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A personal ode to Grady Hospital
After being loaded into the ambulance, the emergency medical technician asked: “Would you rather go to Grady or to Atlanta Medical?”
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Woodruff Foundation grants $90 million to Children’s-Emory for pediatric research
The Robert W. Woodruff Foundation is making a $90 million grant to solidify Atlanta’s role as a center for pediatric research.
Posted inATL Business Chronicle
Column: Jenner Wood takes over as chair of Robert W. Woodruff Foundation
By Maria Saporta As published in the Atlanta Business Chronicle on May 4, 2018 Atlanta’s largest foundation – the Robert W. Woodruff Foundation – has a new, younger board chair, but don’t expect any radical changes. Retired SunTrust Banks CEO Jimmy Williams, 84, has stepped down as chairman of the Woodruff Foundation. He remains as […]
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It Takes a Village to Make a Park
By John Ahmann, Westside Future Fund’s president and CEO Under the leadership of Executive Director Michael Halicki, Park Pride has demonstrated the power of “we” in first leading to develop the Proctor Creek North Avenue Watershed Basin: A Green Infrastructure Vision and then helping to bring that vision to life with the recent ground breaking […]
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Atlanta loses a great leader – Wilton Looney at 99
In life, sometimes one is lucky enough to encounter people who have a special spark – exuding warmth with substance.
Wilton Looney was one of those special people.
Looney died early Friday morning. He may have just turned 99, but he still was too young to have left us.
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$400 million gift to Emory ensures world-class health care in Georgia
As published in the Atlanta Business Chronicle on Jan. 12, 2018
The Robert W. Woodruff Foundation gave Emory University a $400 million grant that will enable it to kick-start two major projects.
