, LLC. He was president and CEO of FedEx Ground until his retirement in De-cember 2006. He currently serves on the board of directors for the Computer Task Group in Buffalo, New York; Pike Electric, Inc. in Mt. Airy, North Carolina where he is lead director; GDS Express in Akron, Ohio; and as a commissioner on the Flight 93 Federal Advisory Commission. He received his bachelor’s degree from Amherst College.

ALLAN E. STALVEY, of Columbia, is senior vice president for the South Carolina Hospital Associa-tion and is responsible for overseeing the associa-tion’s advocacy and communication efforts.

More than 100 golfers braved an unusually cold day in December

to take part in the 6th Annual Bulls Bay Golf Challenge, generating

over $235,000 in support of MUSC Children’s Hospital.

More than 100 golfers braved an unusually cold day in December to take part in the 6th Annual Bulls Bay Golf Challenge, generating over $235,000 in sup-port of MUSC Children’s Hospital. The day began with a wonderful round of golf, followed by an auction and

amazing evening of entertainment by Darius Rucker and Edwin McCain. During the auction, Rucker auctioned off private concerts and a guest appearance in an upcoming video – a spot that was won by Scott Longfield and then donated to cancer survivor Rachel Edwards, age 13. We would like to thank Joe and Lisa Rice for donating use of the Bulls Bay Golf Club for the event, and Paul Steadman and Tommy Baker for co-chairing the event. In all, this tour-nament has raised more than $1 million for the Children’s Hospital since it was first held in 2003.

Mercedes Benz/Bulls Bay Tournament reaches $1M milestone

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We would like to gratefully acknowledge the

generous support of the following individu-

als, businesses and foundations, whose giving

supports the Medical University’s mission of

healing.

Storm Eye Institute has received an anonymous

planned gift of $2.5 million.

Dr. Charles Crews, Medical Class of ’47, and his

wife Dorothy of Columbia have generously gifted

$1 million to endow a scholarship in the College of

Nursing and to additionally provide seed money

for an endowed chair within the Department of

Surgery.

The Abney Foundation has made a $500,000 gift to-

wards The Abney Foundation Scholars and Emerg-

ing Scholars Program at Hollings Cancer Center.

The estate of Mary C. Evert has provided $250,000

to the Neurosciences Institute designated for the

Murray Center for Research on Parkinson’s Disease

and Related Disorders.

Dr. Bruce G. Pratt has made a gift of $250,000

to support the Storm Eye Institute International

Center.

The Children’s Hospital has received a gift of

$250,000 from an anonymous donor earmarked

for the Darby Children’s Research Institute.

Dental classes celebrating their reunions this year

raised approximately $238,000 for the school’s new

clinical education building.

Mr. and Mrs. Bill Goodwin made a gift of

$200,000 to benefit the Darby Children’s Research

Institute.

The American Heart Association made gifts of

$194,000 to various cardiology research projects.

Dr. Biemann Othersen, Medical Class of ’53,

completed a $100,000 planned gift through an IRA

charitable roll-over to fund the Janelle Lester Oth-

ersen Endowed Professorship in Nursing.

Schick Technologies contributed more than

$100,000 in digital sensors for dental imaging

scanners in the Edwards College of Dental Medi-

cine’s new clinical education building.

The Spinal Research Foundation has made

a $100,000 gift to support the Darby Children’s

Research Institute’s spinal cord research program.

The Susan R. and John W. Sullivan Foundation

pledged $100,000 in support of the Hollings Can-

cer Center’s Melanoma and Skin Cancer Program.

The program will be named the Jenny Sullivan

Sanford Melanoma and Skin Cancer Program.

THE MUSC FOUNDATION

IS PLEASED TO WELCOME

THE FOLLOWING FOUR

MEMBERS TO ITS BOARD

OF DIRECTORS.

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As an example, Sanders cited the milling of dental crowns, a highly manual pro-cess that used to take three weeks or more to complete. Today, dentists at MUSC can design and build a better-fitting crown in about 45 minutes, using highly advanced computer software system manufactured by D4D Technologies. Henry Schein currently does business with 40 of the country’s 56 dental schools and receives requests for philanthropic assistance “on a daily basis,” according to Steve Kess, the company’s vice president of global professional relations.

“The James B. Edwards College of Dental Medicine stood out, for a couple of im-portant reasons,” said Kess. “First, Henry Schein operates under Benjamin Franklin’s philosophy of enlightened self interest, with the idea that we can do good things for our business while doing good things for society. Your dental school trains a lot of cli-nicians in the Southeast, so from a business perspective, it made sense for us to partner with you. “But beyond that, we were impressed by the quality of leadership at the college and the dedication of the faculty. The dean’s vision, especially as it relates to technology, was very much aligned with our vision of the future of dental medicine. We felt very comfortable entering this partnership.” “In these days of diminishing state support for dental education, it is impera-tive that we form partnerships with private industry so that we can affordably access the latest technologies and better serve our patients and our students,” said Dean Sanders. “This partnership with Schein and their affiliated companies empowers our college to continue on its path of using innovation and technology in order to provide the best education for our students and the best care for our patients.” Henry Schein Dental made its gift as part of Henry Schein Cares, a philanthropic program that seeks to narrow the disparity in the delivery of healthcare services and information to underserved communities in the United States and abroad.

Buddy Darby’s foursome won this year’s tournament, which raised approximately $235,000 for MUSC Children’s Hospital.

