Annual Report 2001 - the University of Massachusetts Medical School

INVESTITURE CELEBRATES
NEW ENDOWMENTS THROUGH WFBR
Three endowed professorships and an
endowed chair were established at UMass
Medical School through the Worcester
Foundation for Biomedical Research in
2001.The Gladys Smith Martin Chair in
Gastrointestinal Cancer, established by the
H.Arthur Smith Charitable Foundation in
honor of Mr. Smith’s late sister, was
awarded to Professor of Medicine Timothy
C.Wang, MD, who is internationally recognized
for his study of the hormone
gastrin and its role in the development of
stomach and colon cancer.The Smith
Charitable Foundation also funded the
Barbara Helen Smith Chair in Preventive
and Behavioral Medicine, which honors
Mr. Smith’s cousin; Judith K. Ockene,
PhD, professor of medicine, director of
the Division of Preventive and Behavioral
Medicine and principal investigator of the
National Institutes of Health Women’s
Health Initiative, was invested into the
chair.The Higgins Family Professorship in
Neuroscience was funded by both the
Higgins Charitable Remainder Unitrust,
established by Alice C. and Milton P.
Higgins II, and the Higgins Family Fund,
a permanent endowment fund established
by the Higgins family. The professorship,
the first endowment for the new
Department of Neurobiology, was awarded
to Steven M. Reppert, MD, professor and
chair of the department and a leading
expert on biological rhythms. Barbara
and Nathan Greenberg of Worcester were
recognized at the Investiture ceremony
Gregg McCarty Wang (left) and Timothy Wang with members of the H. Arthur Smith
Charitable Foundation, trustees Janice and Pamela Martin and Chairman Matthew
Erskine, at June 2001 Investiture ceremonies. The Gladys Smith Martin Chair in
Gastrointestinal Cancer, held by Dr. Wang, is named in memory of Janice's and
Pamela's mother.
Vivian Sigel (left) and husband Mort Sigel (second from right), immediate past chairman
of the Worcester Foundation, at Investiture ceremonies with Nathan and Barbara
Greenberg, who established the Barbara and Nathan Greenberg Chair in Biomedical
Research at UMMS.
for their establishment of the Barbara and Nathan Greenberg Chair in Biomedical Research. Elliot J.Androphy, MD,
a nationally recognized dermatologist and virologist, has been named the inaugural chair, and will be invested during
ceremonies in 2002.
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