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u i l d i n g f o r b r e a k t h r o u g h r e s e a r c h d i s c o v e r i e sThe UW Comprehensive Cancereffort to name the UWCCC forNew CancerThe project presents opportunitieswith the partnership of the StateCenter (UWCCC) will have athe late Paul P. Carbone, MD. ByResearch Towerfor donors to name the Cancerof Wisconsin and the University.very prominent place in theraising $10 million in private gifts,The IRC is “by no means a luxury,Research Tower itself, theWe invite you to join us.new Interdisciplinary ResearchComplex (IRC), the final facility ofthe highly successful UW MedicalSchool’s HealthStar campaign onthe UW health sciences campus.The largest single component ofthe new research facility will bethe Cancer Research Tower to belocated adjacent to UW Hospitaland Clinics.Two simultaneous fundraisingcampaigns are supporting the IRC.Carbone LegacyCampaign: the fittingtribute to a legendMembers of the UWCCC AdvisoryBoard and other communityvolunteers have joined togetherwith the Carbone family to formthe Carbone Legacy Committee.The committee is leading thewe have a unique opportunity toleverage additional grant fundingover the next two years. This is aspecial window of opportunity tohonor Carbone’s memory andfulfill his dreams for the UWCCC.It is our hope that those whoreceived the gift of his exceptionalcare, teaching, guidance andfriendship will now join togetherto contribute in his name.“The UW Comprehensive CancerCenter is more than just abuilding or a floor or a lab. Itrepresents a concept—caring forothers,” UWCCC Director GeorgeWilding says. “This is the way inwhich my former colleague PaulCarbone approached his workand each of his patients. That’swhy naming the UWCCC for himis so fitting.”it is a necessity for us to staycompetitive as one of the nation’sleading cancer centers,” saysWilding. “There literally is nospace in our existing facilities fornew recruits and investigators.”The new cancer space in the IRCwill consist of four floors, whichincludes 100,000 square feet oflaboratory and office space.The tower will facilitate the dailycollaborations among researchersand clinicians that lead tobreakthrough discoveries. It alsowill bring together key sharedservices and equipment vital tothe research process, providingthe space and technology fordiscovery to flourish.laboratory floors within it eitherindividually or collectively, andvarious other research supportand office spaces.This vision and the promise itholds are dependent on privatesupport. The campaigns for theCarbone Legacy and the CancerResearch Tower are centralpriorities for the Medical Schooland UW Foundation. We lookforward to working with ouralumni, friends and all othershoping to achieve a worldwithout cancer. We all want to seeour Medical School and theUWCCC leading the way.Creating a Futurewithout CancerAchieving this vision requiressignificant private support alongFor more information aboutcontributing to theInterdisciplinary ResearchComplex, please contact:Patty PorterSenior Director for Health SciencesUniversity of WisconsinFoundation1848 University AvenueP.O. Box 8860Madison, WI 53708-8860(608) 265-2922 or(800) 443-6162patty.porter@uwfoundation.wisc.eduAR 2002-03 • PAGE 11