Gift boosts science and math
Michael Carbon, MD, a member of the board of trustees, and his wife Dorothy (MUND ’62) have made a transformational gift to Loyola. The prestigious Michael and Dorothy Carbon Scholars Program will enable undergraduate math and science students to gain practical experience in interdisciplinary scientific research and to develop their leadership potential and social responsibility. “There is a critical need to have well-trained scientists and mathematicians,” says Dr. Carbon. “My wife and I feel that the Carbon Scholars program can help young people to enter those careers.”
While at Mundelein College, Mrs. Carbon majored in mathematics and minored in chemistry. Dr. Carbon studied pre-med at Loyola, and after finishing his bachelor’s degree at the University of Illinois and his MD at UIC College of Medicine, Dr. Carbon interned at Cook County Hospital. He then spent two years in the Army, including one as a medical officer in Vietnam. After returning home, he went to the University of Miami and completed a residency in internal medicine and a fellowship in nephrology, a subspecialty in internal medicine that specializes in kidneys. He returned to Chicago in 1971 and practiced general medicine and nephrology at the Dryer Medical Clinic in Aurora until 1979, after which, he joined the Nephrology Associates, a clinical practice and dialysis services group. By 2001, the business had 70 kidney centers caring for about 7,000 patients and was sold to a larger company. Dr. Carbon now focuses on administrative work within the practice. In 2001, Loyola’s College of Arts and Sciences granted Dr. Carbon a BS.
The Carbon Scholars will conduct science or math research during both their junior and senior years with an interdisciplinary team of research faculty and are expected to be able to publish their work and potentially present it at national professional meetings.
“The Carbon Scholars program provides our strongest science and math upperclassmen with an extraordinary opportunity to develop valuable research skills. This experience will help them to advance in graduate or professional school and in their careers,” says Nancy C. Tuchman, associate provost. The Carbon Scholars program targets top students with GPAs of 3.0 or above and funds them more generously and for a longer term than other Loyola Undergraduate Research Opportunities Programs.