Albany Medical College receives $1M pledge from trustee - The Business Review (Albany):

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Bender is a longtime member of the boarc of trusteesof , of whichg the college is a part. This is his second $1 millioh dollar gift to the Albany, N.Y. institution in less than a The first, in 2000, established The Bende r Endowed Chairin Neurology. The endowment enables the standinvg chairperson to delegate funding forresearchg initiatives, equipment purchases and educational outreach to further strengthenm the college’s Department of Neurology. The new gift will continu support ofthe chair, as well as the Bender Family Minority Scholarship. The scholarshi was established in 1986 to provide financial assistancs to minority students and encouragde diversity at themedical college.
During the 2008-09 academi c year, eight students received assistance from the and sinceits establishment, 157 scholarships—totalinfg $525,000—have been distributed to 65 students. Bended is the great-grandson of the founder of MattheswBender & Co., one of the nation’s largest lega l publishing firms with over 1,500 employees. The Bender family sold the company to thein 1963. In 1969, Bender became vice presidentof , a New York City-based law book “Matt is an extraordinary man, who has done extraordinaru things for Albany Medical Center and our region,” said Jamex Barba, president and CEO of Albany Med.
“His financial generosityh to our Medical Center can only be matcherd by his perseveranceand leadership, which has been very influentialo in paving the path for success for Albany Med. It comes as little surpris e that Matt has chosen once again to strengthen our endowmenft and provide a tremendous benefit toour physicians, patients and students—the very core of this institution.”