{"id":93772,"date":"2021-04-20T12:59:27","date_gmt":"2021-04-20T16:59:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/busm\/?page_id=93772"},"modified":"2026-03-06T12:41:09","modified_gmt":"2026-03-06T17:41:09","slug":"giving-societies","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/giving\/who-gives\/giving-societies\/","title":{"rendered":"Giving Societies"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote><p>More often than not, progress in medical research comes one small step at a time, with each team of researchers standing on the shoulders of those who have gone before them. For this reason, substantial and continuing investment in our research programs is critically important. We are indebted to our donors who make major gifts in support of our work\u2014and we are equally indebted to those who support us on a continuing basis.<br \/>\n<cite><small>Dean Karen H. Antman<\/small><\/cite><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h2>Our most dedicated donors<\/h2>\n<p>The Chobanian &amp; Avedisian School of Medicine is proud to acknowledge the generosity of its most dedicated donors by extending them membership in any of several giving societies, each of which extends unique benefits to its members. These societies include:<\/p>\n<p>\u00b7 The William Fairfield Warren Society, honoring lifetime giving of $1,000,000 or more to Boston University; for more information, please <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/giving\/camed-development-team\/\">contact the Chobanian &amp; Avedisian School of Medicine Advancement team<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00b7 The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/giving\/who-gives\/giving-societies\/keefer-society\/\">Chester S. Keefer, M.D. Society<\/a>, honoring lifetime giving to the Chobanian &amp; Avedisian School of Medicine of $100,000 or more<\/p>\n<p>\u00b7 The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/alumni\/giving\/who-gives\/1839-society\/\">1839 Society<\/a>, recognizing those who give $1,000 or more to BU in a fiscal year<\/p>\n<p>\u00b7 The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/alumni\/giving\/who-gives\/loyalty-society\/\">Loyalty Society<\/a>, recognizing those who give to BU in two or more consecutive years or commit to a recurring gift or multi-year pledge<\/p>\n<p>\u00b7 The <a href=\"https:\/\/bulegacy.org\/?pageID=1003\">Claflin Society<\/a>, honoring donors who have included Boston University in their estate plans<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>More often than not, progress in medical research comes one small step at a time, with each team of researchers standing on the shoulders of those who have gone before them. For this reason, substantial and continuing investment in our research programs is critically important. We are indebted to our donors who make major gifts [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14430,"featured_media":0,"parent":93773,"menu_order":2,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"bu-publication":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/93772"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/14430"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=93772"}],"version-history":[{"count":15,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/93772\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":142545,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/93772\/revisions\/142545"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/93773"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=93772"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"bu-publication","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/bu-publication?post=93772"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}