Bezos family donates $710M to Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center
By THALIA BEATY
Associated Press
The Seattle-based Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center announced a $710 million gift from the Bezos family. It’s the largest gift the center has ever received and one of the largest to go to any single cancer research organization in recent years. The center said Wednesday the donation will fund 36 new research labs, the building of a large research facility, investments in clinical trial infrastructure and immunotherapy research over ten years. Thomas Lynch, president and director of Fred Hutch, said he worked with Mike and Jackie Bezos, the parents of Jeff Bezos, to understand what motivated their giving.
