A gift today creates a legacy for tomorrow.
Pathologists impact virtually all clinical patient care. Pathologists interpret laboratory tests with high accuracy and make “life and death” diagnoses daily for patients. Pathologists work with clinicians to provide personalized medical care for each patient.
Contribute to the “Foucar Endowment” to invest in future Pathologists. Recruiting and training the best Pathology residents and fellows is our top priority. They represent the brightest future for tomorrow’s medicine.
Contribute to the “Harvey Endowed Professorships” to invest in Pathology faculty. Endowed professorships attract and retain expert Pathology faculty, who teach passionately and lead innovative, translational research.
Contribute to the “Dr. Robert E. Anderson Endowment” to support UNM Pathology awards for excellence in clinical medicine, research and education.
Contribute to the “George D. Montoya Research Scholarship Fund” to support UNM students pursuing a career in research.
100% of your donation supports the specific purpose of your chosen fund.
All contributions across the financial range are appreciated and acknowledged.
Please contact Sherry Wilson, Director of Development for the UNM School of Medicine, at (505) 272-4129 or sewilson@salud.unm.edu.
Contributions may be by check, credit card, estate planning, bequest, charitable annuity, insurance gift, charitable trust and other options.
Contributions may be made by credit card “on line”, through the secured UNM Foundation website.
Please go to the web address: “https://unmfund.org/online-giving/medicine”
Under the section “Select a UNM School, College, or Program”, find the box next to “Primary College/Program” and click on the “down arrow” to scroll down to reach “Medicine, School of”
Find the box next to the “Secondary Program/fund” and scroll down to select “Other (Not Listed)”.
Please “copy and paste” in the name of the Pathology fund into the “Secondary Program/fund” box, which will read “REPLACE THIS TEXT…”. So please “copy/paste” in the name of a Pathology Fund thus:
“Harvey Endowed Professorships”
“Foucar Endowment: Pathology Trainee Fund”
“The Dr. Robert E. Anderson Endowment”
“George D. Montoya Research Scholarship Fund”
Please complete the remainder of the “on line” giving form and then hit the button “Submit Your Online Gift”.
Please review your personal information when prompted
Then hit the button “Submit”
You will receive an email from the UNM Foundation acknowledging your donation, within minutes to a day of the “On Line Giving” submission.
A gift acknowledgment and receipt from the UNM Foundation will follow by U.S.A. mail within a few weeks.
1) “Harvey Endowed Professorships” - a contribution supports these 2 missions:
History of the “Harvey Endowed Professorships”:
The Harvey family generously endowed two professorships in the UNM Department of Pathology: the Harvey Chair and the Harvey Family Professor of Pathology. The two endowments honor Frederick Huckel Harvey, a neuropathologist and member of the UNM faculty in the ‘70s, who died early in his career from cancer.
The Harvey Family also supports “Fred Harvey” library (BMSB room 309), a vital library and seminar room where dynamic discussions occur daily in UNM Department of Pathology. Fred Harvey was the son of Stewart Harvey, Sr., and the great, great grandson of Fred Harvey the founder of the Harvey organization. Kay Harvey, Frederick H. Harvey’s wife, is an artist who lives in Santa Fe and has maintained contact with the UNM Department of Pathology for many years. Kay and her daughter Noel Harvey are responsible for most of the artwork in the Fred Harvey library.
The fascinating book “Appetite for America” written by Stephen Fried (Bantam Books, 2010) describes the entrepreneurship of Mr. Fred Harvey (1835-1901) that led to an extensive system of Harvey hotels, restaurants, cafes, and jewelry stores along the route and depots of the Santa Fe Railroad from Kansas City to Los Angeles and San Francisco. This business thrived from the mid-1800’s to after World War II. The management of the Fred Harvey organization stayed in the family as a private corporation led by Harvey family members for several generations. Harvey family members became among the best known business leaders in the country and were primarily headquartered in Kansas City and Chicago. After World War II, as automobile driven culture became ascendant, the Harvey Empire faded. There are a number of reminders of the Fred Harvey phenomenon in New Mexico. The La Fonda hotel in Santa Fe was a Harvey Hotel as well as the Montezuma Hotel outside Las Vegas, now operating as a United World College. The Alvarado Harvey hotel in Albuquerque near Central Avenue and 1st Street just west of the railroad was destroyed in 1970.
2) Foucar Endowment: Pathology Trainee Fund - a contribution supports these 3 missions:
This Fund enhances the education of clinical residents and fellows in the Pathology Department. The Fund financially supports research projects, specialized educational materials, and educational travel for clinical residents and fellows. The Pathology Trainee fund enhances recruitment and professional development of the best and brightest UNM Pathology Residents and Fellows. More than 300 applicants compete for UNM Pathology’s approximately 15 resident and fellowship positions each year. Dr. M. Kathryn Foucar and Dr. Elliott Foucar generously donated the founding gift. Dr. M. Kathryn Foucar is a full professor in UNM Pathology and is an internationally recognized hematopathologist. She initiated and leads authorship of the classic textbook “Bone Marrow Pathology”. Dr. Elliott Foucar is an excellent surgical pathologist, who practiced at Presbyterian Hospital in Albuquerque and at the University of New Mexico. He continues to publish well-received papers on errors in pathology.
3) The Dr. Robert E. Anderson Endowment - a contribution supports these 4 missions:
Dr. Robert E. Anderson, former long-term Chair of UNM Pathology, was an inspiring leader, making innovative and lasting contributions to Pathology education, research, and clinical service. Dr. Anderson has a legacy of supporting his students, trainees and faculty to seek careers in Pathology and biomedical research. He challenged faculty, residents and fellows to always ask the most important questions from the autopsies, biopsies, laboratory data, and clinical information derived from the patients encountered in clinical service. Dr. Anderson’s contributions and leadership on the local, national, and international stage set an example for us today. Not only did he lead at the University of New Mexico and nationally to promote medical education and training, rigorous biomedical research and clinical service, he also made a lasting contribution to the State of New Mexico and the UNM Health Sciences Center through his support of the New Mexico Tumor Registry, the Office of the Medical Investigator and the Cancer Center. The Robert E. Anderson endowment will be used to further the outstanding teaching, research, and service missions of the UNM Department of Pathology.
4) The George D. Montoya Research Scholarship Fund - a contribution supports this mission:
The Montoya Family and UNM Department of Pathology jointly initiated the "George D. Montoya Research Scholarship Fund” in honor of George D. Montoya’s dedication to education and research at UNM. The George D. Montoya Research Scholarship Fund will fund scholarships to UNM students to encourage careers in research.
George D. Montoya was a very special person who was well known in the Pathology Department because of his long service to UNM in support of research, first as a technologist and then as a scientific manager. The number of medical students, technologists, graduate students, post-docs, and residents who George helped in 31 years at UNM are huge. He had a positive impact on everyone he met, whether the person was a scientist at UNM or a player on a soccer team. George was a great teacher who was kind and who brought out the best in people. He was an outstanding colleague for faculty and staff at UNM. George left a legacy behind in each of us. With your contribution, George’s passion and dedication to education and research at the University of New Mexico will inspire a new generation.