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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. Early life. Lucille Parker was born in Maysville, Kentucky on December 14, 1896.
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 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.
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.
The Lucille P. Markey Charitable Trust was created as a 15-year, limited-term philanthropy to support basic medical research in compliance with the will of Lucille P. Markey, who died on July 24, 1982. Mrs. Markey wished that a trust be established “for the purposes of supporting and encouraging basic medical research.”
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.
Lucille P. Markey Charitable Trust Programs. T he Markey Trust made awards in the three main stages of a biomedical research career in which “supporting and encouraging basic medical research” can occur.
