Kidney Recipient Donates $1 Million to University of Maryland

Drew Bauer, part-owner of the St. Louis Cardinals, has given $1 million to the University of Maryland School of Medicine to be used to establish a professorship in transplant surgery.

Bauer, who received a kidney transplant at the medical center three years ago, said he wanted the professorship -- which is being named for his sister and living kidney donor, Barbara Bauer Dunlop -- to advance research and encourage organ donation.

"I can't think of a better way to honor my sister, who saved my life through her brave and unselfish act," said Bauer.

Other sources: Baltimore Sun