The Nebraska Coalition for Lifesaving Cures will honor Dr. Harold M. and Beverly Maurer at its annual tribute luncheon, to be held April 28, 2014 at the Happy Hollow Club.
Dr. Maurer came to the University of Nebraska Medical Center as medical dean in 1993 and quickly rose to chancellor of UNMC in 1998.
During his tenure, Dr. Mauer tripled its external research funding, with research dollars now at almost $100 million annually. He secured $14 million in tobacco settlement funds from the state to support biomedical research; created a vice chancellor for research position at the medical center; developed programs in regenerative medicine, nanomedicine, drug delivery and bioterrorism preparedness; raised more than $150 million in private support to construct the Durham Research Center and Durham Research Center II, which combined have more than 200 research laboratories.
In total, Dr. Maurer has raised close to $1 billion in philanthropy for the medical center.