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Fund President Dr. John Burris Announces Retirement – Burroughs Wellcome Fund
Under Dr. Burris’s tenure the Fund helped spark endeavors in preterm birth research, an interdisciplinary program in population and laboratory research, an innovations in regulatory science awards program, career awards for outstanding STEM teachers in North Carolina, an innovative mathematics program based on the methods used in Singapore, and funding for equipment and supplies for K-12 classrooms. He also participated in early efforts to create the North Carolina Science Festival and provided the festival with a $1 million endowment gift to initiate creation of a meaningful endowment.
Name: John Burris
Continent: North America
Country: USA
Company: Burroughs Wellcome Fund
Position: President
Reason: Retired
Announcement Date: May 28, 2019, 10:00pm
Resignation Date: May 28, 2019, 10:00pm
Source 1: https://www.bwfund.org/newsroom/announcements/fund-president-dr-john-burris-announces-retirement