Mayo Clinic Receives $100 Million Gift to Support Proton Beam Therapy Program

Mayo Clinic announced long-time patient and philanthropist Richard O. Jacobson has given a $100 million gift to help establish the multi-site Mayo Clinic Proton Beam Therapy Program. This is the largest outright gift in the clinic's history, as well as the largest gift Mr. Jacobson has made to any single institution.

Mayo's program will include new facilities on the Rochester and Phoenix campuses; the Rochester building will be named in Mr. Jacobson's honor.