This fund was established by an anonymous donor in 2004 in honor of Richard R. Streiff for the purpose of supporting research on blood cancers in the Division of Hematology/Oncology at the Shands Cancer Center.

Streiff graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Washington University in 1951 and earned his medical degree from the University of Basel in Switzerland in 1959. He spent his medical career at UF.

Streiff is a retired UF hematology professor emeritus. He is married to Jenny K. Streiff, and has a child, Gabrielle.