{"id":36509,"date":"2015-10-29T03:38:06","date_gmt":"2015-10-29T07:38:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/utnews.utoledo.edu\/?p=36509"},"modified":"2020-10-21T15:10:50","modified_gmt":"2020-10-21T19:10:50","slug":"donor-lives-up-to-daughters-ideal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/10_29_2015\/donor-lives-up-to-daughters-ideal","title":{"rendered":"Donor lives up to daughter’s ideal"},"content":{"rendered":"

Tom Litzinger is the last person who would want any publicity for what he\u2019s doing for the College of Medicine and Life Sciences at The University of Toledo.<\/p>\n

But he knows he can\u2019t help a future medical school student without drawing attention to his cause.<\/p>\n

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Litzinger<\/p><\/div>In memory of his late daughter, Litzinger donated his $100,000 life insurance policy to the College of Medicine to support the Amie Litzinger MD Class of 2013 Endowed Scholarship Fund. This is in addition to his $25,000 pledge after Amie\u2019s death. <\/p>\n

Amie died Jan. 1, 2013, from a genetic heart disease, just months prior to her scheduled graduation from medical school. She was awarded her diploma posthumously, the only student in the history of the College of Medicine to be so recognized.<\/p>\n

\u201cAmie loved the College of Medicine,\u201d Litzinger said. \u201cAmie could not say enough kind words about her fellow classmates, staff, faculty, administration and friends.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs a father, how can I not give back to the institution that provided so much for Amie? Amie loved her role at the UT College of Medicine. It truly is an incredible institution that deserves my commitment and dedication.\u201d<\/p>\n

Howard Newman, UT associate vice president for development, said Litzinger has been active in raising money and awareness in the University medical community. He has been a champion for medical students. <\/p>\n

\u201cIn addition to being a truly generous philanthropist, Tom has been a tireless volunteer for Amie’s Fund,\u201d Newman said. \u201cHe has motivated people in the auto industry, his local community and at UT to support this wonderful scholarship as a legacy to his daughter’s spirit of caring.\u201d <\/p>\n

Litzinger, who lives in Brighton, Mich., said education is expensive and he doesn\u2019t want someone to forgo medical school because of the cost.<\/p>\n

\u201cI will continue to give so we can secure any potential medical school student the opportunity to attend medical school,\u201d he said. \u201cAmie, unfortunately, will never become the caring physician that she desired to become. Her patients must have viable replacements to pick up where Amie left off.\u201d<\/p>\n

For information about how to donate to Amie\u2019s Fund, contact Newman at 419.383.6840 or email howard.newman@utoledo.edu<\/a>. Donors can also give online at https:\/\/give2ut.utoledo.edu\/litzinger.asp<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Tom Litzinger has made another donation to the fund he started in memory of his daughter \u2014 the Amie Litzinger MD Class of 2013 Endowed Scholarship.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[59,6,38,7],"tags":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36509"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/17"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=36509"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36509\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":36901,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36509\/revisions\/36901"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36509"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=36509"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=36509"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}