Scripps Florida Gets First Major Private Gift

Palm Beach County businesswoman and Republican booster Elizabeth Fago on Friday became the first benefactor to publicly pledge a major gift to The Scripps Research Institute's Florida expansion.

Fago's health-care company, Home Quality Management Inc., is giving a $1 million endowment to Scripps Florida for research in the treatment of patients who suffer from Alzheimer's disease.

Fago's company and its affiliates operate or manage 74 long-term-care centers in nine mid-Atlantic and Southeastern states. Many of its residents suffer from various stages of the neurodegenerative disorder.

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