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Esther B. O'Keeffe Foundation gives $2 million to the Scripps Research Institute
Date:5/30/2012

JUPITER, FL The Esther B. O'Keeffe Charitable Foundation has made a $2 million donation to The Scripps Research Institute to fund biomedical research and education on the Florida campus. In recognition of the gift, the Founders Room and the adjoining board room at Scripps Florida have been named the Esther B. O'Keeffe Founders Suite.

"I know I speak for the entire Scripps community when I wholeheartedly thank the Esther B. O'Keefe Charitable Foundation," said Scripps Research President and CEO Michael A. Marletta. "Gifts of this magnitude are transformative and will go directly towards the next generation of discoveries to understand, cure, and treat human disease."

"We are delighted to contribute to The Scripps Research Institute's important scientific and educational work," said Clare O'Keeffe, executive trustee of the foundation. "These efforts are tremendously exciting and we are proud to be part of them."

The Esther B. O'Keeffe Charitable Foundation was established in 1990 by the late philanthropist Esther B. O'Keeffe, wife of respected surgeon and philanthropist Dr. Arthur O'Keeffe. Their children now carry on the family tradition by serving as trustees of the foundation, which supports a variety of health and medical research causes, as well as a broad spectrum of arts and cultural programs.

Over the years, the foundation has supported innovative non-embryonic stem cell research at Scripps Research, helping to advance breakthroughs in the development of new treatments for conditions such as diabetes, Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, hearing loss, and spinal cord damage.

The new unrestricted gift will be used to fund special initiatives on the Florida campus. In the past, unrestricted funds have provided state-of-the-art scientific infrastructure, funded "out of the box" research projects, provided crucial "bridge funding" for scientists between grants, and enabled graduate students to study in the institute's
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