Penn receives $55M gift from Blackstone president toward breast cancer research

The University of Pennsylvania ’s Basser Center for BRCA has received a $55 million gift toward cancer treatment and disease interception from two school alums. Jon Gray, the president and COO of New York investment firm Blackstone, and his wife Mindy, made their latest gift to the institution Thursday. Their total contributi ons to Penn in the past decade are now in excess of $125 million. The funds will go to the Basser Center for BRCA at the Abramson Cancer Center. The couple donated $25 million…
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