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Desk from ‘The Colbert Report’ auctioned on behalf of MUSC
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Comedy Central program’s move to high-def TV contributes to auction of set items for charity
Beginning Jan. 26, interested buyers now have an opportunity to own a
slice of ‘The Colbert Report.’ Due to a switch to high-definition
broadcasting, the original set of the Comedy Central show was taken
down to make way for new items. In addition to an auction for Stephen
Colbert’s interview table benefiting the American Red Cross and Season
Four portrait of Colbert benefiting the Yellow Ribbon Fund, proceeds
from the auction of his famous C-shaped desk will benefit the Dr. James
W. Colbert Endowed Chair at MUSC.
Interested buyers began bidding at 11:30 p.m. on Jan. 26 through the show’s Web site: http://www.colbertnation.com/colbert-report-charity-auction.
Bidding will close at 11:30 p.m. Feb. 1. In addition to the desk
itself, the winning bidder will receive a signed certificate of
authenticity from Stephen Colbert.
Stephen Colbert’s association with MUSC began as a young boy when he
would accompany his father, Dr. James W. Colbert, to work from time to
time. Dr. Colbert joined MUSC in 1969 to oversee the school’s academic
and research programs, in the newly created position of vice president
for academic affairs. Layton McCurdy, M.D., dean emeritus of the MUSC
College of Medicine, described him as a “transformative figure” who
helped the university adopt the traditions of academic medicine, a
doctrine that seeks to improve patient care through continual medical
research and education.
Dr. Colbert is also known for his role in negotiating a peaceful
resolution to a volatile and racially divisive hospital workers strike
that placed Charleston and MUSC on the front line of the nation’s civil
rights movement in 1969. He died in a plane crash in Charlotte,
N.C. on Sept. 11, 1974, with two of his sons, Peter and Paul. In
spring 2009, the MUSC board of trustees voted to name its education
center and library in memory of Dr. Colbert.
Friday, Jan. 29, 2010
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