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School of Dentistry Receives Record Donation
The UCSF School of Dentistry has received a bequest of $6.5 million, the largest single
gift in the dental school's history. The bequest came from the estate of Gladys Barber of
San Francisco. Barber's deceased husband, Leland, was a member of the School of
Dentistry's Class of 1919.
The gift will be used to establish two Leland A. and Gladys K. Barber Distinguished
Professorships in Dentistry, each funded at $2.5 million. The balance of the bequest will
be used to fund an endowed chair. Specifics have yet to be worked out but all three
positions will be designed to provide the broadest benefit to the School of Dentistry,
said Charles Bertolami, dean of the School of Dentistry. These endowed positions will
generate the annual income necessary to support the efforts of three distinguished
scholars.
Barber had a dental practice in downtown San Francisco but retired when he was 50 due to
health problems. He died in 1986 at the age of 85. His wife Gladys died in 1998 at the age
of 93. The Barbers grew their substantial estate through wise stock market investments but
credited the School of Dentistry with giving Barber his start.
"We were stunned when we learned of the incredible generosity of the Barbers'
gift," says Bertolami. "Bequests such as the Barbers' are critical because,
although the UCSF School of Dentistry is a public institution, 75 percent of our funding
comes from sources other than the state of California. If UCSF is to remain a leader in
dental education and to help set the course for the future of the dental profession, we
must depend on private philanthropy."
Appointments of the faculty members to the distinguished professorships and the endowed
chair will be made by the dean of the UCSF School of Dentistry at a later date.
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Source: James Larkin, News Services |
