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Jewish Community News
December 2003
Dillers give $35 million for cancer research building
A gift of $35 million — the largest contribution from individual donors in UCSF history — has been made by the Helen Diller Family to support construction of a new cancer research building at UCSF Mission Bay. The facility will be named the Helen Diller Family Cancer Research Building in recognition of the family's pivotal role in making the research center possible. The grant was made specifically from the Helen Diller Family Supporting Foundation of the Jewish Community Endowment Fund.
"We are native San Franciscans and are proud to give back to our community," said Helen Diller. "Our family is extremely enthused about cancer research at UCSF. By supporting the new Mission Bay campus we are not only aiding the scientists researching a cure for this devastating disease, but also we have been presented with the joy of participating in the development of an entirely new section of this very beautiful city."
The Helen Diller Family Cancer Research Building will be a prominent feature of UCSF Mission Bay, the new, 43-acre campus on the eastern waterfront of San Francisco. The campus is part of the greater Mission Bay project, San Francisco's largest urban development effort since the building of Golden Gate Park, and will include 2.65-million square feet of new research and teaching space.
The five-story building will provide more than 160,000 square feet to researchers at the UCSF Comprehensive Cancer Center, the only cancer center in Northern California to hold the National Cancer Institute's prestigious "comprehensive" designation. The new space will enable a dramatic expansion of programs focused on cancers of the prostate, kidney and brain. It will also house the UCSF Cancer Research Institute, whose 15 major laboratories investigate the basic biological mechanisms of cancer.
"This is a watershed moment for UCSF," said J. Michael Bishop, MD, chancellor and university professor at UCSF, and a recipient of the 1989 Nobel Prize in medicine for his cancer research. "With the Diller family's remarkable support, we are accelerating the transformation of Mission Bay from abandoned rail yards into the 21st century's great biomedical research center."
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