Who: U.S. Senator John D. Rockefeller IV; Toshiaki”Tag”Taguchi, President and CEO of Toyota Motor North America; David C. Hardesty, President of West Virginia University
What: Special announcement ceremony by Toyota Motor North America for the Blanchette Rockefeller Neurosciences Institute and West Virginia University
When: 1:30 p.m., Monday, June 18
Where: Erickson Alumni Center, West Virginia University, Morgantown, W.Va.
A reception will immediately follow.
The Blanchette Rockefeller Neurosciences Institute, headquartered on the campus of West Virginia University, is a nonprofit international medical research center focused on human memory and the development of new drugs and diagnostics to treat and diagnose neurological and cognitive disorders. Launched in 1999, the Institute is chaired by John D. Rockefeller IV and named after his mother, Blanchette Rockefeller, who died of complications from Alzheimers disease.
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