Arthur L. Chilton and the A.L. Chilton Foundation have been instrumental to the success of the Department of Biochemistry at UT Southwestern Medical Center.

Mr. Chilton was the founder of Sky Broadcasting System, with radio stations broadcasting from Texas, Louisiana, and Arkansas. Mr. Chilton also was an active and very generous philanthropist, creating the Chilton Foundation in 1945 to support medical research, youth organizations, and other charities.

He began supporting UT Southwestern biochemistry students in the 1950s because of an interest in lipid metabolism and research related to obesity. That grew into a sustained and long-term commitment to support the Department of Biochemistry.

Mr. Chilton died in 1973, but through his close friend, the late T. Andrew Bell, and subsequently his widow, Mar Nell, and daughters, Bonnie Harding and Pattie Brown, his legacy as a forward-thinking benefactor continues at UT Southwestern Medical Center.

2024 Speaker- Thierry Diagana, Ph.D.

Date/Time: 5/9/2024 - Time: 4:00 PM CST L4.176