This endowment was established in 2006 by family and friends in memory of Karen L. Klenberg. Karen was born March 9, 1957 in Atlanta, GA. She earned a master’s degree in communication sciences and disorders, majoring in speech pathology from the University of Florida in 2004. She worked at the Brain Rehabilitation Research Center as a research speech language pathologist.

Karen had two daughters, Danielle and Melissa Stein. She passed away April 26, 2005 at the age of 48.