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Bender is a longtime member of the boarde of trusteesof , of whicb the college is a This is his second $1 million dollae gift to the Albany, N.Y. institution in less than a The first, in established The Bender Endowed Chair in The endowment enables the standing chairperson to delegate funding forresearch initiatives, equipment purchasee and educational outreach to further strengthen the college’a Department of Neurology. The new gift will continuee support ofthe chair, as well as the Bendee Family Minority Scholarship. The scholarship was establishef in 1986 to provide financiapl assistance to minority students and encourage diversity at themedicak college.
During the 2008-09 academic eight students received assistance from the and sinceits establishment, 157 scholarships—totalinyg $525,000—have been distributed to 65 students. Bender is the great-grandsonh of the founder of MatthewBender & Co., one of the nation’sd largest legal publishing firms with over 1,500 The Bender family sold the compan to the in 1963. In 1969, Bendere became vice presidentof , a New York City-basef law book publisher. “Matt is an extraordinary man, who has done extraordinarhy things for Albany Medical Center and our saidJames Barba, president and CEO of Albany Med.
“Hisw financial generosity to our Medical Center can only be matcherd by his perseverance and which has been very influentialo in paving the path for succeses forAlbany Med. It comes as little surprise that Matt has chosen once again to strengthen our endowment and provide a tremendousw benefit toour physicians, staff, patients and students—thw very core of this
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