Gratitude that Touches the Future
Anyone who has bought a record, tape or CD at a large retail store in the last 50 years can thank David Handleman, who helped build the world’s largest music-distribution company.
But when his wife Marion became ill, Mr. Handleman found himself giving thanks of his own: to Dr. James Stanley and the vascular surgery team at the University of Michigan. They provided expert and compassionate care that gave Marion many added years before her death in 1999.
Mr. Handleman expressed his gratitude with generous donations that now support research and medical education within the Section of Vascular Surgery, part of the U-M Cardiovascular Center. Most recently, a $1 million gift from Mr. Handleman and his second wife Charlene established the Marion and David Handleman Research Professorship in Vascular Surgery. As the first Handleman professor, Dr. Stanley calls the support crucial to his continued research on the biology of vascular disease.
Gifts like the Handlemans’ have put the Vascular Surgery section, and indeed the entire Cardiovascular Center, at the national forefront of heart and blood vessel research. Endowed professorships and research funds provide a consistent source of financial support that can be used by outstanding faculty to leverage their own hard-won grants and devote more time to research. They also help the Center attract top new physicians and researchers to the U-M. And they allow donors to touch the future by making tomorrow’s research possible.
Within Vascular Surgery alone, Dr. Stanley notes, the Handleman gifts, Jobst Research Laboratories, Frankel Professorship, Doan Research Professorship, Lindenauer Professorship and Bryant Lecture all show the impact that individual donors can have. Taken together, they make the U-M Section of Vascular Surgery one of the strongest in the nation — a true example of the Michigan Difference.
If you would like more information please contact:
Fritz Seyferth 734-615-7452, fritz@umich.edu
Marcy Miller 734-615-2441, marcmill@umich.edu
