{"id":46887,"date":"2001-05-16T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2001-05-16T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2001\/05\/16\/unmc-commencement-honors-chabner-benschoter-kiewitfoundation\/"},"modified":"2022-08-29T10:52:26","modified_gmt":"2022-08-29T15:52:26","slug":"unmc-commencement-honors-chabner-benschoter-kiewitfoundation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2001\/05\/16\/unmc-commencement-honors-chabner-benschoter-kiewitfoundation\/","title":{"rendered":"UNMC Commencement Honors Chabner, Benschoter, Kiewit\n\nFoundation"},"content":{"rendered":"

The University of Nebraska Medical Center honored two individuals and<\/p>\n

one of Nebraskas most esteemed foundations for contributions to the university,<\/p>\n

the medical profession and the state on May 5 at the spring commencement<\/p>\n

ceremony.<\/p>\n

UNMC awarded the Peter Kiewit Foundation with the Chancellors Distinguished<\/p>\n

Service Award.  The UNMC Chancellors Distinguished Service Award<\/p>\n

is given to individuals or organizations that have demonstrated outstanding<\/p>\n

support for UNMC by way of personal service, private contributions or other<\/p>\n

meritorious advocacy for the campus mission.<\/p>\n

Peter Kiewit was born and raised in Omaha and led his fathers construction<\/p>\n

company into becoming one of the largest employee-owned businesses in the<\/p>\n

United States.  The Peter Kiewit Foundation was created entirely from<\/p>\n

his personal wealth.  At the time of his death, he had made some $15<\/p>\n

million in known donations and had pledged an additional $5 million. <\/p>\n

Since the Foundations first year of operations in 1980, the Trustees have<\/p>\n

approved more than 1,400 grants exceeding $344 million in value. <\/p>\n

The Foundation currently has assets of approximately $525 million.<\/p>\n

The Foundation has demonstrated a strong commitment to UNMC research<\/p>\n

enterprise over the years.  It donated $1 million towards the construction<\/p>\n

of the Eppley Science Hall in 1991.  In its largest gift ever to the<\/p>\n

University of Nebraska, the Peter Kiewit Foundation made a $17.5 million<\/p>\n

grant to help fund construction of the $77 million, 284,000-square foot<\/p>\n

Research Center of Excellence. The groundbreaking ceremony for the new<\/p>\n

research center will be held on May 22.<\/p>\n

Reba Benschoter, Ph.D., whose career at UNMC spanned 43 years, retired<\/p>\n

June 30, 2000, as director of Bio-Medical Communications. She also was<\/p>\n

associate dean for the School of Allied Health Professions from 1985 to<\/p>\n

1995.  She received the J.G. (Jack) Elliott Award for her pioneering<\/p>\n

work in the implementation of new communications technologies and the development<\/p>\n

of a number of successful educational initiatives to support UNMCs continuing<\/p>\n

commitment to rural Nebraska.<\/p>\n

The J.G. (Jack) Elliott Award honors the memory of a former Scottsbluff<\/p>\n

resident that served on the University of Nebraska Board of Regents for<\/p>\n

20 years until his death in 1974.  The J.G. (Jack) Elliott Award honors<\/p>\n

an individual who has made a significant contribution to health programs<\/p>\n

for the state of Nebraska and UNMC, especially UNMC programs that have<\/p>\n

an impact throughout the state.<\/p>\n

Dr. Benschoter led the development of a UNMC partnership with the Nebraska<\/p>\n

Educational Television Network in 1975.  The network provided low-cost<\/p>\n

electronic access to key Nebraska communities.  IN 1991, she participated<\/p>\n

in the planning and implementations of the statewide satellite TV system,<\/p>\n

NEB*SAT.  As associate head for SAHP, Dr. Benschoter spearheaded the<\/p>\n

study of rural allied health workforce in 1987, and led the school in developing<\/p>\n

innovative programs such as the SAHP Rural Health Opportunities Program<\/p>\n

with Chadron State College, special rural admissions tacks, programs for<\/p>\n

non-traditional rural students and the creation of rural training sites<\/p>\n

to allow students to remain close to their communities.<\/p>\n

In 1990, Dr. Benschoter helped to build the Rural Health Education Network<\/p>\n

and, in 1993, she conceived, and became project director of the Rural Health<\/p>\n

Education Distance Learning Research Center, joint venture between UNMC<\/p>\n

and the University of Nebraska at Kearney to build a state-of-the art center<\/p>\n

for distance learning and research in the application of new educational<\/p>\n

technologies.<\/p>\n

Bruce A. Chabner, M.D., a nationally renowned physician, received an<\/p>\n

Honorary Doctors of Science Degree for his many contributions to the development<\/p>\n

of cancer drug therapies.  Dr. Chabner is a professor of medicine<\/p>\n

at Harvard Medical School.  He is section chief of the division of<\/p>\n

hematology\/oncology and clinical director of the Cancer Center at Massachusetts<\/p>\n

General Hospital, a teaching hospital for Harvard Medical School in Boston.<\/p>\n

Dr. Chabner has published more than 200 papers, as well as 15 books. <\/p>\n

He has received numerous awards for his work in oncology, including the<\/p>\n

U.S. Public Health Services Commendation Medal, Outstanding Service Medal<\/p>\n

and the Distinguished Service Medal while serving at the National Cancer<\/p>\n

Institute. In September 2000, Dr. Chabner was the guest speaker at the<\/p>\n

UNMC Eppley Cancer Centers Carol Bell Lectureship.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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