On Mar. 2, 2015, Dr. Helen Wallace, a world-renowned professor, mentor and advocate known for her passion for improving the lives of women and children, left a bequest valued at more than $13 million to University of California Berkeley’s School of Public Health.

The funds launched the Wallace Maternal and Child Health Center. The new center engaged in innovative, evidence-based research aimed at creating healthier generations of women, mothers, children and families in the U.S.