Gifts in Action - Dr. Benita Katzenellenbogen

MEET DR. KATZENELLENBOGEN

The Maybelle Swanlund Endowed Chair greatly aided Dr. Katzenellenbogen’s research and scholarly activities by enabling her laboratory to initiate new genomic approaches in cancer research. This would not have been possible without the funds to purchase expensive biotechnology supplies and equipment.

This gift enabled Katzenellenbogen and her students to answer crucial questions regarding cellular and hormonal regulation in cancer. The students in her research group also benefited from this gift because it allowed them to progress at a rapid rate with more sophisticated equipment and approaches.

WHAT SHE SAYS

“I am extremely gratified and humbled to receive this Chair,” said Katzenellenbogen, when she received the award, “as it indicates recognition by peers and generosity by colleagues at the University of Illinois. The Swanlund Chair recognizes the wonderful years that I have spent at the U of I and will assist in my continuing career as a faculty member at this University.”