Omaha philanthropist gives
Med Center its largest-ever gift
BY VERONICA DAEHN
The NU Board of Regents
accepted the largest single dona
tion ever received by the
University of Nebraska Medical
Center on Saturday.
The amount of the gift made
by Omaha philanthropist
Charles Durham will remain
confidential at Durham’s
request
Terry Fairfield, University of
Nebraska Foundation president,
said it was one of the largest gifts
ever received by the Foundation.
The largest gift was $130 mil
lion from the Donald and
Mildred Ibpp Othmer estate.
The largest donation ever
previously received by UNMC
was $15 million from the Lied
Foundation that went to build
Suspect sips out of cuffs
Before Demg reapprenenaed
After a brief Houdini impres
sion early Friday morning,
Lincoln Police re-arrested a man
who had tried to give them the
dip
At 1:45 am police recognized
one of three men for his outstand
ing warrants in the parking lot of
the 23rd and R streets Kabredlos
convenience store, said Lincoln
Police Ofc Katherine FlnndL
Met Q. Han, 21, and one of the
two other men gave false police
information. Once Han was iden
tified he was cuffed and put in the
back ofa police car for his role in a
July robbery.
While police were talking to
the other two men, Han was able
to slip one of his hands out of the
handcuffs and open the car door
by reaching out the partially open
window.
Han started running, but did
not make it far before an officer
tackled him, Finnell said. Han
swung his still-cuffed hand at the
officer, splitting his nose open
with the loose cuff.
The officer needed three
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the Lied Transplant Center.This
donation will be used to help pay
for the construction of the
Research Center of Excellence on
the west end of the UNMC cam
pus.
The center will include 116
laboratories, a 225-seat auditori
um and 15 classrooms and con
ference rooms.
A walkway will link the center
with the rest of the UNMC cam
pus.
A multi-level parking garage
will also be built on the south
side of the campus.
The 284,000-sqqare foot
research center is expected to
cost $77 million. The 1,300-stall
parking garage should cost an
additional $10 million.
Construction on the center is
scheduled to begin in April with
TYan was arrested for the rob
bery warrant, trespassing at
Kabredlos, providing false infor
mation, fleeing to avoid arrest and
assaulting an officer.
One of the other men, 22
year-old Thanh Dinh, 2951 Starr
St., was arrested for providing
false information and trespassing.
Compiled by Josh Punk
completion in 2003.
This is the second donation
made by Durham to UNMC. TWo
years ago, he made another of
the largest gifts ever to the
UNMC College of Medicine.
The donation created an
endowment to bolster education
and research programs in the
areas of arthritis, prostate cancer
and minimally-invasive surgery
The amount of that donation
was also kept confidential.
UNMC Chancellor Harold
Maurer said the research center
would transform the campus.
“UNMC’s vision is to become
a world-class academic sciences,
health sciences system,” Maurer
said. “This is a world-class gift
from the Durhams. This gift will
have a tremendous impact on
Nebraska for years to come.”
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BOGOTA, Colombia -
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