COLUMBIA George and Melna Bolm had little in the way of connection to MU.

They did not attend the university. They were not treated at University Hospital and Clinics. They did not live in Columbia.

But the Warren County couple knew they wanted to support MU medical research.

Family of the Bolms presented a $1.3 million gift to the MU School of Medicine on Thursday morning in the presence of university and MU School of Medicine leaders.

"It is a very compelling story," said Thomas Hiles, vice chancellor for development and alumni relations. "They had humble lives and could have used this money to live in the Ritz-Carlton. Instead, it will help research. It is very inspiring."

MU Chancellor Brady Deaton, MU School of Medicine Dean Robert Churchill and MU Ophthalmology Department Chair John Cowden spoke at ceremony in the MU Reynolds Alumni Center.

Melna Bolm died in 2011 and her husband passed away in 2000, according to MU.

Melna's gifts were a memorial to her husband.An initial gift of $550,000 in 2002 established the George L. and Melna A. Bolm Distinguished Professor in Cardiovascular Health.

An additional $550,000 from the Bolm estate elevated the professorship to a chair, which is held by Ronald Korthuis. The estate also provided $250,000 to establish the George L. and Melna A. Bolm Distinguished Faculty Scholar inOphthalmology. Dean Hainsworth was recently named to the position.

Part of the gift will support cardiovascular research. The other part will supportophthalmology research, particularly macular degeneration, which Melna suffered from.

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COLUMBIA - MU announced a gift of $800,000 Thursday from the estate of George and Melna Bolm of Warren County. The gift will go to the MU School of Medicine. The gift will support research, mainly in cardiovascular and ophthalmology fields.

Chancellor Brady Deaton announced the gift at an event at the Reynolds Alumni Center. He said Melna was devoted to seeing "money turn into miracles."

This was the second time the Bolms had made a major gift to the School of Medicine. George Bolm suffered from heart problems and had several strokes over 15 years. After his death, Melna made a donation of $550,000 that established the Distinguished Professor in Cardiovascular Health at the school. The two gifts combined to $1.3 million for the School of Medicine

Melna's own medical experiences inspired her most recent gift. She suffered from macular degeneration, a condition that degrades vision usually in those of retirement age. She set up the estate gift before she passed away in 2011. It establishes a Distinguished Faculty Scholar in Ophthalmology. Dr. Dean Hainsworth was the first faculty member to receive this honor.

Though the Bolms were not Mizzou alumni, both were lifetime locals. George was a postal worker and his wife Melna was a teacher. Those close to them say that Melna believed in supporting MU because it was close to home and could use the help to save those where she lived.

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A Warren County woman with no direct ties to the University of Missouri has left the MU School of Medicine part of her estate in honor of her husband.

Combined with an earlier gift, Melna Bolm contributed a total of $1.3 million to MU in honor of George Bolm, a postal worker and hobby farmer who died in 2000. The money will be used to further research into cardiovascular issues, which plagued George, and the macular degeneration she suffered from.

Melna Bolm shed some light into reasons for her gifts in a statement she wrote in 2003 after contributing the first $550,000 to the medical school.

"Too many people continue to die from heart attacks, and I wanted to support the type of basic research that could help everyone suffering from cardiovascular disease," she wrote in a statement provided by MU.

Bolm loved research, her cousin, Bonnie Vahle, told a group of administrators and relatives gathered this morning at the Reynolds Alumni Center to honor the contributions.

"If there was something she wanted to know, she would research it until she found the answer," Vahle said.

After her husband died after a series of strokes, she began to research cardiovascular disease.

Through the family attorney, Melna worked with William Crist, former dean of the medical school, to establish the George L. and Melna A. Bolm Distinguished Professor in Cardiovascular Health. Bolm's estate has added $550,000, elevating the position, held by Ronald Korthuis, to a distinguished chair.

The money will be used to support his salary as well as research endeavors, said Tom Hiles, vice chancellor of development and alumni relations.

Another $250,000 from the estate establishes a faculty scholar in ophthalmology, also named in the couple's honor. Professor Dean Hainsworth, who researches macular degeneration, has been tapped for that position.

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Carthage High School will hold its homecoming October 12, 2012. Homecoming activities began Tuesday with student dress up as favorite Super Heros, Wednesday is Twinkie Day, and Thursday is favorite decade day. Also Thursday from 7:30 to 8 p.m., a Candlelight pep rally is planned. Friday is Bulldog Red Day and Friday night at 6:50 p.m., duchesses will be presented. All Distinguished Alumni will be presented after the duchesses.

Homecoming duchesses are Kenze Curry, Jacqueline Jackson, Katelyn Pope, Laramie Smith, and Shelby Soape.

