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Masonic foundation exceeds pledge to KU Cancer Center

June 6, 2008 – 2:58 am

The Kansas Masonic Foundation has surpassed its $15 million pledge to support cancer research through the University of Kansas Cancer Center — and has done so a year ahead of schedule.

Foundation President Jeff Sowder said in a release Monday that a recent $2 million gift from the Mark and Bette Morris Foundation increased the Kansas Masonic Foundation’s total giving to KU Cancer Center to more than $15.2 million. The Masonic foundation launched the five-year Partnership for Life Campaign to fulfill the $15 million pledge to KU Cancer Center in November 2003.

In recognition of the Masonic Foundation’s generous support of cancer research, the KU Medical Center named the KU Cancer Center’s research wing the Kansas Masonic Research Institute. The new $15 million pledge brings the foundation’s total support for KU cancer research to more than $20 million.

“The Masons of Kansas have made a great impact on the KU Cancer Center,” Sowder said in the release. “We are extremely proud of the success of our Partnership for Life Campaign. Kansas Masons and friends have been generous in their giving. … But our partnership with KU Cancer Center is lifelong, and we will continue our efforts until there is a cure for this dreaded disease.”

An important interim goal, the release said, is to assist KU Cancer Center in achieving designation as a comprehensive cancer center from the National Cancer Institute. Roy Jensen, director of the KU Cancer Center and its Kansas Masonic Cancer Research Institute, said recently that NCI designation will translate into about $40 million a year in NCI research grants for investigators throughout Kansas and Western Missouri.

“The funds raised by Kansas Masons will help advance cancer awareness and research throughout the region,” Jensen said in the release Monday. “The institute seeks to bring to KU Cancer Center new cancer research programs, new resources for determining and providing more effective treatments, and greater opportunities to collaborate with the finest researchers around the world to conquer all forms of cancer.”

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