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Ann and Robert H. Lurie Family Foundation was incorporated in 1986 (39 years ago) () and, in 2000, the name was changed to Ann and Robert H. Lurie Foundation.The Foundation was established by Chicagoans Robert H. Lurie, a real estate and investment magnate who died from colon cancer in 1990, at age 48, [1] and his wife, Ann, who died from brain cancer in 2024, aged 79.
Robert H. Lurie was an American philanthropist and businessman who was a founder of the Ann and Robert H. Lurie Foundation, which contributed to the Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center and Lurie Children's Hospital. With his business partner Sam Zell, he was a part-owner of the White Sox and the Bulls.
Lurie was born to a Jewish family [1] in San Francisco, the son of Babette (née Greenbaum) and Louis Lurie. [2] In 1972, he took over the real estate company founded in 1922 by his father. The company built a number of properties along Montgomery Street over the years, including a building Bank of America bought and tore down for its world ...
Chicago’s biggest children’s hospital, Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s, has entered its second week of reduced service as it tries to recover from a cyberattack.
Northwestern's Cancer Center, founded in 1974, was renamed in 1991, in recognition of a gift from Ann & Robert H. Lurie. [7] In 1996, during a visit to Chicago, Diana, Princess of Wales visited the Lurie Cancer Center to help raise money for cancer research and to benefit a cancer support group. [8] [9]
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Ann Lurie (1944/1945 – June 24, 2024) was an American philanthropist and nurse who founded the Ann and Robert H. Lurie Foundation with her husband Robert H. Lurie in 1986. [1] She died on June 24, 2024, at the age of 79.
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