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UCLA Rejects $3M Gift From Donald Sterling For Kidney Research
CBSLA.com) ^ | April 29, 2014 4:08 PM | Ed Mertz

Posted on 04/29/2014 5:24:19 PM PDT by BenLurkin

WESTWOOD (CBSLA.com) — Researchers at UCLA will return a portion of a $3 million pledge that Clippers owner Donald Sterling made to support kidney research, school officials announced Tuesday.

The university is returning the initial $425,000 payment from the Donald T. Sterling Foundation made earlier this month, and will not accept the balance of the money, calling the comments he made in a recorded conversation “divisive and hurtful,” according to spokesperson Phil Hampton.

Dr. Ira Kurtz, a professor of medicine in UCLA’s Division of Nephrology was awarded the gift earlier this month to fund research on the structural properties of key proteins in the kidney that affect its function in health and disease.

KNX 1070′s Ed Mertz reports the project’s ultimate goal is to aid in the development of drugs to treat patients with kidney disorders.

The school issued the following statement: “Mr. Sterling’s divisive and hurtful comments demonstrate that he does not share UCLA’s core values as a public university that fosters diversity, inclusion and respect. For those reasons, UCLA has decided to return Mr. Sterling’s initial payment of $425,000 and reject the remainder of a $3 million pledge he recently made to support basic kidney research by the UCLA Division of Nephrology.”

UCLA officials also addressed inquiries about an advertisement that appeared in Sunday’s Los Angeles Times “falsely suggesting that it was UCLA publicly thanking him for the gift.”

The ad was placed by Sterling, not the university, according to Hampton.


TOPICS: US: California
KEYWORDS: california; clippers; donaldsterling; donsterling; losangeles; losangelesclippers; naacp; nba; rochellesterling; ucla; vanessastiviano
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To: Moonman62

yes, what an awful thing to do for the research.


61 posted on 04/29/2014 6:59:34 PM PDT by machogirl (First they came for my tagline)
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To: BenLurkin

Political Correctness gone wild! What morons!


62 posted on 04/29/2014 7:27:40 PM PDT by vette6387
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To: BenLurkin
This is just plain stupid-assed silly.

It could have been the $3mil that save millions.

63 posted on 04/29/2014 7:39:12 PM PDT by Mariner (War Criminal #18)
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To: BenLurkin
Wow.

Hatred of those deemed Politically Incorrectness runs deep.

64 posted on 04/29/2014 7:51:09 PM PDT by Gritty (Gun controllers aren't afraid of guns but a country where the individual has power-Dan Greenfield)
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To: cherry

The literal shunning of the non-PC is now PC.
A hospital is returning money for medical research.
Now we just need the NAACP to give his money back, too. Unless, of course, that somehow qualifies as an “indulgence”.


65 posted on 04/29/2014 8:09:51 PM PDT by tbw2
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To: BenLurkin

What a stupid and criminal waste.


66 posted on 04/29/2014 8:18:18 PM PDT by lastchance ("Nisi credideritis, non intelligetis" St. Augustine)
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To: machogirl

Aw come on, do you realize that black victims have had their itty bitty feelings hurt yet again?

I guess sick and dying black people are not as important as having a grievance against a rich white guy.


67 posted on 04/29/2014 8:32:26 PM PDT by tiki
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To: Sarah Barracuda

I blame Viagea


68 posted on 04/29/2014 8:32:35 PM PDT by al baby (Hi MomÂ…)
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To: al baby

Viagra


69 posted on 04/29/2014 8:38:24 PM PDT by al baby (Hi MomÂ…)
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To: scbison

Well, we can abort ‘em early on, but if we don’t get them then it’s a lot more trouble!

On the other hand, we can stop research on kidney diseases by refusing funding. Then they die of kidney disease. That’s it! Neat, clean, lethal and it does not look bad to us so we don’t have to feel bad about ourselves! The answer to our dreams. Kill ‘em while we wear our cloaks of righteousness! (/liberal)


70 posted on 04/29/2014 8:41:53 PM PDT by 17th Miss Regt
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To: tiki

I would hope someone would speak up about the “cutting off nose to spite face” action of not accepting research funds.


71 posted on 04/29/2014 10:04:52 PM PDT by machogirl (First they came for my tagline)
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To: BenLurkin

Just shows you that these foundations aren’t really concerned about the charity the represent!


72 posted on 04/29/2014 10:38:00 PM PDT by fortheDeclaration (Pr 14:34 Righteousness exalteth a nation:but sin is a reproach to any people)
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To: Dilbert San Diego

This man is the target of satan-worshipping leftists acting on orders of the White House.


73 posted on 04/29/2014 11:11:56 PM PDT by Mmmike
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To: rarestia; CatherineofAragon

My bad!


74 posted on 04/30/2014 4:51:10 AM PDT by Repeal The 17th (We have met the enemy and he is us.)
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To: Repeal The 17th

How did you possibly get that my 83 year old grandfather was bused? I pretty clearly stated that I was the subject. Please re-read my post. I never once insinuated that came from my grandfather.


75 posted on 04/30/2014 6:25:09 AM PDT by rarestia (It's time to water the Tree of Liberty.)
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To: Repeal The 17th

Sorry for my quick previous response. Thanks to Catherine for her eye on this.


76 posted on 04/30/2014 6:25:50 AM PDT by rarestia (It's time to water the Tree of Liberty.)
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To: BenLurkin

Keeping Up Appearances is more important than accepting help from;

A silly,stupid,(perhaps even lonely, but really a jerk,)old fool. Was being serviced by a young female gold digger who was in turn being was being serviced by much youger black bucks at his expence which she paraded in front of him. Just to piss him off. Somehow after speaking with her lawyer sets up a situation where the dotting dupe seeing what little loyalty to him he expected from her being destroyed. Vents his frustration over a taped phone conversation that suddenly gets made public.

Is a very stupid reason to refuse funding for a worthy cause.


77 posted on 04/30/2014 6:28:59 AM PDT by mosesdapoet (Serious contribution pause.Please continue onto meaningless venting no one reads.)
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To: rarestia

No problemo.
I simply misread it.


78 posted on 04/30/2014 6:38:35 AM PDT by Repeal The 17th (We have met the enemy and he is us.)
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