Children’s Hospital Fund board members Beth Rucker, Terri Henning and John Dunnan.

Darius Rucker entertains the crowd and helps kick off the auction.

Patient Rachel Edwards, 13, helps auction off a guitar au-tographed by Taylor Swift. The winning bid was submitted by Children’s Hospital Fund board member Mary Greenwell.

THANKS TO THESE CONTRIBUTIONS, THE COLLEGE IS NOW

AMONG THE MOST TECHNOLOGICALLY EMPOWERED DENTAL

SCHOOLS IN THE COUNTRY. IT ALSO IS ONE OF THE MORE

EFFICIENT, ABLE TO TREAT MORE PATIENTS AND TRAIN

MORE STUDENTS IN A FRACTION OF THE TIME THAN WAS

PREVIOUSLY POSSIBLE.

Jim Regan, Brett Hulsey, Paul Hulsey and Pierre Jennings were among the 11-plus golfers who took part in the tournament.

The E4D system empowers dentists to design and produce same-day crowns, inlays, onlays, and veneers with an unprecedented level of precision.

L. JOHN CLARK, of Kiawah Island. Clark is chairman of The Steamboat Capital Group, LLC and has served as CEO of BET, PLC; chairman and CEO of Coremark International, Inc., and co-founder and CEO of Compass Partners Inter-national. He received his bachelor’s degree and master’s degree in business administration from the Wharton School of Business and Commerce, The University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia.

GENERAL WALTER F. JOHNSON, III, of Georgetown, S.C., is a former chief of the U.S. Army Medical Service Corps and director of U.S. Army Worldwide Health Services Operations; former senior vice president of the American Hospital Association; former president/CEO of the Institute for Diversity in Health Management, and former president/CEO/owner of Eagle Group International, a U.S. Department of Defense contractor. He received his bachelor’s degree

from West Virginia State University and master’s degree from the University of Missouri in Kansas City. He also attended the Harvard JFK School of Government.

DANIEL J. SULLIVAN, of Kiawah Island, is president of Flyway, LLC. He was president and CEO of FedEx Ground until his retirement in De-cember 2006. He currently serves on the board of directors for the Computer Task Group in Buffalo, New York; Pike Electric, Inc. in Mt. Airy, North Carolina where he is lead director; GDS Express in Akron, Ohio; and as a commissioner on the Flight 93 Federal Advisory Commission. He received his bachelor’s degree from Amherst College.

ALLAN E. STALVEY, of Columbia, is senior vice president for the South Carolina Hospital Associa-tion and is responsible for overseeing the associa-tion’s advocacy and communication efforts.

More than 100 golfers braved an unusually cold day in December

to take part in the 6th Annual Bulls Bay Golf Challenge, generating

over $235,000 in support of MUSC Children’s Hospital.

More than 100 golfers braved an unusually cold day in December to take part in the 6th Annual Bulls Bay Golf Challenge, generating over $235,000 in sup-port of MUSC Children’s Hospital. The day began with a wonderful round of golf, followed by an auction and

amazing evening of entertainment by Darius Rucker and Edwin McCain. During the auction, Rucker auctioned off private concerts and a guest appearance in an upcoming video – a spot that was won by Scott Longfield and then donated to cancer survivor Rachel Edwards, age 13. We would like to thank Joe and Lisa Rice for donating use of the Bulls Bay Golf Club for the event, and Paul Steadman and Tommy Baker for co-chairing the event. In all, this tour-nament has raised more than $1 million for the Children’s Hospital since it was first held in 2003.

Mercedes Benz/Bulls Bay Tournament reaches $1M milestone

LEGACIES

New members join the MUSC Foundation Board of Directors

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HIGHLIGHTS

We would like to gratefully acknowledge the

generous support of the following individu-

als, businesses and foundations, whose giving

supports the Medical University’s mission of

healing.

Storm Eye Institute has received an anonymous

planned gift of $2.5 million.

Dr. Charles Crews, Medical Class of ’47, and his

wife Dorothy of Columbia have generously gifted

$1 million to endow a scholarship in the College of

Nursing and to additionally provide seed money

for an endowed chair within the Department of

Surgery.

The Abney Foundation has made a $500,000 gift to-

wards The Abney Foundation Scholars and Emerg-

ing Scholars Program at Hollings Cancer Center.

The estate of Mary C. Evert has provided $250,000

to the Neurosciences Institute designated for the

Murray Center for Research on Parkinson’s Disease

and Related Disorders.

Dr. Bruce G. Pratt has made a gift of $250,000

to support the Storm Eye Institute International

Center.

The Children’s Hospital has received a gift of

$250,000 from an anonymous donor earmarked

for the Darby Children’s Research Institute.

Dental classes celebrating their reunions this year

raised approximately $238,000 for the school’s new

clinical education building.

Mr. and Mrs. Bill Goodwin made a gift of

$200,000 to benefit the Darby Children’s Research

Institute.

The American Heart Association made gifts of

$194,000 to various cardiology research projects.

Dr. Biemann Othersen, Medical Class of ’53,

completed a $100,000 planned gift through an IRA

charitable roll-over to fund the Janelle Lester Oth-

ersen Endowed Professorship in Nursing.

Schick Technologies contributed more than

$100,000 in digital sensors for dental imaging

scanners in the Edwards College of Dental Medi-

cine’s new clinical education building.

The Spinal Research Foundation has made

a $100,000 gift to support the Darby Children’s

Research Institute’s spinal cord research program.