Kenze Curry

Curry is the daughter of Norman and Rachel Curry and grandparents are George and Velma Gregory, and Bobby Curry, and Mitch Weldon.

Kenzes extracurricular activities include 2011-2012 Technology Student Association Chapter Team, National Honor Society, and Future Farmers of America. Kenze was first place in her class in FFA. She serves as vice president of the National Honor Society, and is a member of the State Champion Technology Student Association Chapter Team. Kenze also works as a Carthage Primary student aide, and helps with the Shreveport Fire Department Childrens Christmas Parties.

Kenze plans to attend Stephen F. Austin State University and major in accounting.

Kenzes escort is Will Harris, son of Robert Harris, Jr. and Candace Harris. Wills grandparents are Robert Harris, Sr., Joan Shadowens, and R.V. Mercer.

Wills extracurricular activities include Future Farmers of America, National Honor Society, Fellowship of Christian Athletes, UIL Academic Team of Current Events, Social Studies, and Science; football, basketball, baseball, track, and powerlifting.

Wills honors include Student Council President, FFA Area 6 vice-president, the Hugh OBryan Youth Leadership Award, Rotary Youth Leadership Award, 2011 Academic All-District Football, 3 time Regional Qualifier UIL Academic Team, and Lonestar Farmer Degree, the highest degree offered by Texas FFA.

Will plans to attend the University of Texas A&M and major in Biomedical Science. He hopes to attend medical school to achieve his doctorate.

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By Leslie Krowchenko SPECIAL TO THE NEWS

Ten years after naming its first legion of Star Alumni, Delaware County Community College has added a new quintet to the list.

In celebration of its 45th anniversary, the college honored graduates who have achieved success in business, medicine and public safety while affirming the values of their alma mater. More than 110 members of the board of trustees, educational foundation, graduates and staff attended the Sept. 28 event, held at Harrahs Casino and Racetrack.

We are proud of our 45-year history, said President Jerry Parker. The impact of community colleges is seen in our ability to provide an affordable education and transform lives.

With 24 faculty and 307 students, DCCC began in 1967 as an evening program using rented facilities in Ridley High School. The following year, after considering more than 20 possible sites, the 123-acre Gideon Stull property in Marple was chosen as the permanent home and the main campus dedicated in 1974.

DCCC currently serves nearly 28,000 students annually at eight locations in Delaware and Chester counties, including the main campus, Southeast Center in Sharon Hill and newly opened Upper Darby Center in Barclay Square Shopping Center. With the ability to grow in response to workforce demands, the college has become a center of educational opportunity.

The honorees were introduced with videos detailing their lives and accomplishments. The list included Delaware County residents Karen Bogosian, of Newtown Square, President and CEO of Visual Sound Inc.; Bob Boyden, PhD, of Aldan, the owner of Public Safety Concept Group and Carl Needles, of Havertown, the Pennsylvania Market Executive with Beneficial Bank. The group was completed with Paul Adack, Vice President of InvestEdge, and Louise Del Negro DO, an attending physician at Coatesville VA Medical Center.

I went from GED to Ph.D. and the availability of the college afforded me the opportunity to take the first steps towards that accomplishment, said Boyden. It was a major influence in my life.

Rising Star awards were presented to Johnny Archer, news reporter with the ABC affiliate in Louisville, Ky., Esther Castillo and Hiu Sin Cheung, owners of Advanced College Consulting, and Catherine Porter DO, a fellow at Stanford University School of Medicine.

The college also presented the Wong Moss Outstanding Alumni Award to Joseph Oaster Jr., a senior education analyst with the University of Pennsylvania Health System. The honor recognizes alumni for professional accomplishments, support of education and active involvement in service to the community and Oasters contribution literacy and math programs for pre-GED students in the Philadelphia School District and 25 years with the Folcroft Fire Company epitomize the true spirit of the award.

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Lefkowitz is a Howard Hughes Medical Institute investigator at Duke University Medical Center in Durham, N.C. He shares the award with Brian K. Kobilka, M.D., of Stanford University School of Medicine, for their work unveiling how an important group of receptors helps cells to sense their environment. Kobilka was a postdoctoral fellow in Lefkowitzs lab in the 1980s. Their work has driven an enormous field of pharmaceutical research and development. Their discovery of how cells receive and react to certain information has led to an entirely new direction for pharmaceutical research.

Lefkowitz and Kobilkadiscovered G-protein-coupled receptors, or GPCRs, which are embedded in the cell membrane and cause important chemical cascades when a target molecule attaches to them. That target could be anything from a hormone such as adrenaline to neurotransmitters such as dopamine. Today G-coupled proteins play a role in about half of all medicines, and pharmaceuticals that bind and activate those receptors include beta-blockers, ulcer drugs, cortisone and antihistamines.

