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News from the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
Attorney-General Mark
Pryor Allots UAMS $300,000 from Antitrust Settlements
DEC.
19, 2002 | Attorney-General Mark Pryor presented $300,000 to
the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS)
yesterday in the single largest disbursement from two
antitrust settlements.
He dedicated the funds in equal parts to the Donald W.
Reynolds Center on Aging, UAMS Psychiatry, and the Harvey and
Bernice Jones Eye Institute.
"I’m really proud of UAMS," Attorney-General Pryor
said. "They helped save my life. I’m proud of the
research they do." Attorney-General Pryor received cancer
treatment at UAMS several years ago.
Regarding the funds for the UAMS aging center, Director David
A. Lipschitz, M.D., Ph.D., commented, "We are so grateful
to General Pryor for his generosity and his well-known
appreciation of specialized health care for seniors. This is a
very welcome contribution which we will apply to the program
endowment we are currently building and it will be matched
dollar to dollar by the Donald W. Reynolds Foundation."
Pryor, who is also U.S. Senator-elect, made a separate
contribution to Arkansas Children’s Hospital, an affiliate
of UAMS.
The funds are from antitrust settlements with the
pharmaceutical company Mylan Laboratories and the tire
manufacturer Bridgestone-Firestone. Outgoing Chief of Staff
Bob Edwards in the office of the Attorney-General praised
Pryor for establishing the antitrust division in the office.
Attorney-General Pryor noted that Senior Assistant
Attorney-General Teresa Brown handled the two cases.
Attorney-General Pryor allotted smaller amounts from the
proceeds of the cases to the following agencies: Arkansas AIDS
Foundation, Alzheimer’s Arkansas Programs and Services,
Ozark AIDS Resources and Services, Helping People with AIDS,
Jefferson County Comprehensive Care, Arkansas Area Agencies on
Aging, Osceola/Mississippi County Shalom Agency, and Safe
Jonesboro Coalition.
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Left to right: Arkansas
Attorney-General Mark Pryor, UAMS Executive Vice Chancellor
John P. Shock, M.D., and UAMS Chancellor I. Dodd Wilson, M.D.
(Kevin Christensen) Click on photo for larger view.
G. Richard Smith, M.D., chairman of the Department of
Psychiatry in the UAMS College of Medicine (left), greets
Attorney-General Mark Pryor (right). (Kevin Christensen) Click
on photo for larger view.
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Donald W. Reynolds Foundation: http://www.uams.edu/today/2002/062802/reynolds.htm
Walkers Pledge: http://www.uams.edu/today/2002/050202/walker.htm
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