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A Loving Legacy

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In Houston’s Texas Medical Center, the Taub name has long been intertwined with health care excellence. This reputation began with Houston native Ben Taub, a real estate developer, medical benefactor and philanthropist. Generations of the family’s contributions toward medical care and research have touched countless lives and helped shape Houston into the health care hub it is today. So, when Marcy E. Taub passed away in January 2021, the loss resonated throughout the community.
Born and raised in Houston, Marcy was a passionate philanthropist, distinguished businesswoman and loving mother to her son, Henry. She and her brothers, H. Ben Taub and Henry J.N. “Kitch” Taub II, continued their family’s legacy by supporting worthy causes, including the Carol and Henry J.N. Taub Campus and Library at St. John’s School and the Carol and Henry J.N. Taub Gymnasium and Theater at the San Jacinto Elementary School. She also dedicated time to boards and committees with the Houston Methodist Society for Leading Medicine, Alley Theatre, Baylor Medical Foundation, Contemporary Arts Museum Houston, The Menil Collection, Pauline Sterne Wolff Memorial Foundation, Society for the Performing Arts and the Taub Foundation. In addition to medicine, her top priorities were education and the arts within Greater Houston, with a special focus on the needs of children, the elderly and underserved communities.
A touching TRIBUTE TO A BELOVED SISTER’S MEMORY
In a profound act of generosity and familial love, Kitch and Henry, Marcy’s son, have ensured her influence will endure through a substantial gift from the Ben Taub and Henry J.N. Taub Foundation to support innovative advancements in neurosurgery. The family’s gift set in motion the Marcy E. Taub Distinguished Chair in Neurosurgical Treatment and Research at the Kenneth R. Peak Brain & Pituitary Treatment Center at Houston Methodist. The deeply personal tribute reflects Marcy’s own dedication to improving lives by championing worthy causes with her time and resources.
The field of neurosurgery is rapidly evolving, with recent breakthroughs in imaging, minimally invasive procedures and neuromodulation. New discoveries relating to the genetics of brain tumors — combined with gene therapy, vaccines and metabolic poisons that are not harmful to normal cells — are transforming the treatment of brain tumors, spinal injuries and complex neurological disorders. This has accelerated the Peak Center’s work with oncomagnetics, an innovative approach to shrinking cancerous tissues in the brain and in other areas of the body using nontoxic magnetic fields. Dr. David S. Baskin, center director and the Kenneth R. Peak Presidential Distinguished Chair, and his talented multispecialty team work tirelessly to pioneer novel brain tumor treatments. “Imagine treating cancer without radiation or chemotherapy!” says Dr. Baskin. “This technology may make that possible.”
The world-renowned neurosurgeon shares a close relationship with the Henry J.N. Taub family that dates to the siblings’ late father, Henry J.N. Taub, who was the best man at Dr. and Mrs. Baskin’s wedding. Speaking fondly of the friendships forged through their shared passion for medical innovation, Dr. Baskin adds, “This investment underscores the critical role philanthropy plays in driving patient-centered care, education and research. The family has continuously supported our research for more than 30 years and facilitated novel discoveries that have already improved brain tumor treatment and research.”
“We deeply appreciate Kitch and Henry, who are proudly continuing the Taub legacy with thoughtful, generous and strategically important contributions to our efforts to lead medicine,” he concludes. “This gift is an incredible tribute to Kitch’s beautiful and brilliant sister, who I know is smiling from heaven because of what this gift will do to revolutionize the future care of patients with brain tumors.”