Benefactor Stories
"Our world has changed, but Mayo stays on course, and I appreciate that."
In a Florida condo overlooking the Gulf of Mexico, three generations of the Berghoff and McClure family are gathered. Naturally, as they have been for[...]
John Schuler spent years restoring a 1948 Tucker sedan, a car he fell in love with as a young boy. But now he's ready to part with it, donating the proceeds to cancer research.
Grateful patients seek to help empower medical students.
Mayo Clinic benefactors James Reibel, M.D., and Barbara Reibel are not the type to slow down. They travel the world and have been actively engaged[...]
Penny and Bill George learned the importance of caring for the mind, body and spirit firsthand. Penny’s experience inspired a gift to Mayo Clinic that[...]
Stephen and Barbara Slaggie are pillars of their communities in Minnesota and in Florida.
Bill and his wife, Carolyn, are enthusiastic supporters of access to education and have focused their philanthropy on higher learning. The Franke family’s transformative gift[...]
Rajeev Chaudhry, M.B.B.S., is focused on creating new solutions for patient care through technological innovations. When one of his projects that helps care teams catch[...]
The Baan family unexpectedly needed to separate one winter when traveling on vacation. Their party was so large — parents, brothers, sisters, spouses, kids —[...]
Long before they met, Susan and Tom Gus listened — and were shaped — by their fathers’ advice. For Susan, it was the importance of[...]
Editor's Note: Sylvan C. Herman, whose visionary philanthropy established the John E. Herman Home and Treatment Facility at Mayo Clinic, passed away on October 21,[...]
As the door opens into Lou and Laurie Appignani’s home, Miami seems a world away. Most striking is a precisely arranged collection of ceremonial masks from their visits to Papua New Guinea in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. Each mask has its own story — stories that Lou happily shares.