CEO Of Quincy Business, Wife Donate $100M To 2 Boston Hospitals

QUINCY, MA — Boston Children's Hospital and Brigham and Women’s Hospital announced that they are both getting a very generous donation from a local couple.

Rob Hale, who is CEO of Quincy-based Granite Telecommunications, and his wife Karen announced Monday that both hospitals will receive $50 million donations from them. The local philanthropists have ties to the hospitals. Karen serves on Brigham and Women's Cancer Research and Care Advisory Board and Rob serves as a chair of Brigham and Women's Life.Giving.Breakthroughs. campaign, as well as on the Steering Committee for Boston Children’s Dream, Dare, Deliver campaign.

“Karen and I see Boston as an epicenter for far-reaching medical advances,” Rob said in a release. “Both Boston Children’s and the Brigham are international leaders in their research and understanding of diseases. With our $100 million investment in these two world-class institutions, we hope to impact millions of patients.”

Betsy Nabel, MD, president of Brigham and Women’s Hospital, said, "Their extraordinary generosity will fuel innovation and discovery that will one day eradicate some of the world’s most complex diseases and conditions.”

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