A $3.75 million gift from the Willard and Pat Walker Charitable Foundation has allowed UAMS to more than reach its goal to match the $36 million in state funds allocated to build the new 12-story Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Center.

UAMS has raised $36.5 million in private matching funds since Jan. 1, 2007. It had until June of this year to raise the match.

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 The gift, announced today, brings the total of Walker giving to UAMS over the years to a whopping $45 million.

 

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