The Susan R. and John W. Sullivan Foundation

pledged $100,000 in support of the Hollings Can-

cer Center’s Melanoma and Skin Cancer Program.

The program will be named the Jenny Sullivan

Sanford Melanoma and Skin Cancer Program.

THE MUSC FOUNDATION

IS PLEASED TO WELCOME

THE FOLLOWING FOUR

MEMBERS TO ITS BOARD

OF DIRECTORS.

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As an example, Sanders cited the milling of dental crowns, a highly manual pro-cess that used to take three weeks or more to complete. Today, dentists at MUSC can design and build a better-fitting crown in about 45 minutes, using highly advanced computer software system manufactured by D4D Technologies. Henry Schein currently does business with 40 of the country’s 56 dental schools and receives requests for philanthropic assistance “on a daily basis,” according to Steve Kess, the company’s vice president of global professional relations.

“The James B. Edwards College of Dental Medicine stood out, for a couple of im-portant reasons,” said Kess. “First, Henry Schein operates under Benjamin Franklin’s philosophy of enlightened self interest, with the idea that we can do good things for our business while doing good things for society. Your dental school trains a lot of cli-nicians in the Southeast, so from a business perspective, it made sense for us to partner with you. “But beyond that, we were impressed by the quality of leadership at the college and the dedication of the faculty. The dean’s vision, especially as it relates to technology, was very much aligned with our vision of the future of dental medicine. We felt very comfortable entering this partnership.” “In these days of diminishing state support for dental education, it is impera-tive that we form partnerships with private industry so that we can affordably access the latest technologies and better serve our patients and our students,” said Dean Sanders. “This partnership with Schein and their affiliated companies empowers our college to continue on its path of using innovation and technology in order to provide the best education for our students and the best care for our patients.” Henry Schein Dental made its gift as part of Henry Schein Cares, a philanthropic program that seeks to narrow the disparity in the delivery of healthcare services and information to underserved communities in the United States and abroad.

Buddy Darby’s foursome won this year’s tournament, which raised approximately $235,000 for MUSC Children’s Hospital.

Children’s Hospital Fund board members Beth Rucker, Terri Henning and John Dunnan.

Darius Rucker entertains the crowd and helps kick off the auction.

Patient Rachel Edwards, 13, helps auction off a guitar au-tographed by Taylor Swift. The winning bid was submitted by Children’s Hospital Fund board member Mary Greenwell.

THANKS TO THESE CONTRIBUTIONS, THE COLLEGE IS NOW

AMONG THE MOST TECHNOLOGICALLY EMPOWERED DENTAL

SCHOOLS IN THE COUNTRY. IT ALSO IS ONE OF THE MORE

EFFICIENT, ABLE TO TREAT MORE PATIENTS AND TRAIN

MORE STUDENTS IN A FRACTION OF THE TIME THAN WAS

PREVIOUSLY POSSIBLE.

Jim Regan, Brett Hulsey, Paul Hulsey and Pierre Jennings were among the 11-plus golfers who took part in the tournament.

The E4D system empowers dentists to design and produce same-day crowns, inlays, onlays, and veneers with an unprecedented level of precision.

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CAN YOU FEEL THE HISTORY?

Desk from ‘The Colbert Report’ auctioned on behalf of MUSC

Between January 26 and February 1, viewers of Comedy Central’s “The Colbert Report” vied for an opportunity to own host Stephen Colbert’s famous C-shaped desk, which was removed from the set as part of the network’s switch to high-definition broadcasting.

The winning bid came from Maggie Dixon and family of Edmond, Oklahoma. Their bid, plus additional gifts Microsoft and others, generated $17,000 for the benefit of the Dr. James W. Colbert Endowed Chair at the Medical University, named in memory of Stephen Colbert’s father, who served as the institution’s first vice president for academic affairs.

Stephen Colbert’s association with MUSC began as a young boy when he would accompany his father, Dr. James W. Colbert, to work from time to time. Dr. Colbert joined MUSC in 1969 to oversee the school’s academic and research programs. Layton McCurdy, M.D., dean emeritus of the MUSC College of Medicine, described him as a “transformative figure” who helped the university adopt the tradi-tions of academic medicine, a doctrine that seeks to improve patient care through continual medical research and education. Dr. Colbert is also known for his role in negotiating a peaceful resolution to a vola-tile and racially divisive hospital workers strike that placed Charleston and MUSC on the front line of the nation’s civil rights movement in 1969. He died in a plane crash in Charlotte, N.C. on September 11, 1974, with two of his sons, Peter and Paul. In spring 2009, the MUSC Board of Trustees voted to name its education center and library in memory of Dr. Colbert.

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THEIR BID, PLUS ADDITIONAL GIFTS MICROSOFT AND OTHERS,

GENERATED $17,000 FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE DR. JAMES W.

COLBERT ENDOWED CHAIR AT THE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY, NAMED

IN MEMORY OF STEPHEN COLBERT’S FATHER, WHO SERVED AS THE

INSTITUTION’S FIRST VICE PRESIDENT FOR ACADEMIC AFFAIRS.

The estate of Dolores A. Keating has gifted

$84,000 to fund the James A. Keating Jr. En-

dowed Chair in Diabetes.

SybronEndo and Ultradent Products have

pledged $75,000 for student kits for the College

of Dental Medicine’s Graduate Endodontics

Program.

