200 YEARS OF INNOVATION From the President I invite you to join us for a once in a lifetime sponsorship opportunity to celebrate 200 years of innovation, education, research, public service, and patient care. Founded by the School of Medicine in 1807, the University of Maryland, Baltimore (UMB) has grown to become a national leader in the world’s new knowledge economy. In addition to the School of Medicine, today UMB comprises a graduate school and schools of dentistry, law, pharmacy, nursing, and social work, boasting an operating budget of $734 million. As the catalyst for the revitalization of Baltimore’s Westside, UMB is engaged in all measure of bioscience innovations and is commercializing breakthrough biomedical technologies through collaborative partnerships with industry. As we look forward to celebrating our Bicentennial, we also honor the unflagging spirit of those early innovators. As part of our annual Founders Week celebration in October 2006, we will award the inaugural Inventor/Entrepreneur of the Year Award. This new award is in addition to our annual recognition of the Teacher of the Year, the Research Lecturer of the Year, and the Public Servant of the Year. Founders Week in October 2006 also kicks off an entire year of dynamic bicentennial events which will culminate at the Founders Gala in October 2007. We ask that you join us in 2006 as a sponsor, and our partnership will continue through the 2007 Founder’s Gala—one solicitation and two years of events in which to promote your business and your partnership with us. Sincerely,
David J. Ramsay, DM, DPhil |
