The NCH Corp., a Dallas-based industrial supply business, has given two major gifts to foster research and clinical care at UT Southwestern. The family-owned and operated company has donated $300,000 in water-treatment chemical products and $250,000 to support construction of the William P.Clements Jr. University Hospital.
The gifts, which were made to Southwestern Medical Foundation, will aid in the building and maintenance of the new $800 million state-of-the-art hospital, slated to open in late 2014.
Best practices gathered from the nation’s top clinical facilities, as well as innovations emerging from the planning process at UT Southwestern, have been incorporated into the design of the 460-bed hospital, which will fully integrate the academic medical center’s research, clinical, and educational missions.
“NCH business associates and their families have relied on extraordinary care from UT Southwestern for many decades, and we are very grateful to have this world-class medical option in our community,” said John I. Levy, the company’s Co-President and Co-CEO. “We are proud to make this gift, which honors the longstanding commitment to UT Southwestern of my uncles, Lester and Milton, and my father, Irvin – all of whom grew NCH into what it is today.”
NCH was established by Texas businessman Milton P. Levy in 1919 and was taken over by his three sons – Lester, Milton Jr., and Irvin – following his death in 1946. The privately held company has grown into a global provider of products, including water treatment chemicals, specialty lubricants, oil field chemicals, plumbing supplies, pet care products, and specialty industrial supplies. The company employs more than 8,500 people and operates in over 50 countries.
Longtime supporters of the medical center, the Levy Family established the Ruth W. and Milton P. Levy Sr. Chair in Molecular Nephrology and the NCH Corporation Chair in Molecular Transport at UT Southwestern in 1994.