Research Issue - Harvard School of Dental Medicine

alumni fo custhe “Dental Infirmary of the Massachusetts General Hospital.”In 1910, the Dental School relocated to its permanent homeon Longwood Avenue. Guralnick has been a beloved majorforce in OMS at Harvard, having been appointed to both theSchool’s Department and the hospital staff in 1950.As part of the bicentennial celebration, the OMS Departmenthas launched an online museum (www.massgeneral.org/omfs/history) and will cap off the year’s activities with a bicentennialevent for OMS–Mass General alumni, to be held June 17 and 18,2011 (www.massgeneral.org/omfs/about/bicentennial.aspx).HOpposite: Walter Guralnick (center) is flanked by Leonard Kaban, chair of the HSDM Department of Oral and MaxillofacialSurgery (left), and HSDM Dean Bruce Donoff. Former students of Guralnick’s, they each hold a professorship named in his honor:Kaban is the Walter C. Guralnick Professor of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, while Donoff is the Walter C. Guralnick DistinguishedProfessor of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery.Support HSDM — AND Receive an Income for LifeHSDM offers you many ways to support the School and ensure its strong future—including financial vehicles thatcan provide you with a guaranteed income for life.One of these vehicles is a charitable gift annuity. This is a simple contract between you and HSDM that offers atax-advantage income. In exchange for a contribution of cash, securities, or other property, you receive a secureincome for life, a charitable income-tax deduction, and favorable tax rates on the income; avoid capital gains tax;and save on gift and estate taxes. If you defer the start date of your income payments, your rate and tax deductionwill be higher (see tables below).One-Life Harvard Charitable Gift AnnuityAge of Income Recipient Annuity Rate60 5.8%65 5.9%70 6.2%75 6.9%80 8%Two-Life Harvard Charitable Gift AnnuityAges of Income Recipients Annuity Rate60, 60 5.3%65, 65 5.5%70, 70 5.8%75, 75 6.2%80, 80 7.5%Another vehicle is a charitable remainder trust. By creating a charitable remainder trust, you make a significant gift toHSDM while receiving an income for life or for a term of years. You may choose to invest your trust with the Harvardendowment option—offering the potential to increase the value of your gift as well as the amount of your income.To explore life-income gifts to HSDM, contact:Wanda Mock, Assistant Dean for Development and Alumni Relations, Harvard School of Dental Medicine617-432-5356 • wanda_mock@hsdm.harvard.eduorJohn Christel, Associate Director, University Planned Giving, Harvard University800-446-1277 • john_christel@harvard.edu7