Philanthropist Donates $75M for Stanford Stem Cell Center
Lorry Lokey, a philanthropist and founder of Business Wire, is donating $75 million to help the Stanford University School of Medicine build what could be the country's largest stem cell research center. School officials say Lokey is the lead contributor for the $200 million stem cell research center. The center is expected to be complete in the summer of 2010.
- "Stanford Gets $75 Million for Stem Cell Center" (Bulaw, San Francisco Chronicle, 10/6).