Fred Glavan and Lee Gallagher Memorial Research Grant Request

Please consider joining us to find a cure for neurological prion diseases, including our family’s killer, familial Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (CJD).

     Lee Gallagher was a caring and unique person.  She was both a career woman and a mother who created the place to hang out for her kids and their friends.  Chips, sodas, and her fabulous cookies and desserts, but her dinners were pretty bad.  There was a swimming pool, but Lee could not swim, but she did love paddling around in her blow-up chair while reading a book.

     Fred Glavan lived by the motto “work hard, play hard.”  Working for "the man" was a means to enable him to spend time enjoying life with his family and friends.  Fun times involved all kinds of things from fishing and camping to traveling and filming.  Family and friends knew that Fred and his blinding camera light could show up at any time or any place, and we are gratefull for the 8mm films.

     We lost Lee in March 1984 and Fred in May 2000 – she was only 51 and he only 64. Our families are contributing both monetarily and scientifically to the research to find a cure. Diseases associated with genetic markers are the new scientific frontier.  The CJD Foundation and their support of prion researchers worldwide have made amazing progress to rapidly and accurately diagnose prion disease and put us on the path to a clinical drug trial.  Together, we all can make a difference in the lives of many, including our own.

We thank all of you sincerely for your help in this effort, 

     Marty Glavan, Pat Elliot, and Donna Gallagher