The .Va Norman Rockwell Imh tid C AM OENRIICCCE Heartfelt Gift Kahn Foundation bolsters U-M heart center. Ann Arbor T Final Days! EXTENDED HOURS MAY 30 AND 31 (DIA.ORG FOR DETAILS) MARCH 8 MAY 31 For tickets visit dia.org or the DIA Box Office. Members receive FREE tickets. Join today! 313.833.7971 DETROIT INSTITUTE OF ARTS 5200 WOODWARD AVE. 313.833.7900 Norman Rockwell. American; No Swimming, 1921: oil on canvas. Cover illustration for The Saturday Evening Post, June 4,1921 From the permanent coliection of Norman Rockwell Museum. q".1 1921 SEPS: Licensed by Curtis Publishing, Indianapolis, IN. N E A *1 J American Chronics:The Art of Norman Rockwell has been organized by the Norman Rockwell Museum in Stockbridge, Massachusetts American Chronicles has been made possible by a grant from the National. Endowment for the Arts. American Masterpieces Program. In Detroit support has been provided by the Michigan Council for Arts and Cultural Affairs and the City of Detroit. 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Dan and Betty Kahn Cardiovascular Medical Engineering Research Fund to support research by physicians, scientists and engineers doing promising work in biomedicine and bioengineering. Initial Betty and D. Dan Kahn work will focus on understanding and treating irregular heartbeats, called arrhythmias, with future work expand- laboratories. ing into other areas at the interface The cardiovascular center opened the between heart and blood vessel disease doors of the state-of-the-art facility in and engineering. 2007. It has become a space of hope and These new collaborations will take healing for thousands of patients fight- place across continents and in dedicated ing heart diseases and vascular disor- laboratory space at U-M to be named in ders including stroke. honor of D. Dan and Betty Kahn. In recognition of the donor, the "I have long held the belief that the 300-seat auditorium at the Biomedical University of Michigan is one of the Science Research Building will be great medical research institutions in named in honor of the Kahns. It is the the world. I also believe it is important largest research facility on campus. for the Michigan economy to support Lab space is organized along research institutions that are based in Michigan. themes, such as molecular imaging, This gift to the University of Michigan cardiovascular science, nanotechnology, to support heart research builds on the regenerative medicine and gerontology, gift I made in 2004 to honor the mem- to foster project collaboration and intel- ory of my wife, Betty, and supports the lectual innovation. great work being done by the Michigan A ceremony dedicating the audito- Cardiovascular Center," said D. Dan rium in honor of D. Dan Kahn and his Kahn of Bloomfield Hills. late wife Betty is planned this summer. It is through Kahn's vision that two D. Dan Kahn has made other gener- world-class institutions, the University ous gifts to the University of Michigan. of Michigan and Israel's Technion In 2004, D. Dan Kahn thanked the U-M University will come together to poten- Health System and honored the mem- tially transform the ability to diagnose, ory of his wife, Betty, with a $1 million treat and prevent the world's leading gift to the cardiovascular center. It led killer — cardiovascular disease. to the naming of the D. Dan and Betty "D. Dan Kahn recognizes that the Kahn Patient and Family Reception discovery process requires brilliant Area at the Cardiovascular Center, an minds working in collaboration:' says area streaming with light. Betty Kahn James Woolliscroft, M.D., dean of the died in June 2004. University of Michigan Medical School. Her husband made the gift in grati- "In today's world, those relationships tude for the care she received from Kim are often with global partners and we Eagle, M.D., a director of the cardio- look forward to the opportunity to vascular center, and Scott Gitlin, M.D., work with Technion, a university with associate professor of internal medicine, a tradition of excellence and focus on hematology/oncology. innovation." The Kahns have changed their greater Scientists working in Technion's D. community with contributions to the Dan Kahn Mechanical Engineering Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Building will collaborate with physi- Detroit, United Jewish Foundation of cians, scientists, and bioengineers at Metropolitan Detroit, ORT America and U-M's new D. Dan and Betty Kahn other Jewish community organizations Cardiovascular Medical Engineering throughout Metro Detroit. Li