mr. gehrig as a patient. he gave back in many ways. he befriended local youth including a fellow named bob tierney. he gave batting lessons and pitching clinics and worked out with bob's team, the american legion team. bob asked lou gehrig to sign his lucky ball, and he did sign the ball, we think on lou gehrig's birthday, in june of 1939, the day he was diagnosed with als. a very poignant time. he signed the ball for bob and bob kept the ball for 75 years. the color photo shows bob as an elderly man still treasuring the baseball. at the end of his life, bob sold the ball to a local business executive here in rochester. andy bought the ball for the sole purpose that he and his daughter, taylor, whom we see in the photo, would give it to the mayo clinic to display, to inspire our patients. you have generosity across many generations coming together with this one baseball signed by a great american athlete. other examples here would be a replica of the nobel prize that mayo clinic received in 1950. two mayo staff members, dr. is edward k

mr. gehrig to sign the ball. we believe he signed it on his birthday in june, 1939, the day he was diagnosed with a.l.s. here at mayo clinic, a very poignant time, but he signed that ball for bob. bob kept the ball for 75 years, and the color photo shows bob as an elderly man still treasuring that baseball. at the end of his life, bob sold that ball to andy. andy is a local business executive here in rochester, andy bought the ball for the sole purpose that he and his daughter, taylor, whom we see in the photo, would give it to mayo clinic to display to inspire our patients. so you have a generosity across many generations all coming together with this one baseball signed by a great american athlete. other examples here would be the -- a replica of the nobel prize that mayo clinic received in 1950. two mayo staff members, dr. edward kendall, a laboratory scientist, and philip, a rheumatologist, worked together on the invention and use of cortisone, a drug many of us know now. they received this nobel prize. the c