Cleveland Clinic has announced a $15.5 million gift from the Charles L. Shor Foundation in support of a new Neurological Institute building and epilepsy research.

The gift includes $10 million toward construction of a facility that will centralize outpatient neurological care on the clinic's main campus and provide services such as digitized patient evaluations, imaging, neuro-simulation training, infusion therapy, neuro-diagnostics, and brain mapping as well as research space dedicated to the investigation of new therapies. The remaining $5.5 million will support a study to explore whether stress relief has the potential to reduce seizures and ultimately improve and prevent memory decline in patients with epilepsy.

In recognition of the gift, the epilepsy center will be named after Charles Shor. Diagnosed with epilepsy in his twenties, Shor developed Duro Bag Manufacturing, which his father had established in the 1950s, into the world's largest paper bag producer. He sold the company in 2014.

"Charlie's generous donation to the Neurological Institute will help us transform our approach to better understand neurological diseases," said Andre Machado, chair of the Neurological Institute and the Charles and Christine Carroll Family Endowed Chair in Functional Neurosurgery. "His support of this state-of-the-future facility will enable us to centralize and advance the care we provide in an environment specifically designed around the unique needs of people with neurological conditions."