The Duke Endowment has made a gift of

$70,000 to support a project in cardiology,

studying disparities in medicine.

The Glades Foundation has provided a gift of

$65,000 to the Dalton Vitreoretinal Research

Center.

The Pharmacy Network Foundation of Raleigh,

N.C., made a generous gift of $60,000 to support

pharmacy student scholarships. This gift was in

addition to an earlier commitment of $2 million

to help the S.C. College of Pharmacy build a new

building on its Charleston campus.

Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Darby made a gift of

$52,600 to benefit the Darby Children’s Research

Institute.

Dr. Gary Bell, Medical Class of ‘83, has made the

MUSC Foundation the owner of a $50,000 life

insurance policy to support an endowed scholar-

ship in the College of Medicine.

Mr. Brent Brady, Pharmacy Class of ’96, has

committed $50,000 to create the Brent Brady ’96

Endowed Scholarship Fund in the S.C. College of

Pharmacy.

Dr. Pamela M. Kaminski, Dental Class of ’89,

has made a $50,000 bequest for the College of

Dental Medicine’s clinical education building.

Dr. Kenneth Lowry and his wife, Kristin, have

established a $50,000 deferred charitable gift an-

nuity to benefit the College of Dental Medicine

Building Fund.

Dr. and Mrs. Jerry Reves have established a de-

ferred gift annuity for $50,000 to support the Dr.

Joseph Gerald Reves and Virginia Cathcart Reves

Arboretum.

CREATIVE Keys to Estate Planning Ease

There are few things in life we can do so easily that make such a

big difference. Having a well thought out estate plan is one of

them. Those who complete a plan are almost always amazed at

how quickly and easily it can be accomplished. Those who in-

clude a charity or nonprofit organization in their plans are among the happi-

est. It’s easy to see why. Without the worries of day-to-day living, we are free

to do so much more in our will than we can do while we’re alive.

If you do not have a will or have not included a cause like ours in it, why

not create one or amend it to include your gift? You can have a huge impact

on the Medical University by including as little as 1% or 2% of your estate. If

you think on a grander scale, you can leave a fixed dollar amount or a greater

percentage. The flexibility and choice rests entirely with you.

Remember that when you include the MUSC Foundation in your will or

plan, your estate is reduced by that amount, which means that much less is

subject to estate taxes. The money that would have gone to the government

can be strategically used to help your family and loved ones as well as the

causes you cherish.

Those who write wills often remark at the good feeling they experience

knowing they have made a difference that will last beyond their years. If you

need help finding an attorney or want some general information, call or

email us and we can point you in the right direction.

You can change your estate plan in ways beyond your actual will. You can

make the following tax-advantaged gifts in conjunction with your will:

IRA, 401(k), 403(b)

Contact your plan administrator and ask to change your plan beneficiaries.

By following the procedures outlined by your administrator, you can easily make a change to include a charity. Any funds

gifted this way remain outside your estate and

are not subject to estate tax.

TrustsBy using one or more of the dozens of

varieties of Trusts, especially Charitable Trusts, you and your advisor can plan for your family and charitable priori-

ties while managing taxes and providing income for you during life.

Life insuranceWhen working with your attorney and advisor, the proper use of life insurance

can be a remarkably efficient way to pass wealth to your family, reduce estate taxes, or make a much larger gift than

you would otherwise be able to make to charity.

Outlining the Story of Your Life

HAVE YOU EVER THOUGHT ABOUT WHAT THINGS YOU WOULD

QUICKLY GATHER IF THERE WAS A FIRE OR EARTHQUAKE? THEN

YOU HAVE ALREADY DONE MANY OF THE THINGS THAT ARE

IMPORTANT IN MAKING AN ESTATE PLAN.

In reality, an estate plan is nothing more and nothing less than a listing of

what you have (or expect to have) and what you want done. It is arranging

for the things you have to go to the people or organizations you want to have

them.

Once you have made the decision to have a will (or update the one you

already have), call us and ask for a free Wills Guide. It has a simple format

(like a questionnaire) that is easy to complete and looks similar to types of

planning forms you have used before.

You will not be surprised to see that the guide asks many of the questions

you would expect and is organized to help you begin to think about the

people, things, and priorities in your life.

Writing your plan is easy, especially when compared with the cost and

trouble of trying to determine your wishes when you are not here to explain

them. Writing a will with the guide and your attorney is so easy that you will

be glad you did, and so will those you care about. With a little planning, you

can make a big difference.

For more information about

how to include the Medical University

Foundation in your estate plans,

please call Toni Jernigan at

(843) 792-2236, toll-free at

(800) 810-6872 (MUSC) or

email jernigat@musc.edu. or

visit www.musc.edu/giving.

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CAN YOU FEEL THE HISTORY?

Desk from ‘The Colbert Report’ auctioned on behalf of MUSC

Between January 26 and February 1, viewers of Comedy Central’s “The Colbert Report” vied for an opportunity to own host Stephen Colbert’s famous C-shaped desk, which was removed from the set as part of the network’s switch to high-definition broadcasting.

The winning bid came from Maggie Dixon and family of Edmond, Oklahoma. Their bid, plus additional gifts Microsoft and others, generated $17,000 for the benefit of the Dr. James W. Colbert Endowed Chair at the Medical University, named in memory of Stephen Colbert’s father, who served as the institution’s first vice president for academic affairs.

