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Current McGowan Fund News & Events We are pleased to Announce The William G. McGowan / MCI Digital Collection @ The Hagley Digital Archives and "William McGowan's MCI: 1968 to 1991", a digital exhibit produced by the Hagley Library in partnership with the William G. McGowan Charitable Fund.  William G. McGowan (1927-1992) was the driving force behind the success and innovation of MCI. He was born in the small coal mining and railroad town of Ashley, Pennsylvania. After serving in the U.S. Army, he attended Kings College in Wilkes Barre, Pennsylvania and then received an MBA from Harvard University. McGowan joined MCI in 1968 and immediately pushed for the company to go nationwide with microwave telecommunications services at low prices. To do so, he took on the AT&T monopoly, mainly through a series of regulatory and legal battles. Successful antitrust litigation against AT&T transformed the previously regulated telecommunications industry into a business open to competition. MCI adapted to industry changes to become one of the largest providers of telecommunications services in the world. McGowan was known as the face of MCI and as the man who took on Ma Bell and won. This digital collection documents McGowan's widely recognized role in reshaping the telecommunications industry and his deep involvement in various aspects of MCI's operations. Learn more at "William McGowan's MCI: 1968 to 1991", a digital exhibit produced by the Hagley Library in partnership with the William G. McGowan Charitable Fund.  If you have questions about the MCI collection, please contact Hagley's Manuscript and Archives Department at 302-658-2400 ext 330 or Ask Hagley McGowan Scholar Program Announcement Please note: As of July 18, 2009, the William G. McGowan Charitable Fund has closed the McGowan Scholars Program and is not accepting applications for the 2010-2011 academic year which are normally due by September 15. Grantee Spotlight  The EEI is a unique after school tutoring program that provides one-to-one tutoring sessions to 125 students annually from six area school districts. Twenty retired IHM Sisters give students undivided attention in specific academic areas, and are so grateful to be able to continue their ministry in education. “Students come to the EEI for one-to-one sessions [mostly] because they are behind in their studies. Where ever they are in their studies, where ever they come from… we help them develop their skills and help them move on,” said Sister St. Monica Costello, Director of the EEI. “We work with students who have special needs, and those who have come from other countries… and we make it work by being very adaptable.” To help prevent diastolic heart failure — the fastest growing and most puzzling type of heart failure — The William G. McGowan  Charitable Fund recently awarded a grant to Rush UniversityMedical Center.Although systolic heart failure — impairment in strength of the heart muscle — has long been the most widely recognized type of heart failure, diastolic heart failure — impaired relaxation and compliance of the heart muscle — is increasingly prevalent and difficult to detect. Patients with a joint occurrence of high blood glucose, high blood pressure, abdominal obesity and adverse lipid profiles, also known as “metabolic syndrome,” are at especially high risk. Almost half of adults over the age of 45 with metabolic syndrome have diastolic dysfunction. READ MORE |
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