Dr. Wentz provided the funding to create The Packer Wentz Endowment along with fellow microbiologist and colleague Dr. Lester Packer from the University of Southern California.
The Endowment was created to foster and support medical and scientific education and research.
Similar to Dr. Wentz, Dr. Packer has devoted much of his career to investigating oxidative damage and reducing the incidence of degenerative disease through research on free radicals and clinical antioxidant application