Drs. Elsie and Ron Gaber
The Museum of Osteopathic Medicine’s Historic Medicinal Garden is named Elsie’s Medicinal Garden through a generous gift from Elsie Gaber, PhD, and Ron Gaber, DHL.
Dedication of the garden and its naming was held during the Museum of Osteopathic Medicine Relaunch Ceremony, which celebrated the museum’s accreditation by the American Alliance of Museums as part of A.T. Still University’s 2022 Founder’s Day activities.
Elsie’s Medicinal Garden integrates the University’s and the osteopathic profession’s emphasis on body, mind, and spirit.
“It is a place where the campus and visitors can explore history and find peace and solitude,” Ron explains. “With Elsie’s service as a master gardener and with our appreciation and support of nature, ATSU, and the museum, the medicinal garden was something we wanted to provide for, with lasting support.”
Elsie says she is “honored and humbled” to support the museum and garden with a major charitable gift.
“Through the incredible leadership of the museum director, Jason Haxton, MA, and the accreditation of the museum, the world will be reminded of the impact of the osteopathic approach to health and wellness.”
—Drs. Elsie and Ron Gaber
“Primarily we wish to provide a lasting endowment that will help fund and preserve, in perpetuity, valuable osteopathic history through the Museum of Osteopathic Medicine. Secondly, our contribution recognized the University’s outstanding physicians, faculty, staff, and students,” Elsie reflects.
The Gabers’ gift has been preserved and invested in a dedicated fund named Elsie’s Medicinal Garden Endowment at A.T. Still University-Kirksville College of Osteopathic Medicine. The purpose of this endowed fund is to provide support in perpetuity for Elsie’s Medicinal Garden, including but not limited to education, costs for garden publications, plants, and materials and labor to maintain the garden.
To learn more about supporting Elsie’s Medicinal Garden and the Museum of Osteopathic Medicine, including additional naming opportunities within the garden and museum, please contact The Mesa Campus or the Kirksville Campus at 480.219.6105 (AZ) or 660.626.2180 (MO) or development@atsu.edu.