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10.10.2012 - (idw) HHL Leipzig Graduate School of Management

HHL Leipzig Graduate School of Management is an outstanding business school, according to the education services company, The Princeton Review (www.PrincetonReview.com). The Company features the school in the new 2013 edition of its annual guidebook, "The Best 296 Business Schools" (Random House / Princeton Review, published October 9, 2012, $22.99). According to Robert Franek, Princeton Review Senior VP-Publisher, "We consider HHL Leipzig Graduate School of Management one of the best institutions a student could attend to earn an MBA. We selected the schools we profile in this book 280 of which are in the U.S.A. and 16 are international -- based on our high regard for their academic programs and our reviews of institutional data we collect from the schools. We also solicit and greatly respect the opinions of students attending these schools who rate and report on their experiences at them on our 80-question survey for the book."

The Princeton Review's survey asked 19,000 students at the 296 schools their opinions of their school's academics, student body and campus life as well as about themselves and their career plans. The student surveys analyzed for this edition were all completed online at http://survey.review.com and conducted during the 2011-12, 2010-11, and 2009-10 academic years.

"The Best 296 Business Schools" has two-page profiles of the schools. They include write-ups on academics, career and placement, student life and environment, and admissions. The profiles also have ratings (scores from 60 to 99) for academic experience, admissions selectivity, and career services. In the profile on HHL Leipzig Graduate School of Management, the Princeton Review editors say that the school offers "a stellar reputation along with an affordable price tag. According to the students at HHL, the school is the best business school in Germany.

The Princeton Review does not rank the schools in the book on a single hierarchical list from 1 to 296, or name one business school best overall. Instead, the book has 11 ranking lists of the top 10 business schools in various categories. Ten lists are based entirely or partly on The Princeton Review's surveys of students attending the schools in the book. A few lists, such as "Best Career Prospects," use both student survey and institutional data. One list, "Toughest to Get Into," is based solely on institutional data. The lists in the book are posted at http://www.princetonreview.com/business-school-rankings.asp.

HHL Leipzig Graduate School of Management is one of 236 schools (about 80% of the 296 profiled) in the book that do not appear on any of the book's 11 ranking lists. However, in the "Survey Says" sidebar on the book's HHL profile, the editors list topics on the survey about which HHL students surveyed had the highest consensus. Among them are: friendly students as well as solid preparation in: finance, accounting and general management.

"The Best 296 Business Schools" is one of more than 150 Princeton Review books published by Random House, Inc. The line includes "The Best 168 Law Schools" (also published in October 2012 and also featuring 11 ranking lists primarily based on surveys of students attending the schools in the book). Other Princeton Review books include "The Best 168 Medical Schools," plus guides to graduate school admission exams and application essays. Among them: "Business School Essays That Made a Difference."

The Princeton Review is also known for its many categories of college rankings, its classroom and online test-prep courses, tutoring, and its other education services. Headquartered in Framingham, MA, The Princeton Review is not affiliated with Princeton University, and it is not a magazine.

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TOWAMENCIN The North Penn Alumni Athletic Association will induct Gerson Gus Rosenberg to its Lifetime Achievement Hall of Fame on Saturday.

Rosenberg, 68, who graduated from North Penn High School in 1962, said that he is pleasantly surprised with the honor.

Its not something Id ever really thought about, he said. Its not something (that) 50 years ago, Id have ever dreamed possible. When he thinks back to high school, Rosenberg remembers some of the friends and camaraderie. I was in the vocational program.

Rosenberg is the C. McColllister Evarts medical professor of surgery and bioengineering, chief of the division of artificial organs and codirector for the Biomedical Engineering Institute at the Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine at the Milton S. Hershey Medical Center in Hershey. Rosenberg has more than 35 years of experience in the design, development and application of various circulatory support and heart replacement devices.

Rosenberg, who grew up in Lansdale, studied mechanical engineering at Penn State and received his undergraduate and graduate degrees from that university. His research led to the development of a number of heart devices and he was part of the team that designed the universitys first heart-assist pump.

Rosenberg and his team developed the Left Ventricular Assist Device and an electric total artificial heart. Rosenberg led the team that developed the Arrow LionHeart, the worlds first totally implantable left ventricular assist device.

Rosenberg started on the work in graduate school in 1970, he said.

I pretty much devoted my career to circulatory support devices to help patients with end-stage cardiac disease, said Rosenberg. In 1976 (we had) our first patient with a heart assist device and I was concerned about keeping him on the pump one or two weeks and now patients can live for more than five years. For heart assist devices, its really a group of people, he said. The program is multidisciplinary, with engineers, physicians, material scientists, he said.

Its not always one persons idea, said Rosenberg. Its very much a team effort.

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