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Founder of Reston-Headquartered Home-Building Company Donates $50 Million for Inova Cancer Center
Gift from Dwight and Martha Schar is the largest gift to a healthcare organization in Virginia. Schar is founder of NVR.
Governor of Virginia Terry McAuliffe announced Monday a historic gift of $50 million from Dwight C. Schar and his wife Martha to Inova for the Inova Dwight and Martha Schar Cancer Institute, according to Inova, in a post on its Facebook page.
It is the largest gift to a healthcare organization in Virginia, according to Inova.
Schar, founder and chairman of NVR and his wife are giving the hospital system $50 million to develop a cancer research institute that will bear their names as part of a 117-acre medical campus in Merrifield.
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The $200 million cancer institute is aiming to open by 2018 at the former Exxon Mobil campus, located across the street from Inova’s main hospital.
Dwight Schar is also a part-owner of the Washington Redskins football team.
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