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Mayo Clinic to Name Center After Sheik
Mayo Clinic to Name Cardiovascular Center After Arab Emirates Sheik Who Gave $25 Million
MINNEAPOLIS Oct. 19, 2004 — The Mayo Clinic will name a new cardiovascular treatment center for the president of the United Arab Emirates, Sheik Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, who has given $25 million to the institution since he underwent neck surgery there in 1996.
The 86-year-old sheik pledged the money soon after the surgery but didn't want it made public, Mayo spokesman Chris Gade said Tuesday after the Star Tribune reported the gift.
"Now we're at the stage of the process where he's made the final payment," Gade said Tuesday.
Some of the sheik's contributions elsewhere have been controversial. In 1999, a think tank he funded in Abu Dhabi was criticized for anti-Semitic speakers and anti-Semitic language on its Web site. However, the UAE government earned praise four years later for shutting down the think tank, citing intolerance.(snip)
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