Donald Danforth Plant Science Center
Board of Trustees
William H. Danforth, M.D., Chairman
Chancellor Emeritus
Washington University in St. Louis
John F. McDonnell, Vice Chair
Retired Chairman of the Board
McDonnell Douglas Corporation
The readers of this booklet will find that the scientists of the Donald Danforth
Plant Science Center are doing very well. They are pursuing interesting
Daniel A. Burkhardt
Managing Director
and important questions. Their work is well regarded. Despite very tight
Oakwood Medical Management, LLC
resources for research, funding for their work has increased more rapidly than
we expected. We on the board are very grateful to the scientists for the quality
France A. Córdova, Ph.D.
of their work.
President
Purdue University
A natural question is – How has the economic downturn affected the Center? Brady J. Deaton, Ph.D.
We have been affected. The endowment, all of which has been raised during
Chancellor
University of Missouri-Columbia
our present fund campaign, has lost about one-third of its value. That news
would be more depressing if it were not for the fact that our endowment
Arnold W. Donald
Former President & CEO
was far ahead of where we expected it to be at this time. In fact, despite our
Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation
losses we are at this time about where we expected to be when we started the
campaign. With the recent losses we will have to work harder and plan for
Hugh Grant
more fund-raising activity in the future.
Chairman, President & Chief Executive
Officer
Monsanto Company
On the plus side, the grants income supporting the work of the faculty has
exceeded our expectations, as has the annual support from over 570 friends.
Richard Herman, Ph.D.
Chancellor
We are blessed with able faculty and generous donors.
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
I have great confidence in the resiliency of our nation and our ability to
David W. Kemper
Chairman, President & Chief Executive
continue to make important contributions in challenging economic times,
Officer
Commerce Bancshares Inc.
Alex F. McCalla, Ph.D.
Professor Emeritus
William H. Danforth, M.D. Department of Agricultural &
Chairman of the Board of Trustees
Resource Economics
University of California, Davis
Philip Needleman, Ph.D.
Former Chief Scientist
Pharmacia and Monsanto Company/Searle
Peter H. Raven, Ph.D.
Director
Missouri Botanical Garden
Alfonso Romo-Garza
Chairman & CEO
Pulsar International, Mexico
P. Roy Vagelos, M.D.
Retired Chairman & CEO
Merck & Company
Robert L. Virgil, D.B.A.
Management Development Consultant
Edward Jones
Mark S. Wrighton, Ph.D.
Chancellor
Washington University in St. Louis
Usha Barwale Zehr, Ph.D.
Joint Director of Research
Maharashtra Hybrid Seeds Company
2 2008 Scientific Report The Donald Danforth Plant Science Center
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