A private $3 million gift from Mrs. Barbara Cox Anthony will establish an endowed chair at Colorado State University’s Orthopaedic Research Center within the College of Veterinary Medicine. The chair will provide a secure source of funding to attract and retain the best scientific minds and to increase applied research into the areas of veterinary and human health issues. 

“This is an easy investment to make. The veterinary scientists who are engaged in the kind of research that will ultimately benefit both animal and human health are deserving of our support,” said Mrs. Barbara Cox Anthony, president of The James. M. Cox, Jr. Foundation. “These are marvelous facilities conducting important and extraordinary work. The Orthopaedic Research Center and the Animal Cancer Center (another department receiving $3 million for an endowed chair) are engaged in scientific pursuits that are making a significant impact on the world of medicine.”

The gift is part of Colorado State’s initiative aimed at adding new endowed chairs. With this donation, the university has added six new chairs and professorships totaling $12 million since the initiative began in April of last year.
“This generous gift highlights the dramatic ways our donors help shape the future of research, teaching and service at Colorado State,”  said President Albert C. Yates. “The gifts will propel groundbreaking advances in the medical treatment of animals and humans, and will give students opportunities to learn from the brightest professionals in the field.”

Private funding is vitally important to the university since fully 90 percent of the innovative research done at Colorado State University is funded through private individuals, companies and competitive research grants. Public resources are dedicated to undergraduate and graduate education