Weill Gives $120 Million to Vet School That Treated His Dog

Former Citigroup CEO Sandy Weill and his wife, Joan, pledged $120 million for the veterinary school at the University of California at Davis, awarding one of the largest gifts ever in animal medicine to an institution that once cared for their sick dog.

The commitment will support a major campus expansion, strengthen work in comparative medicine — the study of health and disease across species — and bolster research into maladies such as cancer, neurological disorders and cardiovascular conditions, the university said Wednesday. It’s renaming its vet school the UC Davis Weill School of Veterinary Medicine.

UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine Dean Mark Stetter, from left, the Weills’ dog Sweet Pea, Joan Weill, Sandy Weill, UC Davis Chancellor Gary S. May.

Photographer: Gregory Urquiaga

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