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A Message from the President

 

Dear Friends:

Thank you for reading about the activities of the Pasteur Foundation – a vital source of support and encouragement for our research teams. At the inauguration of our institute on November 14, 1888, and moved by an unprecedented outpouring of public support, Louis Pasteur said, “Behold the construction of this great house, where, it must be said, there is not one brick that does not symbolize a philanthropic gesture. All virtues have come together to erect this place of work.”

Our very first American contributions date back to that historic occasion and arrived in response to the extraordinary story of the four boys from Newark, New Jersey, who were treated by Louis Pasteur in 1885. From those original donations to create our institute to the many more recent gifts and bequests, American philanthropy has greatly enhanced research at the Institut Pasteur through the financing of scientific projects, buildings, state-of-the-art equipment and fellowships for U.S. scientists to work in our labs.

Since Louis Pasteur’s time, an investment in our private, nonprofit institution has always meant a commitment to scientific progress, to fighting infectious diseases, and to educating and training health professionals throughout the world. With its ground-breaking work on AIDS, malaria, and tuberculosis, the Institut Pasteur has made key contributions to sustainable development. And we will continue to do so – with your help.

Regardless of the amount, a gift or bequest to the Pasteur Foundation is a commitment to our mission to improve international public health. By including the Pasteur Foundation, a U.S. 501(c)(3) not-for-profit corporation, in your giving or estate plans, you are able to leave your personal mark on the Institut Pasteur.

There are as many ways of giving as there are bricks in our institute’s historic façade! And our donors are the mortar holding it all together.

With all of our thanks,

Alice Dautry
President
Institut Pasteur

 

Alice Dautry, President of the Institut Pasteur, and Richard Krentz, the grandson of William Lane

Dr. Alice Dautry (right) and Richard Krentz, the grandson of William Lane, one of the American schoolboys who was treated by Louis Pasteur for rabies in 1885.

It was following the boys’ treatment that Americans began giving to Pasteur in gratitude for his pioneering work in science and medicine.

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