The Arnold and Mabel Beckman Foundation supported structural biologist Leemor Joshua-Tor with a $200,000 new investigator grant; the Mellam Family Foundation provided $200,000 to Nick Tonks for his work with PTPases; the Pew Scholars Program in the biomedical sciences gave $200,000 to Tatsuya Hirano in a four-year scholarship for research on the dynamics of chromosome structure; the Oliver S. & Jenny R. Donaldson Charitable Trust gave $125,000 to Michael Hengartner for his work on programed cell death; the Swartz Foundation gave $77,274 to help establish a computational neurobiology research program at the Laboratory; the Charles A. Dana Foundation supported Tom Marr in his research into the genetic basis of manic-depressive illness with $194,000; while Glaxo-Wellcome, Inc. gave $100,000 for postdoctoral fellows working on cell cycle and apoptosis in laboratories headed by Yuri Lazebnik, Michael Hengartner, and David Beach. 1 in 9: The Long Island Breast Cancer Action Coalition gave $50,000 to Michael Wigler's lab for breast cancer research; Mr. and Mrs. Alan Seligson gave $35,000 to the ongoing Andrew Seligson Memorial Fellowship; the Goldring Family Foundation gave $30,000 for a Postdoctoral Fellow in my laboratory; Oxnard Foundation donated $20,000 to muscular dystrophy research; and the Lauri Strauss Leukemia Foundation granted $15,000 to Nick Tonks through their Felix Schnyder Memorial Fund.

Gifts to neuroscience research were numerous. We are particularly grateful to Marjorie A. and William L. Matheson for establishing The Matheson Endowment Fund for Neuroscience with gifts totaling $2,869,227. The John A. Hartford Foundation gave $320,082 to Tim Tully; Lita Annenberg Hazen Foundation provided $200,000 to Neurobiology research; the McKnight Endowment Fund for Neuroscience gave $150,000 to Jerry Yin, and the G. Harold and Leila Y. Mathers Charitable Foundation donated $126,750 to Robert Malinow. New York Community Trust gifted $60,000 to Alcino Silva, and the National Neurofibromatosis Foundation granted Alcino $50,000, while the Volkswagen Foundation gave him $32,808. Both the Helen Hoffritz Foundation gift of $20,000 and the Eppley Foundation for Research gift of $15,000 went to support Holly Cline's research into neuronal growth.

Badly needed equipment money was received from The Oliver S. & Jenny R. Donaldson Charitable Trust, who gave $100,000 to Dick McCombie for an automated DNA Sequencer (used in both cancer and plant research), William and Maude Pritchard Charitable Trust who gave $75,000 for neurobiology equipment, and the Slocum Estate gave $8,000 for other essential equipment.

In the earliest stages of fund-raising for the Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Advanced Imaging Facility and associated start-up costs, we received in 1996 generous commitments of $300,000 from the William Stamps Farish Fund and $250,000 from the Gladys and Roland Harriman Foundation. The Lucille P. Markey Charitable Trust gave $500,000 to Karel Svoboda, a young neurobiologist who will join us in 1997 as we begin our new imaging effort.

The Emanuel Ax Gala was the most successful fund-raiser in Lab history. Major gifts to this event include the Anderson Group, $10,000; Mr. and Mrs. Charles Dolan, $10,000; Mrs. Oliver R. Grace, $10,000; Mr. and Mrs. John S. Grace, $5,000; J.P. Morgan and Co., Inc., $5,000; Mr. and Mrs. Edwin S. Marks, $5,000, Mr. and Mrs. William R. Miller, $5,000, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas A. Saunders III, $5,000, Mr. and Mrs. Douglas A. Soref, $5,000. A complete list of contributions to the gala may be found in the financial section at back.

Donations to the Second Century Endowment Fund included $393,000 from the estate of Eric Ridder, $50,000 from the Banbury Fund, $49,960 from Henry Wilmerding, and $43,871 from Robert L. Garland by way of a contribution to the pooled income fund.

Carol Large, chairman of the capital campaign for the Mary D. Lindsay Child Care Center held a marvelous kick-off luncheon on September 18 for a very enthusiastic committee. By the end of 1996, more than $620,000 had been raised. Board members, CSHL Association directors, and members of the committee were responsible for contributing nearly half toward the $1-million goal. Individuals and foundations have shown their support for Lab families with generous donations: Edwin Marks, $185,553; The Weezie Foundation, $75,000; Mr. and Mrs. Robert G. Merrill, $54,380; Anonymous, $50,000; Mr. and Mrs. David L. Luke III, $50,000; Mrs. John H. Livingston, $26,468; David H. Koch Charitable Trust, $25,000; Mr. and Mrs. James M. Large, $20,000; Dr. and Mrs. James D. Watson, $20,000; Schiff Foundation, $15,000; Dickey Family, $12,000; Mr. and Mrs. Peter O. A. Solbert, $10,171; G. Morgan Browne, $10,000; Hyde and Watson Foundation, $10,000; Mr. and Mrs. Robert V. Lindsay, $10,000; Mrs. Donald A. Straus, $10,000; Mr. and Mrs. Howard Phipps, Jr., $10,000; Mr. Arthur C. Merrill, $7,500; Mr. and Mrs. Henry Wendt, $7,500; Mr. and Mrs. John P. Cleary, $5,000; Mr. and Mrs. Edward H. Gerry, $5,000; and Mr. and Mrs. Robert D. Lindsay, $5,000. A complete list of donors may be found in the financial section of this report.