Thanking Philadelphia Eagles owner Jeffrey Lurie and his family for their generous $50 million donation to the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia and Penn Medicine to establish the Lurie Autism Institute, an organization centered on accelerating autism research.

Thanking Philadelphia Eagles owner Jeffrey Lurie and his family for their generous $50 million donation to the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia and Penn Medicine to establish the Lurie Autism Institute, an organization centered on accelerating autism research. WHEREAS, Jeffrey Lurie has generously donated $50 million to establish the Lurie Autism Institute at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) and Penn Medicine, the largest single donation ever to a U.S. academic medical center focusing on Autism; and WHEREAS, Since purchasing the Eagles in 1994, Jeffrey Lurie has been an integral member of the City’s civic and philanthropic landscape; and WHEREAS, Jeffrey Lurie and his family have a personal connection to Autism through Jeffrey’s brother, Peter, who was diagnosed with Autism at a young age. This connection has inspired the family’s ongoing efforts in support of Autism awareness and research; and WHEREAS, Lurie’s mother, Nancy Lurie, founded the Nancy Lurie Marks Family Foundation in 1977 and later founded the Lurie Center for Autism in 2009; and WHEREAS, In 2018, following in his mother’s footsteps, Jeffrey Lurie Founded the Eagles Autism Foundation, a nonprofit organization that is dedicated to raising funds for innovative Autism research and care programs; and WHEREAS, This landmark donation will fund cutting-edge research into Autism’s genetics, behavior, and biology, as well as train and hire qualified individuals to answer important questions about autism spe…