On Oct. 24, 2013, the University of Iowa (IA) announced a second $10 million gift commitment from Jerre and Mary Joy Stead of Scottsdale, Ariz., that advanced children’s medicine at the University of Iowa by creating four new faculty chairs and establishing funds to support innovation and leadership development.

The multifaceted gift from the Steads, natives of Maquoketa, Iowa, includes $8 million to endow one faculty chair within each of the UI Department of Pediatrics areas of pulmonology, nephrology, neurology, and general pediatrics.