6/23/2011 $1 Million Dollar Gift to Benefit El Paso Children's Hospital

University Medical Center Foundation received a $1 million gift to benefit the El Paso Children’s Hospital from the James A. “Buddy” Davidson Charitable Foundation of Midland, Texas.  The million dollar gift is dedicated to benefit the General Pediatrics program at the children’s hospital including pediatric medical equipment.  “The ninth floor of El Paso Children’s Hospital shall be named the James A. “Buddy” Davidson General Pediatrics Floor,” said Dennece Knight, Executive Director of University Medical Center Foundation.  “The generosity of the James A. “Buddy” Davidson Foundation and the scope of their gift will propel the general pediatrics program forward to the benefit of many families in the future with sick and injured children,” said Children’s Hospital CEO Larry Duncan.  “We are very grateful for their generosity.”
Born in 1926, James A. “Buddy” Davidson lost his father at the age of thirteen and was brought up by his mother who worked as a Registered Nurse.  Growing up during the depression, Buddy developed an early appreciation for the importance of saving a portion of his earnings.  A World War II veteran and the bearer of two law degrees, one in Business and another in Law, Mr. Davidson worked with various oil and gas companies until he started his own company in 1979.  He exemplified a life-long work ethic and diligence with a dollar and was known for continuing to make contributions to charity, whether times were good or bad.

Recent News

• 5/02/13 University Medical Center Foundation Announces $30,000 Grant From The Susan G. Komen Foundation For Sobreviviendo El Cancer De Seno Program
• 5/02/13 UMC Foundation Awarded $95,000 Grant From The Marsh Foundation To Purchase Halo System To Treat Patients With Esophageal Cancer
• 5/02/13 University Medical Center Foundation Awarded $343,422 Grant From Medcares To Support El Paso Children's Hospital Child Abuse Clinic.
• 3/20/13 $40,000 Gift To Be Presented To Dr. Bradley Furhman, Physician-In-Chief At El Paso Children's Hospital
• 2/28/13 University Medical Center Foundation Awarded $3,000 Grant From Shiloff Foundation

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  • 11/09/11 UMC Foundation Wins National Children's Miracle Network Award
  • 6/28/11 University Medical Center Foundation Announces Grant from Walter H. Hightower Foundation to Provide Orthopedic Surgical Table for El Paso Children's Hospital
  • 6/23/11 UMC Foundation Receives $1 Million Dolllar Gift from James A. "Buddy" Davidson Foundation to Benefit El Paso Children's Hospital
  • 6/09/11 Junior League of El Paso, Inc. Gives $100,000 to Family Resource Center of El Paso Children's Hospital
  • 5/25/11 University Medical Center Foundation Announces $25,000 Grant to Benefit "Sobreviviendo Cancer" Program From Susan G. Komen for the Cure
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  • 4/21/11 Fun and Poison Prevention at the El Paso Zoo
  • 3/29/11 UMC Foundation Announces $5,000 Grant From McKee Foundation
  • 3/29/11 West Texas Regional Poison Control Make Learning Poison Safety Fun at the El Paso Zoo
  • 2/25/11 El Paso Veterans Donate Bingo Cash to Children's Miracle Network
  • 2/21/11 University Medical Center Foundation Announces $250,000 Gift by Brigadier General Heidi Brown to Establish the William G. and Virginia Maxwell Brown Center for Pediatric Audiology Development and Learning
  • 2/02/11 Area High School Students will Dance for Those Who Can't to Benefit Children's Miracle Network Dance Marathon 2011
  • 1/25/11 Edward James Olmos Keynote Speaker for First El Paso Children's Hospital Gala
  • 1/19/11 Southwest Airlines "Share the Spirit" Grant to University Medical Center Foundation to Provide Transportation to Cancer Patients
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