Stephen Colbert’s association with MUSC began as a young boy when he would accompany his father, Dr. James W. Colbert, to work from time to time. Dr. Colbert joined MUSC in 1969 to oversee the school’s academic and research programs. Layton McCurdy, M.D., dean emeritus of the MUSC College of Medicine, described him as a “transformative figure” who helped the university adopt the tradi-tions of academic medicine, a doctrine that seeks to improve patient care through continual medical research and education. Dr. Colbert is also known for his role in negotiating a peaceful resolution to a vola-tile and racially divisive hospital workers strike that placed Charleston and MUSC on the front line of the nation’s civil rights movement in 1969. He died in a plane crash in Charlotte, N.C. on September 11, 1974, with two of his sons, Peter and Paul. In spring 2009, the MUSC Board of Trustees voted to name its education center and library in memory of Dr. Colbert.

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THEIR BID, PLUS ADDITIONAL GIFTS MICROSOFT AND OTHERS,

GENERATED $17,000 FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE DR. JAMES W.

COLBERT ENDOWED CHAIR AT THE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY, NAMED

IN MEMORY OF STEPHEN COLBERT’S FATHER, WHO SERVED AS THE

INSTITUTION’S FIRST VICE PRESIDENT FOR ACADEMIC AFFAIRS.

The estate of Dolores A. Keating has gifted

$84,000 to fund the James A. Keating Jr. En-

dowed Chair in Diabetes.

SybronEndo and Ultradent Products have

pledged $75,000 for student kits for the College

of Dental Medicine’s Graduate Endodontics

Program.

The Duke Endowment has made a gift of

$70,000 to support a project in cardiology,

studying disparities in medicine.

The Glades Foundation has provided a gift of

$65,000 to the Dalton Vitreoretinal Research

Center.

The Pharmacy Network Foundation of Raleigh,

N.C., made a generous gift of $60,000 to support

pharmacy student scholarships. This gift was in

addition to an earlier commitment of $2 million

to help the S.C. College of Pharmacy build a new

building on its Charleston campus.

Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Darby made a gift of

$52,600 to benefit the Darby Children’s Research

Institute.

Dr. Gary Bell, Medical Class of ‘83, has made the

MUSC Foundation the owner of a $50,000 life

insurance policy to support an endowed scholar-

ship in the College of Medicine.

Mr. Brent Brady, Pharmacy Class of ’96, has

committed $50,000 to create the Brent Brady ’96

Endowed Scholarship Fund in the S.C. College of

Pharmacy.

Dr. Pamela M. Kaminski, Dental Class of ’89,

has made a $50,000 bequest for the College of

Dental Medicine’s clinical education building.

Dr. Kenneth Lowry and his wife, Kristin, have

established a $50,000 deferred charitable gift an-

nuity to benefit the College of Dental Medicine

Building Fund.

Dr. and Mrs. Jerry Reves have established a de-

ferred gift annuity for $50,000 to support the Dr.

Joseph Gerald Reves and Virginia Cathcart Reves

Arboretum.

CREATIVE Keys to Estate Planning Ease

There are few things in life we can do so easily that make such a

big difference. Having a well thought out estate plan is one of

them. Those who complete a plan are almost always amazed at

how quickly and easily it can be accomplished. Those who in-

clude a charity or nonprofit organization in their plans are among the happi-

est. It’s easy to see why. Without the worries of day-to-day living, we are free

to do so much more in our will than we can do while we’re alive.

If you do not have a will or have not included a cause like ours in it, why

not create one or amend it to include your gift? You can have a huge impact

on the Medical University by including as little as 1% or 2% of your estate. If

you think on a grander scale, you can leave a fixed dollar amount or a greater

percentage. The flexibility and choice rests entirely with you.

Remember that when you include the MUSC Foundation in your will or

plan, your estate is reduced by that amount, which means that much less is

subject to estate taxes. The money that would have gone to the government

can be strategically used to help your family and loved ones as well as the

causes you cherish.

Those who write wills often remark at the good feeling they experience

knowing they have made a difference that will last beyond their years. If you

need help finding an attorney or want some general information, call or

email us and we can point you in the right direction.

You can change your estate plan in ways beyond your actual will. You can

make the following tax-advantaged gifts in conjunction with your will:

IRA, 401(k), 403(b)

Contact your plan administrator and ask to change your plan beneficiaries.

By following the procedures outlined by your administrator, you can easily make a change to include a charity. Any funds

gifted this way remain outside your estate and

are not subject to estate tax.

TrustsBy using one or more of the dozens of

varieties of Trusts, especially Charitable Trusts, you and your advisor can plan for your family and charitable priori-

ties while managing taxes and providing income for you during life.

Life insuranceWhen working with your attorney and advisor, the proper use of life insurance

can be a remarkably efficient way to pass wealth to your family, reduce estate taxes, or make a much larger gift than

you would otherwise be able to make to charity.

Outlining the Story of Your Life

HAVE YOU EVER THOUGHT ABOUT WHAT THINGS YOU WOULD

QUICKLY GATHER IF THERE WAS A FIRE OR EARTHQUAKE? THEN

YOU HAVE ALREADY DONE MANY OF THE THINGS THAT ARE

IMPORTANT IN MAKING AN ESTATE PLAN.

In reality, an estate plan is nothing more and nothing less than a listing of

what you have (or expect to have) and what you want done. It is arranging

for the things you have to go to the people or organizations you want to have

them.

