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CVM receives
$20M pledge for hospital
The bond between people and their pets can be a powerful force that enhances the life of both human and animal. Even among ardent animal lovers, the bond philanthropist Randall B. Terry Jr. shared with his golden retrievers was exceptional and has led to a $20 million pledge to the NC State College of Veterinary Medicine (CVM).
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| Randall B. Terry Jr., shown here with his beloved golden retrievers, has pledged $20 million to support a new animal medical center bearing his name. |
One of the largest gifts in the history of the university, the pledge will be used during the next 10 years to support the planned $40 million Randall B. Terry Jr. Companion Animal Medical Center.
Terry, who died in May 2004, shared his life with seven golden retrievers who were family to him and were his constant companions. After his golden retrievers were treated at the NC State Veterinary Teaching Hospital, Terry, publisher of the High Point Enterprise, became a longtime friend of the college and served two terms as president of the North Carolina Veterinary Medicine Foundation.
The $20 million pledge comes from the R.B. Terry Jr. Charitable Foundation, an organization Terry, who also was co-owner of the International Home Furnishing Center in High Point, created to financially support his interests. Including Terry’s previous gifts, the R.B. Terry Jr. Charitable Foundation has now contributed $24.2 million to the CVM.
“The College of Veterinary Medicine is one of several nationally ranked colleges and programs to be found on the NC State campus,” said Chancellor James L. Oblinger. “The college not only is a national leader in supporting veterinary education and animal health, but also is home to many groundbreaking research projects that support human health. This gift from the Terry Foundation helps keep the Achieve campaign moving, and is a giant step toward making the veterinary medical center a reality.”
CVM Dean Warwick Arden says the planned 122,000-square-foot medical center, which the pledge helps fund, will roughly triple the size of the current Veterinary Teaching Hospital and will allow for increased caseloads. The medical center is expected to be operational by 2009. It will offer cutting-edge technologies to be used for imaging, cardiac care, cancer treatments, internal medicine and surgery.
“This is a transforming gift that enables us to do important things, both in facilities and programs,” says Arden. “This pledge goes a long way in helping to ensure our companion animal medical center is a national leader. Such a state-of-the-art facility will complement the college’s outstanding faculty and students, and provide them with an outstanding environment in which to promote animal health.”
Posted Sept. 23, 2005
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