Their gift allows us to pursue high-risk, high-payoff projects that we could only dream about before and facilitates interdisciplinary collaborations that are needed for contemporary studies of genes, the brain, and behavior from both scientific and societal perspectives. We are grateful for their generosity and support of this research.

Both Bill and Julie Kellner are alumni of the University of Illinois. Bill completed a BA in Political Science at the Urbana-Champaign campus in 1973 and Julie completed a BA in management at the Springfield campus in 1986.