Once you have made the decision to have a will (or update the one you

already have), call us and ask for a free Wills Guide. It has a simple format

(like a questionnaire) that is easy to complete and looks similar to types of

planning forms you have used before.

You will not be surprised to see that the guide asks many of the questions

you would expect and is organized to help you begin to think about the

people, things, and priorities in your life.

Writing your plan is easy, especially when compared with the cost and

trouble of trying to determine your wishes when you are not here to explain

them. Writing a will with the guide and your attorney is so easy that you will

be glad you did, and so will those you care about. With a little planning, you

can make a big difference.

For more information about

how to include the Medical University

Foundation in your estate plans,

please call Toni Jernigan at

(843) 792-2236, toll-free at

(800) 810-6872 (MUSC) or

email jernigat@musc.edu. or

visit www.musc.edu/giving.

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The Hilton Head Island Dean’s Advisory Board 2nd Annual Barbeque Benefit once

again was a smashing success. More than $9,000 was raised to fully endow the

College of Nursing’s 125th Anniversary Nursing Scholarship Fund that will support

nursing students in their pursuit to become innovative nurses of the future. At left

are (top row, l-r) Kevin Lawless, Wes Jones, Joe Harden, Timmons Herring, May-

nard Barker (seated, l-r) Zeke Jordan and Bill Carson.

Renowned designer and colon-cancer survivor Carmen Marc Valvo, second

from right, took time from Charleston Fashion Week 2010 to visit Hollings

Cancer Center. Valvo is an activist and supporter of cancer research for all

cancers. (l-r) HCC Development Director Rachael Smith, Dr. Kristin Wallace,

Marc Valvo, and Liz MacPherson from Saks Fifth Avenue.

(l-r) Paul and Merrill Barringer, Vivian Richardson and MUSC President Emeritus

James B. Edwards share a laugh at the College of Nursing’s Barbeque Benefit.

The 2nd annual Catwalk for Kids, hosted by Mary Norton, Charleston Fashion

Week, Saks Fifth Avenue and Oak Steakhouse, generated over $240,000 for

MUSC Children’s Hospital on March 18. Celebrity guests such as Darius

Rucker, Edwin McCain, and cast members from “Army Wives” teamed up

with patients to design and make custom handbags, which were then

auctioned off. Pictured here are Mary Norton and Dr. Michelle Hudspeth,

director of the Division of Hematology/Oncology.

Lion Toni McHugh, Director of Development at Storm Eye Institute, recently

visited Boiling Springs to pay special recognition to the LEO Club of Boiling

Springs High School for its support of Storm Eye Research. The LEO Club gave

a total of $1,500 during the past year and has given over $4,000 during the past

three years to Storm Eye. Pictured here are (l-r): Lion Toni McHugh, Leo Johnny

Uy, Principal Chuck Gordon, Leo Kira Hoosier, Leo Meredith Marlowe, Leo Drew

Morris, and sponsoring Lion Wally Mathis

Hollings Cancer Center recently dedicated its Bone Marrow

Transplant Suite in memory of Debra A. Frei-Lahr, M.D., who

died of cancer in August of 2008. Dr. Frei-Lahr, who helped

pioneer the blood and bone marrow transplant (BMT) program

at MUSC, treated patients here from 1989-2007 and served as

BMT program director from 2003-2007. Pictured here are

family members (l-r) J. Matthew Waldrop, Kelley Frei-Lahr

Waldrop, Dr. Christopher J. Lahr, Derek Frei Lahr, Beverly

Lahr and Paul Lahr.

On March 4-6, MUSC Children’s Hospital and Clear Channel aired the 2010 Cares for Kids

Radiothon on WEZL and Y102.5. The event was a great success, raising over $130,000.

Here, cancer survivor Rachel Edwards is pictured here with radio hosts from WEZL and

Y102.5 as she presents the event check.

Knology of Charleston’s 2nd Annual Pajama Run benefiting Hollings was a

huge success. More than 150 runners donned pjs and slippers to run and

walk in the 5k to raise research money for “cancers below the waist.” The

3rd Annual 5K Pajama Run will take place on November 13th, 2010, and

is expected to nearly double the number of runners and walkers as well

as the amount raised. Pictured here are Dr. Scott Eblen, center, with Todd

Trevillian and Kayla Droney of Knology.

The Visions of the Future Rock Concert held on February 27, 2010, was a great success at

the Historic Columbia Raceway with the proceeds supporting Storm Eye Institute (SEI).

The event was produced by Tiffany Smith, a patient of the institute. Pictured top (l-r) Cory

Plaugh, Angela Freeman, Josh Latham, Tiffany Smith, Elise Testone, Dr. Bill Johnson, mem-

ber of SEI Board of Directors, and Dr. Garner Wild of Columbia Eye Clinic, FatRat Da Czar.

Bottom (l-r) Daniel Strickland, Justin Smith, DJ Lex, Jebb Mac.

Debra A. Frei-Lahr, MD

The 2010 College of Charleston Dance Marathon danced itself into the

record books in its fourth year on campus. More than 480 CofC stu-

dents registered for the event and pledged to raise a minimum of $150

each and stay up all night in honor of those who can’t, at the MUSC

Children’s Hospital. During the 15 hour event, the participants and

the MUSC families enjoyed a selection of entertainment that ranged

from local bands to shag lessons to a glow stick rave to an air guitar

competition. The culmination of a year of fund-raising ended with the

2010 total of $75,000.

