Donor Stories
Learn how others have made an impact through their acts of giving to our organization and others.
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During the October 2012 Perspectives In Medicine (PIM) Lecture, friends and grateful patients of GBMC HealthCare gathered to honor longtime benefactor Deane C. Laycock...
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From a very early age, Nancy Smith of Parkville, Maryland knew that giving back was an important thing to do. Her parents were among the early supporters of GBMC...
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In 1937, at a time when women had limited career choices, Deane Clark paved her own way in life. In need of a college education, she approached a banker...
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Jerome W. Geckle was the youngest in a family of 10 children raised in the Waverly area of Baltimore. At 17 years of age, Mr. Geckle enlisted in the Marines...
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Patricia Wagner always knew she wanted to be a nurse — she had a goal to be involved in healthcare somehow. “My dear husband helped make that dream come true,...”
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Mrs. Mary Gwynn Erlandson began dedicating her time and energy to GBMC long before it even opened its doors in 1965...
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Stewart Weems was the dream patient. From the moment he was diagnosed with throat cancer at GBMC's Milton J. Dance Jr. Head & Neck...
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Meeting Nancy Smith is like going back in time. Just a few minutes into a conversation with her provides a connection between...
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March 30 is a day to celebrate those physicians who take time away from their own families to take care of ours. Every medical...
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When James Richard Awalt's family began constructing buildings in Howard County in the 1950s, it was a rural community...
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A Baltimore County Public School teacher for 29 years, loving wife and caregiver, Emmy Lee Steigelman and her husband, Dick, cherished...
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The first thing most cancer patients realize is that nothing can be taken for granted again, especially time. For Ethel Zelenske, a patient in the Sandra & Malcolm Berman Cancer Institute at GBMC, each moment is a precious gift.
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Due to a long family history with GBMC, Mark and Fran Harris were
well-acquainted with their community hospital when Fran was diagnosed with
pancreatic cancer in September 2017. Through her 16-month treatment and
subsequent stays at GBMC...
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J. Thomas and Eleanor Requard owned a beautiful, historic 39-foot boat,
the Isabel. From their second home on the Tred Avon River in St.
Michaels, they would cruise the bright blue waters of...
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Bill and Suzanne Higginbothom enjoyed the simple things in life. The couple felt comfortable where they grew up, in Baltimore County, and
chose to make their married home in...
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Dr. and Mrs. Robert Bond Welch were dedicated supporters even before
GBMC opened its doors in 1965. Dr. Welch served on the Board of the
Presbyterian Eye Research Foundation before...
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For more than two decades, Jim and Jackie Stradtner have been devoted supporters of GBMC, embodying the spirit of community and philanthropy.
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Once upon a time, a 19-year-old dairy farmer lit Pablo Picasso's cigarette
on a beach in France. At the time, this young man had no intention of getting into the family
dairy farming business, until...
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In 1999, Frank Liebman thanked GBMC for caring for his beloved wife,
Elaine, by establishing the first of eight charitable gift annuities. Over
the next seven years...
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Shirley Lewis has volunteered at GBMC, since the beginning. Shirley Lewis' life is marked by music. It's how she met her husband, it's
how she made a living and it's how she...
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Rodica I. Johnson grew up in Princeton, New Jersey. Her parents were both employed by Princeton University, her father a Senior Researcher in Physics, and her mother a Publications Distributor for the Department of Economics.
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For Rodica Johnson, what started out as a volunteer tribute to her late husband, Lincoln, became dedicated volunteer service and leadership for GBMC's Volunteer Auxiliary.
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While working at Harvard in 1945, Barbara Hall said she took advice from
her boss that changed her life. "He said, 'You're a good kid, but there is
a much better job at Kirkland house.' So, I interviewed and got the job."
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Serious illness and healthcare decision-making are often a family affair. And for the Bond-Burdette-Tompkins family, giving is done together. So, it makes sense...