News Type: Press Release

Karen CokerPhone: 617.524.7799Email: [email protected] BOSTON — Boston-based Management Sciences for Health (MSH) will be able to make an important contribution toward the solution of India’s health problems through the award…

Karen Rorie, Publications CoordinatorPacific Science CenterPhone: 206.727.2359 SEATTLE — Pacific Science Center completed three capital expansion projects during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1999, and received a grant of…

Eugene Matta, Executive DirectorNational Hispanic Cultural Center of New MexicoPhone: 505-246-2261 ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico — The Hispanic Culture Foundation has announced that a gallery in the National Hispanic Cultural Center’s…

Chris Schneider, Media RelationsVirginia MasonPhone: 206.583.6451 SEATTLE — Virginia Mason Research Center (VMRC) announced today a major financial contribution from Bill and Melinda Gates as preparations intensify for this summer’s…

Karen Strege, Montana State LibrarianPhone: 406.444.3115 HELENA, Mont. — Governor Marc Racicot today announced that Montana public libraries will receive approximately $1 million in grants to purchase computers, Internet access…

Rhonda Barton Phone: 503.823.2820 PORTLAND, Ore. — Children’s Museum President Verne Stanford announced today that the campaign for building a world-class museum for children ages one through 13 in Portland’s…

Sue MontgomeryPhone: 215.349.5657 PHILADELPHIA — The University of Pennsylvania Cancer Center has received a $4.5 million gift from Bill and Melinda Gates to support a team of nationally prominent researchers…

Gordon W. Perkin, M.D.Phone: 206.285.3500 SEATTLE — PATH (Program for Appropriate Technology in Health), a Seattle-based nonprofit, announced today that Bill and Melinda Gates have donated $50 million to support…

Richard F. MillerickDollars for ScholarsPhone: 425.643.9913 BELLEVUE, Wash. — Washington Dollars for Scholars today announced a $50,000 gift from the William H. Gates Foundation. The $50,000 gift will assist in…

Laura McCloud MathersZion Preparatory AcademyPhone: 206.760.0372 SEATTLE — With its goal of raising $10 million firmly in view, Zion Preparatory Academy announced today it has received more than $5.5 million…