Roy Pearson — a member of the UNMC Board of Counselors and supporter of medical center research — died Saturday in Holdrege. He was 91.
Roy Pearson, shown here with his wife, Mary, a member of the UNMC Board of Counselors and supporter of UNMC research, died Saturday. He was 91. |
He and his wife, Mary, donated $200,000 to the University of Nebraska Foundation to support the research of UNMC’s Iqbal Ahmad, Ph.D.
“Roy Pearson was a great humanitarian and a champion of biomedical research,” Dr. Ahmad said. “He would keep in touch with our progress and keep us going with his encouragement. I got to know him quite well and understood why his generation is called the greatest.”
Memorials are suggested to:
University of Nebraska Foundation Eye Research
2285 S. 67th St., Suite 200
Omaha, NE 68106.