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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE James and Virginia Stowers to receive World Citizen AwardSeptember 6, Kansas City -- James E. and Virginia G. Stowers have been selected as joint recipients of the 2004 World Citizen Award. That award recognizes outstanding contributions to the world community on the part of individual citizens of Greater Kansas City. The award is bestowed annually as part of the Mayor’s United Nations Day Dinner. This year, that dinner will be held Thursday, Oct. 14, at the Clarion Hotel – Sports Complex. Mr. and Mrs. Stowers met in Kansas City and married 50 years ago. They have enjoyed tremendous financial success in their lives. And they have become great philanthropists and benefactors to the citizens of Kansas City and the United States, and, with the establishment of the Stowers Institute for Medical Research, to the citizens of the world. James Stowers in 1958 founded Twentieth Century Investors, now know as American Century Investments, which today controls more than $100 billion in assets and serves more than 2 million shareholders. Virginia Stowers, graduated as Registered Nurse from Research Hospital School of Nursing, has been a wife, mother, a professional health care provider as well as a supportive partner to her husband, James. Additionally, Virginia Stowers has done volunteer work for the Rose Brooks Center for Domestic Violence Intervention and the Midwest Bioethics Center. Both James and Virginia Stowers are cancer survivors. In 1994, James and Virginia Stowers founded the Stowers Institute for Medical Research, endowing the institute with more than $1 billion in assets. By creating this institute and attracting world-class researchers in biomedical sciences, the Stowers have helped make Kansas City a major world player in the field of biomedical research. The institute's purpose is: "To make a significant contribution to humanity through medical research by expanding our understanding of the secrets of life and by improving life's quality through innovative approaches to the causes, treatment and prevention of diseases." The institute opened its doors in 2001. James and Virginia Stowers together were honored as Philanthropists of the Year in 2000 by the Greater Kansas City Council on Philanthropy. That same year, Mr. and Mrs. Stowers also jointly received the Founder's Award from the University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine and were the Kansas City Area Development Council Annual Luncheon honorees. Other awards bestowed on the Stowers in recent years include The Others Award of the Salvation Army. For information about the 34th annual Mayor’s United Nations Day Dinner, consult the website of the United Nations Association of Greater Kansas City, www.una-kc-org. ________________________Contact Information
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