Anonymous donor gives $5 million to UC Irvine's Department of Pediatrics

Two happy, healthy 4-year-old twins — Grant and Alexa Agamalian — convinced an anonymous Los Angeles donor to give $5 million to the Department of Pediatrics at UC Irvine. The donor is a friend of Dana and John Agamalian, who live with their children (pictured) in Newport Beach. The Agamalians credit doctors and nurses at UC Irvine Medical Center’s neonatal intensive care unit with saving the lives of the twins, born prematurely, and their friend responded with the donation. “Gifts of such significance allow us to turn our vision into reality and make advances in health care that would not otherwise be possible,” said Dr. David N. Bailey, vice chancellor for health affairs at UCI.