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Tufts University - Beyond Boundaries Newsletter Spring 2008 - Index

BEYO ND BOUNDARIES
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Associate Provost Supports
Clinical Teaching Faculty
Working at her
Chinese immigrant
parents’ Somerville
laundry, Mary
(Chin) Lee, J75,
M83, learned the meaning of a job
well done, and the importance of
giving something back.
“My parents always said, ‘We’re
doing this to give you a better life.
Don’t waste it. Give back,’” says
Lee, former dean of educational
affairs at Tufts University School of
Medicine and current associate provost.
“Those values are very much
in line with the Hippocratic Oath.”
Her parents’ sense of vocation mirrors that of Tufts’
clinical faculty, who, in keeping with the Hippocratic
Oath to share knowledge, teach medical students on a
volunteer basis.
To thank those clinical faculty members, Lee has
donated $100,000 to support clinical education at the
medical school. “I hope the fund can provide seed
money for innovative programs run by our core clinical
faculty,” Lee says. “This can help support them in their
professional growth as outstanding educators.”
Lee hopes the fund will “grow into the millions.”
She adds, with a smile, “The fund is unnamed—maybe
someone will name it for a few million. Philanthropy at
any level has an impact. [This] year is my 25th reunion;
perhaps my classmates will consider a contribution.”
“Tufts is blessed with a core of dedicated and passionate
clinical teaching faculty,” says Scott Epstein,
M84, the school’s current dean of educational affairs.
“Their effectiveness is apparent in Tufts students’ success
in gaining the most sought-after residency placements
and their superior performance during those
residencies. Yet, as with clinical faculty nationwide,
Tufts educators face mounting outside pressure to see
more and more patients. This has squeezed the time
they can devote to teaching.
“Mary’s generosity sets the stage for the school to recognize
and reward clinical teaching faculty,” Epstein says.
News of the Campaign for Tufts Spring 2008
FOCUS ON FACULTY SUPPORT
To the Core of Excellence…
Great teaching and great research reinforce each
other. The Beyond Boundaries campaign seeks to
raise $333 million to foster outstanding Tufts faculty.
Endowed professorships and support for faculty
recruitment and development help Tufts attract and
keep the best teachers, scholars, and scientists.
Endowed professorships perpetuate one’s own
interest in Tufts or may recognize or memorialize a
family member, friend, or business. Minimum gift
amounts to endow professorships at Tufts are:
> $4 million: University Professorship
> $3 million: a newly created faculty professorship
> $2 million: an existing faculty professorship
>
$1 million: a junior or faculty development
professorship
Other giving opportunities can support faculty
members’ professional advancement. An endowed
fund of $200,000, for example, provides $10,000
in annual support for travel or research, or awards
for teaching and scholarship.
Chair Named for Father o
A gift from the Karamanlis
Foundation in Athens has
completed funding for the
Constantine Karamanlis
Chair in Hellenic and
Southeastern European
Studies at the Fletcher
School. The professorship
honors the memory
of the Greek premier who
restored democratic rule
to Greece.
Greece lays claim to the first Fletcher
graduate to become a head of government:
Kostas Karamanlis, F82,
F84 (above), the current prime minister
and Constantine Karamanlis’
nephew. With more than three dozen
alumni, Greece has the sixth largest
population of Fletcher School graduates
in Europe. These strong transatlantic
ties, and the support of Greek
Americans and alumni in the United