The Chronicle of Philanthropy

Couple's Philanthropy Honors the Achievements of Immigrants

By Caroline Preston

New York

Jan T. Vilcek and his wife, Marica, fled Communist Czechoslovakia in 1964 with two suitcases and the names of a few professional contacts in the United States. Now Dr. Vilcek, a New York University medical professor and co-inventor of the anti-inflammatory drug Remicade, and Ms. Vilcek, an art historian, have started...

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