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Line 38: − + + + − Killam also supported Laredo Medical Center, formerly the [[Roman Catholic]]-affiliated Mercy Hospital. He gave to the University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center in [[Houston, Texas|Houston]]. The Killams gave some $500,000 to the University of Texas Health Science Center at [[San Antonio]]. They also gave to their common alma mater, UT Austin. They once gave a $50,000 matching grant to save the Laredo Philharmonic Orchestra from disbanding.<ref name=leaves_mark /><ref name=oil_giant /> −
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Much of Killam's philanthropy was given privately. According to his banking colleague Gary Jacobs, "His charitable contributions were always anonymous. He never wanted publicity or recognition. He was a very loyal person to his friends and the institutions he supported."<ref name=oil_giant>Julian Aguilar, "Oil giant dies; Radcliffe Killam always loved his hometown," ''Laredo Morning Times,'' September 9, 2007.</ref>
Much of Killam's philanthropy was given privately. According to his banking colleague Gary Jacobs, "His charitable contributions were always anonymous. He never wanted publicity or recognition. He was a very loyal person to his friends and the institutions he supported."<ref name=oil_giant>Julian Aguilar, "Oil giant dies; Radcliffe Killam always loved his hometown," ''Laredo Morning Times,'' September 9, 2007.</ref>
Killam was a strong supporter of a four-year university for Laredo, which was instituted in 1970 as Texas A&I University and thereafter renamed in 1977 as Laredo State University. He and his family donated three hundred acres in the early 1990s for the newly-established Texas A&M International University campus to replace the original campus, an appendage of Laredo College. Killam was particularly supportive of the TAMIU Center for the Study of Western Hemispheric Trade, of which he was the main private donor in the amount of $2 million. TAMIU conferred honorary doctorates to Radcliffe and Sue Killam for their generosity toward the institution and the community. The TAMU library jointly bears the names of both Killams<ref name=leaves_mark />
Killam was a strong supporter of a four-year university for Laredo, which was instituted in 1970 as Texas A&I University and thereafter renamed in 1977 as Laredo State University. He and his family donated three hundred acres in the early 1990s for the newly-established Texas A&M International University campus to replace the original campus, an appendage of Laredo College. Killam was particularly supportive of the TAMIU Center for the Study of Western Hemispheric Trade, of which he was the main private donor in the amount of $2 million. TAMIU conferred honorary doctorates to Radcliffe and Sue Killam for their generosity toward the institution and the community. The TAMU library jointly bears the names of both Killams<ref name=leaves_mark/>
Killam also supported Laredo Medical Center, formerly the [[Roman Catholic]]-affiliated Mercy Hospital. He gave to the University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center in [[Houston, Texas|Houston]]. The Killams gave some $500,000 to the University of Texas Health Science Center at [[San Antonio]]. They also gave to their common alma mater, UT Austin. They once gave a $50,000 matching grant to save the Laredo Philharmonic Orchestra from disbanding.<ref name=leaves_mark /><ref name=oil_giant/>
==Family and death==
==Family and death==