most of which is the product of the Stowers’ generosity. The Institute receives additional competitive grant funding from the National Institutes of Health, the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, the American Cancer Society, the March of Dimes and other entities. Awards and honors 2001, Golden Plate Award of the American Academy of Achievement, presented by Awards Council member Dr. Francis Collins 2002, Chosen to be a torch bearer for the 2002 Winter Olympic Games in Salt Lake City 2005, Ernst & Young’s Entrepreneur of the Year in the Financial Services Category 2009, Research!America's Gordon and Llura Gund Leadership Award 2010, Expect Miracles Foundation’s Lifetime Achievement Award 2011, Forbes Magazine names Jim and Virginia Stowers to its list of the “Biggest Givers” – those who have donated at least $1 billion to charities or foundations Death Stowers died aged 90 at his home in Kansas City, Missouri in March 2014. References 1924 births 2014 deaths American financial analysts American financial businesspeople American money managers Giving Pledgers 21st-century philanthropists Businesspeople from Kansas City, Missouri Stock and commodity market managers United States Army Air Forces officers United States Army Air Forces pilots of World War II Philanthropists from the Kansas City metropolitan area 20th-century American businesspeople 20th-century American philanthropists