THE JANE COFFIN CHILDS MEMORIAL FUND

We are pleased to announce the latest edition of the Jane Coffin Childs Memorial Fund newsletter. We are sure that you will enjoy it and will find it useful in keeping abreast of the JCC Fund's activities as well as updates from other fellows. Please be sure to share your news as well by clicking on the link below.

Current JCC Newsletter:

Fall 2007 JCC Newsletter

 

The Jane Coffin Childs Memorial Fund for Medical Research was established in 1937 by the late Miss Alice S. Coffin and Mr. Starling W. Childs as a gift in trust to Yale University for the furtherance of research into the causes, origin, and treatment of cancer.

The structure of the Fund is designed to express the original purpose of the Fund-free, wide ranging scientific inquiry. The Fund consists of two Boards-the Board of Managers and the Board of Scientific Advisers. The original Board of Managers was appointed in 1937 by the Yale Corporation and was chaired by Frederic C. Walcott, a former Senator from Connecticut and friend of Starling W. Childs. By the Deed of Gift the Board became self perpetuating and is solely responsible for the administration and management of the Fund. However, all actions relating to scientific matters are taken upon the initiation, or with the advice, of the Board of Scientific Advisers.