Timothy M. Block, PhD, president of the Baruch S. Blumberg Institute, Hepatitis B Foundation and Pennsylvania Biotechnology Center, has announced the establishment of the Sunrise Educational Fund, an endowment to support the Institute’s academic and experiential learning programs for high school and college students.

The Sunrise Fund was conceived by Nathaniel A. Brown, MD, a 1966 graduate of Central Bucks High School, who has contributed $30,000 to get it started.

Dr. Brown’s pathway to a career in the sciences led him to want to assist other students who may be interested in the field.

“The idea of a career in science can be somewhat intimidating for young people.” Dr. Brown said. “They think they might want to be scientists. But they need to gain practical exposure beyond high school and college classes to gain a basic understanding of what ‘doing science’ is about.”

His altruistic spirit, to which the Sunrise Educational Fund is indebted, came from his mother. “My mom was a well-educated social worker, and she was a Quaker. So my sister and I were raised with global citizenship values,” he recalls.

After his graduation from Central Bucks High School graduate and postgraduate work continued at Yale, and Georgetown, and his call to serve took him to AmeriCorps.