The 19th Annual Reindeer Run, sponsored by Piggly Wiggly and Half-

Moon Outfitters, was held on December 5. The race brought out over

3,000, all wearing festive holiday clothing. The event netted just over

$70,000 for MUSC Children’s Hospital.

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The Hilton Head Island Dean’s Advisory Board 2nd Annual Barbeque Benefit once

again was a smashing success. More than $9,000 was raised to fully endow the

College of Nursing’s 125th Anniversary Nursing Scholarship Fund that will support

nursing students in their pursuit to become innovative nurses of the future. At left

are (top row, l-r) Kevin Lawless, Wes Jones, Joe Harden, Timmons Herring, May-

nard Barker (seated, l-r) Zeke Jordan and Bill Carson.

Renowned designer and colon-cancer survivor Carmen Marc Valvo, second

from right, took time from Charleston Fashion Week 2010 to visit Hollings

Cancer Center. Valvo is an activist and supporter of cancer research for all

cancers. (l-r) HCC Development Director Rachael Smith, Dr. Kristin Wallace,

Marc Valvo, and Liz MacPherson from Saks Fifth Avenue.

(l-r) Paul and Merrill Barringer, Vivian Richardson and MUSC President Emeritus

James B. Edwards share a laugh at the College of Nursing’s Barbeque Benefit.

The 2nd annual Catwalk for Kids, hosted by Mary Norton, Charleston Fashion

Week, Saks Fifth Avenue and Oak Steakhouse, generated over $240,000 for

MUSC Children’s Hospital on March 18. Celebrity guests such as Darius

Rucker, Edwin McCain, and cast members from “Army Wives” teamed up

with patients to design and make custom handbags, which were then

auctioned off. Pictured here are Mary Norton and Dr. Michelle Hudspeth,

director of the Division of Hematology/Oncology.

Lion Toni McHugh, Director of Development at Storm Eye Institute, recently

visited Boiling Springs to pay special recognition to the LEO Club of Boiling

Springs High School for its support of Storm Eye Research. The LEO Club gave

a total of $1,500 during the past year and has given over $4,000 during the past

three years to Storm Eye. Pictured here are (l-r): Lion Toni McHugh, Leo Johnny

Uy, Principal Chuck Gordon, Leo Kira Hoosier, Leo Meredith Marlowe, Leo Drew

Morris, and sponsoring Lion Wally Mathis

Hollings Cancer Center recently dedicated its Bone Marrow

Transplant Suite in memory of Debra A. Frei-Lahr, M.D., who

died of cancer in August of 2008. Dr. Frei-Lahr, who helped

pioneer the blood and bone marrow transplant (BMT) program

at MUSC, treated patients here from 1989-2007 and served as

BMT program director from 2003-2007. Pictured here are

family members (l-r) J. Matthew Waldrop, Kelley Frei-Lahr

Waldrop, Dr. Christopher J. Lahr, Derek Frei Lahr, Beverly

Lahr and Paul Lahr.

On March 4-6, MUSC Children’s Hospital and Clear Channel aired the 2010 Cares for Kids

Radiothon on WEZL and Y102.5. The event was a great success, raising over $130,000.

Here, cancer survivor Rachel Edwards is pictured here with radio hosts from WEZL and

Y102.5 as she presents the event check.

Knology of Charleston’s 2nd Annual Pajama Run benefiting Hollings was a

huge success. More than 150 runners donned pjs and slippers to run and

walk in the 5k to raise research money for “cancers below the waist.” The

3rd Annual 5K Pajama Run will take place on November 13th, 2010, and

is expected to nearly double the number of runners and walkers as well

as the amount raised. Pictured here are Dr. Scott Eblen, center, with Todd

Trevillian and Kayla Droney of Knology.

The Visions of the Future Rock Concert held on February 27, 2010, was a great success at

the Historic Columbia Raceway with the proceeds supporting Storm Eye Institute (SEI).

The event was produced by Tiffany Smith, a patient of the institute. Pictured top (l-r) Cory

Plaugh, Angela Freeman, Josh Latham, Tiffany Smith, Elise Testone, Dr. Bill Johnson, mem-

ber of SEI Board of Directors, and Dr. Garner Wild of Columbia Eye Clinic, FatRat Da Czar.

Bottom (l-r) Daniel Strickland, Justin Smith, DJ Lex, Jebb Mac.

Debra A. Frei-Lahr, MD

The 2010 College of Charleston Dance Marathon danced itself into the

record books in its fourth year on campus. More than 480 CofC stu-

dents registered for the event and pledged to raise a minimum of $150

each and stay up all night in honor of those who can’t, at the MUSC

Children’s Hospital. During the 15 hour event, the participants and

the MUSC families enjoyed a selection of entertainment that ranged

from local bands to shag lessons to a glow stick rave to an air guitar

competition. The culmination of a year of fund-raising ended with the

2010 total of $75,000.

The 19th Annual Reindeer Run, sponsored by Piggly Wiggly and Half-

Moon Outfitters, was held on December 5. The race brought out over

3,000, all wearing festive holiday clothing. The event netted just over

$70,000 for MUSC Children’s Hospital.

