Meet Donors Like You

A one-dollar bill started it all. In 2011, John and Andrea Pitera had just opened Mojo’s on the Harbor. Brooke Williams, their very first customer, paid in cash and signed their first dollar for good luck. He had no idea that he was starting a trend that would lead to thousands of dollars for cancer research.

Pioneering cardiologist Richard A. Schatz, MD’77, recently established two endowments to help Duke give new generations of students the same chance it gave him.

The Shingleton Society--Duke Cancer Institute's Annual Giving Society--honored Sam Poley with the 2018 Shingleton Award for Community Partnership for his efforts to raise money for, and awareness of, Duke Cancer Institute and its fight against prostate cancer.

The Shingleton Society--Duke Cancer Institute's Annual Giving Society--honored Carol and Hal Johnson with the prestigious 2018 William W. Shingleton Award for their tireless efforts to raise money for, and awareness of, Duke Cancer Institute.

More than 100 volunteers from across Duke Health called more than 5,000 donors just to say "Thank you" for their support of Duke Health and all of its schools, institutes, and programs. Your gifts really do make a difference!

The Duke Eye Center dedicated the Frances and Stephen Foster Center for Ocular Immunology on October 9, 2018. This is a historic milestone for Duke Eye Center, as the Center is the first of its kind in the world.

Bill Hudson and L.C. Industries provided major financial support for building the new state-of-the-art Duke Eye Center building. Mr. Hudson and Duke's world-class ophthalmologists and researchers, share a passion to cure all blindness by creating the future of eye care at Duke.

R. Rodney Howell, MD’57, HS’57-’60 has dedicated his career to advancing the screening of newborns to diagnose potentially harmful conditions.

T. Rudolph “Rudy” Howell, MD’58, vividly remembers his first day at Duke University School of Medicine.