ANNUAL REPORT 2021
Partner Profile
CDU benefits from the treasured support of many generous individuals each year . The passing of one in particular was a notable loss not only to the CDU community , but also to the many others whose lives he touched .
Dr . Frederick Douglass Parrott
Dr . Parrott , the epitome of the renaissance man with multiple interests and pastimes , and the financial wherewithal to support his personal vision and goals , made his transition three weeks after reaching the eminent age of 94 years young . He established the Real Men Cook Foundation
Academic Scholarship of Excellence and Endowment Challenge Fund and collaborated with the National Medical Foundation ( NMF ) to support historically Black medical schools . His good works of philanthropic benevolence that assisted hundreds of CDU students will live on as part of a uniquely enduring legacy for many generations to come .
Most recently prior to his passing , Dr . Parrott had donated $ 200,000 from the Real Men Cook Foundation in September 2020 , as a matching fund for the CDU Medical Education Program . The late Dr . Parrott was active in this philanthropic benevolence not just all the way to the end of his life , but beyond as well . Upon his death , Dr . Parrott bequeathed $ 1.5 million to the Fred D . Parrott , MD Endowed Academic Scholarship Fund at the CDU College of Medicine . He was present in a variety of professional capacities , many of which overlapped . His core lifelong work was that of a physician . His Real Men Cook
Foundation was successful because he mastered the skills of entrepreneurship , media relations , and community outreach . His supporters in that effort were rewarded with a great time at social events , and the knowledge that they were helping to ensure that a community in need received quality services from the future health care professionals .
The Real Men Cook Foundation Endowment / NMF Fund annually supports two CDU African American medical students who have demonstrated academic excellence and strong community service . It is a continuation of Dr . Parrott ’ s longstanding vision of increasing the number of minority health care providers by awarding scholarships to medical students attending HBCUs . CDU is honored to have been a direct benefactor of his unyielding generosity and vision .
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