Nearly 800 people turned out to help the Medical Univer-sity cut the ribbon to its new dental clinical education center and re-name South Carolina’s only dental school as a lasting tribute to James B. Edwards, D.M.D., MUSC

president emeritus. Edwards has contributed much to South Carolina and the country in his long-standing career as a dedicated oral surgeon, state senator, governor, U.S. presidential cabinet member and MUSC president, and was honored by MUSC faculty, staff, students and dental medi-cine alumni during the school’s alumni weekend festivities. “With the state’s only dental school, MUSC plays a critical role in providing the dentists who serve all South Carolinians,” said Ray Greenberg, M.D., Ph.D., MUSC president. “With the opening of the new building, our students are being taught in the most advanced facility of its kind in the country. The school also honors the legacy of Jim Edwards, who began his career as an oral surgeon and ended it by leading MUSC through a remarkable two decades of growth and development.”

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MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA

SPRING 2010

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261 Calhoun Street, Suite 306

MSC 182

Charleston, SC 29425

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Legacies is published by MUSC’s Office of Development for its benefactors and friends

of the university. For more information contact John Nash, director of communications, at

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“His entire life stands as a testament

to the values of integrity and service,

which we hope to instill in each of our

students. It is a privilege to rename

the college in his honor.”Jack Sanders, D.M.D., James B. Edwards College of Dental Medicine dean

MUSC names dental school in honor of Dr. James B. Edwards

MUSC President Emeritus James B. Edwards and his wife, Ann.

New clinical and teaching facility dedicated

to Edwards’ service, guidance

Dental patients at MUSC will enjoy quicker service, better outcomes and a broader array of highly advanced servic-es, thanks in large part to a gift by Henry Schein Dental to the James B. Edwards College of Dental Medicine.

The company, which distributes dental products and technologies, teamed up with its strategic business partners to provide the school with $1.6 million in supplies and technologies, including digital radi-ography machines, cone-beam scanners and E4D CAD/CAM systems. Schein also installed, licensed and networked all of the new tech-nologies throughout the entire college, making it possible for many

During Edwards’ tenure at MUSC, the university increased its campus size from 1.5 million square feet to 5 million square feet, strengthening ev-ery aspect of its three-part mission of education, patient care and scientific discovery in the process. During his 17-year tenure, Edwards and his wife, Ann, helped MUSC forge a national reputation for health care excellence, setting a pace for growth and progress that continues to build momentum today. “His entire life stands as a testament to the values of integrity and service, which we hope to instill in each of our students,” said Jack Sanders, D.M.D., James B. Edwards College of Dental Medicine dean. “It is a privilege to rename the college in his honor. I want to emphasize that this new building would not have been possible without the support of hundreds of individu-als, businesses and organizations who have brought us to this exciting point in history, especially the dentists and alumni who work and live in South Carolina.” Student Government Association President and dental student Shel-don Bates also acknowledged the school’s track record and how things are changing. “We are learning with new technologies and state-of-the-art equipment which will launch us, and future graduates, into a higher echelon of performance in the field of dentistry,” he said. “As a student at this time in the development of the dental program here at MUSC, I can see a glimpse of where we have been and can begin to envision what the future of den-tistry holds in the state of South Carolina. This is indeed an exciting time.”

Gift puts dental school on leading edge of technologystudents and dentists to access and use it at the same time. Thanks to these contributions, the college is now among the most techno-logically empowered dental schools in the country. It also is one of the more efficient, able to treat more patients and train more students in a fraction of the time than was previously possible. “More importantly, we’re able to achieve better outcomes,” noted the college’s dean, Jack Sanders. “The technologies we’ve acquired give us control over variables that were previously beyond the dentist’s control. They also allow us to treat patients in fewer steps and with fewer people, which further reduces the margin for error.”

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Charles E. VolpeOctober 5, 1937 - March 16, 2010

IT IS WITH DEEP REGRET THAT WE

ANNOUNCE THE PASSING OF CHARLES E.

VOLPE, A BENEFACTOR AND FOUNDING

MEMBER OF THE HEART & VASCULAR

CENTER’S BOARD WHO DIED ON THE

MORNING OF MARCH 16, 2010.

A native of Manchester, N.Y., Mr. Volpe was the retired president and COO of Greenville-based KEMET. Upon his retirement in 1996, he and his wife,

Andrea (“Andi”), moved to Charleston and became deeply involved with the city’s civic, educational, health care and cultural communities. Together, they were generous supporters of many orga-nizations in Charleston, including the College of Charleston, Spoleto Festival USA, the Gibbes Museum of Art and the Charleston Symphony Orchestra. Mr. Volpe was especially supportive of health-related causes, stemming largely from his family’s

experiences with poor health. When he was 5 years old, his sister died at age 16 from the effects of multiple sclerosis. A year later, his father died of a heart attack at age 54. His five brothers also died of heart attacks, each before age 65. In his inimitably proactive fashion, Mr. Volpe worked to address the state’s leading health care challenge – heart disease – through his volunteer service on the advisory board of the Medical University’s Heart & Vascular Center, a position that he held from the board’s inception until the time of his death. He also played an early lead-ership role in establishing the Michael E. Assey Endowed Chair in Clinical Cardiology and the Dr. Peter C. Gazes Endowed Chair in Clinical Cardiology. In 2006, he and Mrs. Volpe quietly made a major donation to the Medical University – one of the larger in the institution’s history – to help it build a new institute for prevention of and intervention for heart disease. On a personal level Chuck Volpe was a remark-able humanist. A good communicator and an even better listener, he was flexible and in possession of a great sense of humor. His goal in life was to help other people, to make their lives better. He gave of himself to his friends and especially his family. Many people will miss him.

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Andi and Chuck Volpe