page_title: Richard K. Lublin
section_title: Philanthropy
hierarchical_section_title: Richard K. Lublin / Philanthropy
caption_attribution_description: English: Carole Neag presents the Medal of Honor to Richard Lublin as UConn President Susan Herbst looks on.
context_page_description: Richard K. Lublin is an American actor, philanthropist, lawyer and educator.
context_section_description: In 1993, Lublin established the Richard K. Lublin Teaching Award as one of four endowed teaching awards presented annually within Duke University’s Trinity College of Arts & Sciences. The Lublin Award recognizes undergraduate teaching excellence across all educational and research programs in the humanities, social sciences and natural sciences at Duke University. According to Duke Today, winners of the Lublin Scholarship and other teaching awards “use different approaches in different fields, but students and faculty colleagues said all share a passion for teaching, interest in innovative methods and give priority to developing their students’ capacity to think.”  In October 2013, Lublin issued a national plea for other philanthropists to endow additional teaching awards at colleges and universities across the country. In 2020, Charlotte Sussman, Duke University’s Trinity College of Arts & Sciences Professor of English, became the 34th recipient of the Richard Lublin Teaching Award.  
  Other educational scholarships established by Lublin include: a student scholarship fund at Duke that awards a stipend to a graduating senior going on to law school, and a college scholarship award to a graduating high school senior in his hometown of Avon, Conn.
  Much of Lublin’s philanthropic activity has been devoted to cancer and medical research. He and his late wife Jane made significant contributions to support cancer treatment and research at the Carole and Ray Neag Comprehensive Cancer Center at UConn Health. According to a 2010 UConn Foundation report, the couple’s gift “will support the work of leading clinician-scientists including Upendra Hegde, M.D.", an associate director of medical oncology in the melanoma program. Since 2010, the Lublins were title sponsors for UConn Health’s annual “White Coat Gala.”  In 2017, Richard Lublin was the Founding Title Sponsor, in memory of Jane. The Lublins also annually sponsored the UConn Cancer Research Golf Tournament, which has raised millions of dollars for cancer research since it began.
   In recognition of their extraordinary philanthropic activity, the University of Connecticut bestowed one of its highest awards - the Carole and Ray Neag Medal of Honor - to Richard and Jane Lublin at its annual White Coat Gala held on April 12, 2014. After accepting the Medal of Honor, Richard Lublin said, "The act of giving, multiplied many times, can advance research to new levels in our efforts to eliminate cancer. We've seen what can happen when a great deal of money is given to battle a disease. The AIDS virus was once a death sentence, but adequate funding has allowed pharmaceutical companies and the medical profession to develop a treatment that allows patients to go on with their lives. More progress needs to be made with the hundreds of types of cancer."  In February 2015, Richard Lublin was formally appointed as an inaugural member of the Dean’s Advisory Board at the UConn School of Medicine. His role on the Board is to assist the Dean in identifying and advancing the primary needs of the school for issues such as scholarship, research and faculty. In 2015, Lublin was also elected to the CT and Western MA Board of the American Heart Association to help guide the organization's mission and fundraising efforts. Richard Lublin continued his active involvement in the fight against cancer as chairman of the 2018 American Cancer Society's (ACS) Naples, FL Annual Bucket List Gala. This prestigious fundraiser has raised more than $5.5 million since its inception in 2011. Funds raised help the ACS fund its mission to save and celebrate lives, and to lead the fight for a world without cancer. For the 2018 event, Lublin hired the legendary Diana Ross to attract donors. The successful fundraiser drew 500 attendees and raised more than one million dollars for the American Cancer Society.  In 2018, Richard Lublin was elected as a member of the prestigious Laureate Society for making important strides in cancer care and cancer research. Members from the society review and evaluate grant requests for medical
caption: Carole Neag presents the Medal of Honor to Richard Lublin as the University of Connecticut President Susan Herbst looks on.
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