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June 25, 2014
Gift from Foundation Opens Books for UAMS KIDS FIRST
“It’s a good idea!” was one boy’s exclamation when he heard that he and his classmates were receiving books courtesy of Kye Masino and his foundation, Kye-YAC International. The foundation donated copies of Chicka Chicka Boom Boom to children at the UAMS KIDS FIRST facility in Little Rock on June 18.
October 21, 2013
$1 Million Gift to Establish Endowed Chair at UAMS Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute
LITTLE ROCK – A $1 million donation to the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) will be used to further cancer research and honor a longtime physician. The donor asked to remain anonymous.
September 9, 2013
UAMS Alumnus Gives $500,000 to Honor Surgeon
Citing his long admiration for James Y. Suen, M.D., retired Little Rock otolaryngologist J. Floyd Kyser, M.D., is funding a $500,000 professorship at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) to honor the surgeon who trained with him as a resident and went on to become an international leader in otolaryngology and head and neck surgery.