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Give TodayThe Cullen Tower will help ready today’s healthcare providers for tomorrow’s challenges.
Nearly 75 years ago, Baylor College of Medicine established itself in the heart of the Texas Medical Center (TMC) with the Roy and Lillie Cullen Building. This iconic structure, hailed as one of the most cutting-edge medical education buildings of the time, helped usher in a new era of medical education, clinical practice and scientific pursuit for Houston.
Now, as the next phase of the TMC’s history unfolds with the Helix Park development and Baylor’s Health Sciences Park, Baylor will once again help to spur innovation and progress with a new home for its School of Medicine and School of Health Professions, the Lillie and Roy Cullen Tower. This new tower is made possible by the generosity of The Cullen Foundation, The Cullen Trust for Health Care, The Cullen Trust for Higher Education, The DeBakey Medical Foundation, the Huffington Foundation and members of Baylor’s Board of Trustees and other community donors, including the M.D. Anderson Foundation, the Albert and Margaret Alkek Foundation, Maire and David Baldwin, Polly and Murry Bowden, Ronda and Greg Brenneman, The Elkins Foundation, Claudia and Fred Lummis and Jeri and Marc Shapiro.
The Cullen Tower will enable Baylor to educate the next generation of brilliant healthcare professionals who will serve patients worldwide with experience gleaned from Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center, the Jamail Specialty Care Center and Baylor’s other hospital affiliates.
The Cullen Tower also will serve as a collaborative space for Baylor trainees and scientists to engage in ideas and innovation that will help fuel a new era of medicine. Its proximity to the Baylor Center for Medical Innovation (BCMi) in the forthcoming TMC Helix Park will give trainees and scientists the opportunity to forge partnerships with other TMC institutions and the biotechnology industry.
The Lillie and Roy Cullen Tower isn’t just a building – it is the future of healthcare – for Baylor, the Texas Medical Center, Houston and beyond.
Read the press release announcing The Cullen Tower here.
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The 11-floor, 503,000-square-foot Cullen Tower will feature:
The tower also will include:
The Cullen Tower will serve as a collaborative space for Baylor trainees and scientists to engage in ideas and innovation that will help fuel a new era of medicine. Its proximity to the Baylor Center for Medical Innovation (BCMi) in the forthcoming TMC Helix Park will give trainees and scientists the opportunity to forge partnerships with other TMC institutions and the biotechnology industry. In addition, its close proximity to clinical rotations on the McNair Campus will allow trainees to enhance their classroom learning with experience in the lab and the clinic.
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The Cullen family, esteemed for its Houston-area philanthropy, has championed Baylor since its early days in the TMC, when Lillie and Hugh Roy Cullen donated the funds necessary to complete the original education building. Today, The Cullen Foundation, The Cullen Trust for Health Care and The Cullen Trust for Higher Education have given a total of $30 million to build the new Cullen Tower, contributing one of the largest combined gifts in their legacy of philanthropy.
Baylor is grateful for their longstanding support as Baylor continues to pursue the shared vision of a healthier future for Houston, Texas and beyond.
To date, gifts to The Cullen Tower total $100 million, more than 65% of Baylor’s $150 million philanthropic goal for the project.
The medical knowledge harnessed and the progress made in The Cullen Tower will create a healthier future not just for Baylor but also for Houston, Texas, and the world. Help us achieve that vision today.
