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Discussion Boards => Allergy Research & News => Topic started by: ajasfolks2 on December 17, 2014, 08:17:33 AM

Title: $24 Million (!) Gift to Stanford for Allergy Research!
Post by: ajasfolks2 on December 17, 2014, 08:17:33 AM
Pretty impressive $ amount . . .

http://medcitynews.com/2014/12/sean-parkers-24m-gift-stanford-allergy-research-comes-opportune-time/ (http://medcitynews.com/2014/12/sean-parkers-24m-gift-stanford-allergy-research-comes-opportune-time/)
Title: Re: $24 Million (!) Gift to Stanford for Allergy Research!
Post by: guess on December 17, 2014, 11:06:55 AM
Booking my flight to Cali.
Title: Re: $24 Million (!) Gift to Stanford for Allergy Research!
Post by: maeve on December 17, 2014, 02:15:41 PM
This was a great interview in Forbes. Parker talks about being bullied.

http://www.forbes.com/sites/stevenbertoni/2014/12/17/why-sean-parker-gave-24-million-to-build-a-stanford-allergy-research-center/ (http://www.forbes.com/sites/stevenbertoni/2014/12/17/why-sean-parker-gave-24-million-to-build-a-stanford-allergy-research-center/)
Title: Re: $24 Million (!) Gift to Stanford for Allergy Research!
Post by: Macabre on December 17, 2014, 07:08:45 PM
Nice!



What I was thinking when reading the interview:  Dude, if you have peanut, treenut and shellfish allergies, you canNOT eat at Thai restaurants!
Title: Re: $24 Million (!) Gift to Stanford for Allergy Research!
Post by: CMdeux on December 17, 2014, 09:54:18 PM
 :misspeak:  Glad that it wasn't just me.  I kept thinking....

Duuuuuuuuuuude-- you're smarter than this.

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Title: Re: $24 Million (!) Gift to Stanford for Allergy Research!
Post by: LinksEtc on December 22, 2014, 08:21:21 AM
Tweeted by @SusannahFox

"Thank you, Sean Parker"
https://medium.com/@SusannahFox/thank-you-sean-parker-6c3bab7424d (https://medium.com/@SusannahFox/thank-you-sean-parker-6c3bab7424d)

QuoteAnd to those who are looking for reasons to blame food allergies on something (including my housekeeping), I say: OK, let's study it.
QuoteThank you, Sean Parker, for this gift to Stanford and to the food-allergy community.