For Mr. and Mrs. Skokos, making Dallas their home meant making the city a part of their mission to give back. They continue to do so today through their support and advocacy of Southwestern Medical Foundation and other organizations dear to them.

Louise Rose Freedman Eiseman will be remembered as a loving mother and wife, trailblazer, entrepreneur, and a tireless community volunteer who was dedicated to the Dallas community through her involvement in many civic, cultural, and educational organizations.

A charitable bequest is a gift left to charity when someone passes away. A bequest is one of the easiest ways to leave a legacy and support the causes you care about. You can leave a bequest by making a promise in your will, living trust, or codicil.

Read a special fall message from our President and CEO, Kathleen M. Gibson.

We are pleased to share with you a new issue of Planning Matters, a bi-annual communication by Southwestern Medical Foundation and UT Southwestern Medical Center which serves to highlight the benefits and lasting impact of planning giving alongside inspirational stories of legacy-building and love for community.

Alan and Joan (Joni) Walne are proud to give back through their Fund at Southwestern Medical Medical Foundation, which supports advances in Alzheimer’s research and treatment at UT Southwestern Medical Center.

We witness, encourage, and support the service of today’s health care heroes in action, as they innovate solutions for our most pressing medical challenges, and we remember – always – the sacrifices made by so many when our world was forever changed on September 11, 2001.

Community service and giving back has always been a key component of Kerry Arrington's life. As an Albert Schweitzer Fellow, she is drawing on her passion for education to create a tutoring program with a social-emotional learning component at Fred F. Florence Middle School.

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When UT Southwestern alumnus Dr. Harvey Birsner established the Harvey A. Birsner 2005 Trust benefiting Southwestern Medical Foundation, he created long-lasting benefits to UT Southwestern Medical Center for future generations.

As an Albert Schweitzer Fellow, Shivani Raman aims to make treatment and care for hypertension more accessible. She is designing and implementing a self-measured blood pressure (SMBP) program for patients diagnosed with hypertension at the North Dallas Shared Ministries (NDSM) free clinic to promote improved hypertension management and patient empowerment.

Dr. Jean Wilson, an internationally recognized endocrinologist and Professor Emeritus of Internal Medicine at UT Southwestern Medical Center, died June 13. He was 88. Dr. Wilson held the Charles Cameron Sprague Distinguished Chair of Biomedical Research at UT Southwestern, where his laboratory research lasted six decades. His significant scientific discoveries led to profound insights into the mechanisms underlying sexual differentiation and to now widely used treatments for prostate disease.