Galveston County Daily News, June 1, 2007 GALVESTON - One of UTMB's staunchest supporters, John P. McGovern, died Thursday at John Sealy Hospital after a long illness. He was 84. Physician and philanthropist McGovern's gifts to University of Texas Medical Branch rank among the most generous and innovative from any individual donor, hospital officials said. "It would be impossible to overestimate the impact he has had on this institution," said John D. Stobo, medical branch president. "For decades, he has given generously to our department of family medicine, our school of nursing and our institute for the medical humanities. "But his most significant contribution has been his endowments establishing the John P. McGovern Academy of Oslerian Medicine, recognizing medical faculty who exemplify and teach the compassionate, patient-centered art of medicine, which is just as important today as when William Osler practiced it a century or more ago."