A gift of over $4.46 million to the College of Arts & Sciences from alumnus Dr. Larry Blatt (a pioneering virologist and founder of Alios BioPharma Inc.) will fund an array of new and ongoing endowments, including $2 million to endow the Lawrence M. Blatt Chair in Virology in the Department of Biology and $500,000 for the Milton Taylor Fellowship for graduate students in virology, initially created by Blatt in 2000 in honor of his mentor, Professor Emeritus Milton Taylor. This gift also funds the Blatt Biotechnology Internship Program that will provide private sector experience for Biology students.
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