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Dear Faculty, Staff, Students and Trustees:
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Tom E. and Mary Kay Gallagher have pledged $25,000 annually over the next four years to purchase important equipment for the Desert Research Institute's archaeology lab.
We are grateful to Tom and Mary Kay for supporting a function of the institute where they have a personal interest. The identified equipment will tremendously expand the capability of researchers to identify biological and archaeological materials of value such as hair, charcoal and bone.
The gift is critical to DRI's ability to expand the range of federal grant opportunities that institute archaeologists can pursue. In recognition for the equipment purchase, DRI's Division of Earth and Ecosystem Sciences will name the archaeology and paleoecology laboratory after the donor.
"My wife Mary Kay and I chose DRI because of its extraordinary potential to improve life, not just in Nevada but also on a national and international scale," said Tom Gallagher. "This area appealed to us because in our case, Mary Kay and our daughter Erin are the scientists in the family. When a request came for some important equipment for the archaeology lab at DRI, Mary Kay's 40-year interest in the field made it a natural for a gift from us.
Tom E. Gallagher, a former gaming executive, is a Trustee on DRI's Research Foundation where he serves as the Finance Committee Chair.
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