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Lucille Parker Wright Markey (December 14, 1896 – July 24, 1982) was an American businesswoman and philanthropist who owned Calumet Farm, a Thoroughbred horse farm in the United States famous for breeding many winning racehorses.
The Lucille P. Markey Special Emphasis Pathway in Human Pathobiology at Washington University School of Medicine was established in 1992 through a grant from the Markey Charitable Trust. The pathway is dedicated to training bright, young Ph.D. students and postdoctoral fellows in various aspects of human disease.
Lucille P. Markey executed her will creating the Lucille P. Markey Charitable Trust 3 in 1975. Mrs. Markey’s wealth, which later endowed the Trust, was derived from the family of her first husband, Warren Wright.
During the 15 years following its creation the Lucille P. Markey Charitable Trust spent over $500 million on three grant programs in the basic biomedical sciences to support the education and research of predoctoral students, postdoctoral fellows, junior faculty, and senior researchers.
Lucille P. Markey executed her will creating the Lucille P. Markey Charitable Trust 2 in 1975. Mrs. Markey's wealth, which later endowed the Trust, was derived from the family of her first husband, Warren Wright.
Excerpt. Since the 1970s there has been a serious gap between fundamental biological research and its clinical application. In response to this gap the Lucille P. Markey Charitable Trust instituted the General Organizational Grants program, which funded two types of awards to provide training that would bridge the bed-bench gap.
One of five in a series evaluating the grant programs of the Lucille P. Markey Charitable Trust, this report examines the Markey Scholars Awards in Biomedical Sciences. The Scholars program awarded more than $50 million to outstanding young investigators as postdoctorates and junior faculty.
