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<text id=91TT2092>
<title>
Sep. 23, 1991: American Notes:Philanthropy
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TIME--The Weekly Newsmagazine--1991
Sep. 23, 1991 Lost Tribes, Lost Knowledge
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<source>Time Magazine</source>
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NATION, Page 27
American Notes
PHILANTHROPY
A Gift from the GoodFellas
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<p> The Gambino crime family is not usually known for good works.
Its deeds are more likely to be chronicled in FBI reports about
the Mob. There is one place, however, where the surname Gambino
gets respect: Schneider Children's Hospital in New Hyde Park,
N.Y., which has received a $2 million gift from Thomas and
Joseph Gambino in memory of their late father Carlo. The money
is funding a pediatric bone-marrow-transplant unit, the only
such facility in the state. When it opens, it will bear the
Gambino name.
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<p> That could pose an image problem for the hospital. After
all, Carlo Gambino was the last of the old-style Godfathers,
and his two sons were indicted for racketeering last year. In
accepting the donation, however, Schneider officials take a
practical view. "Our mission," says a spokeswoman, "is to save
lives." The father of a future patient puts the issue more
starkly: "I don't understand what all the fuss is about. I have
a daughter who will die if she doesn't get a transplant."
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