The Wilmer Eye Institute at Johns Hopkins Medicine said Monday that it received one of the largest research donations in its history from the T. Boone Pickens Foundation, a philanthropic organization founded by the late Texas oil tycoon who was treated at the institute. The $20 million donation will support a professorship at the institute and vision-saving research that may be overlooked by other potential funders, Johns Hopkins Medicine said in a news release. AdvertisementPickens previously made donations to the institute in 2005 and 2009 that together totaled $8 million. The gifts established the T. Boone Pickens Professorship of Ophthalmology and helped with the construction of the Robert H. and Clarice Smith Building to house the institute’s research laboratories and operating rooms. But because of advancements in research and technology, Pickens was able to retain his vision when he was diagnosed with macular degeneration.

Source: Daily Sun August 07, 2023 23:41 UTC