Donor Profiles Archive

Seventh grader Maddy Jo Katz of Bexley, Ohio has a very simple, yet hugely ambitious, goal: to help cure scleroderma.

Together with our alumni, we strive to sustain an interplay of dialog and attentive listening, resulting in a lasting impact that benefits others, while also breathing life into a dream.

Approximately six years ago, Darren Latimer was diagnosed with a brain tumor. And for almost as long a time, he and his wife Allison Latimer have been dedicated advocates and supporters of the Northwestern Brain Tumor Institute (NBTI).

Since 1999, Corinne McCoy has helped promote lung cancer research and early detection programs at the Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center of Northwestern University.

Philanthropic contributions support studies developed by physician researchers to discover whether promising approaches to cancer prevention, diagnosis, and treatment are safe and effective.

Longtime supporters of Dr. Steve Rosen and the Lurie Cancer Center, the Friend family advances prostate cancer research through their annual giving.

Since December 2003, Kathie Romines has generously supported brain tumor research at the Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center of Northwestern University.

The late Joseph and Marjorie Lanterman have provided a transforming $9.85 million gift to Northwestern's Division of Vascular Surgery in appreciation for the care they received over the years at Northwestern.

Thanks to the generosity of Candice Johnson and other committed patients and friends, the Mary Beth Richmond, MD, Scholarship Fund is fully endowed in perpetuity and will impact generations of students.

Drs. Frable, both 1959 Northwestern University medical school graduates, agree that their motives for philanthropic support of Feinberg were “prompted by a desire to give back to an institution that gave me an excellent medical education."

The Carol Gollob Foundation for Breast Cancer Research’s philanthropy toward the Lurie Cancer Center advances the efforts of Dr. Lynette Craft, assistant professor and kinesiologist.

The Renee Israel Foundation was founded in 2006 by David Israel and his daughters Ivy, Jamie, and Emily, in memory of their late wife and mother, Renee Israel.