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St. Jude Children's Research Hospital opened on February 4, 1962, in Memphis, Tenn., in front of a crowd of 9,000 people. Since then, we’ve been working tirelessly to save the lives of children with cancer and other life-threatening diseases.
History. St. Jude Children's Research Hospital was founded by entertainer Danny Thomas in 1962 to a crowd of 9,000 people, with help from Lemuel Diggs and Thomas' close friend from Miami, automobile dealer Anthony Abraham.
St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital opened its doors on February 4, 1962, based on Danny's dream that "no child should die in the dawn of life." Since then, we’ve made incredible strides in childhood cancer research. We’ve helped improve the survival rate of childhood cancer from 20% to 80%.
St. Jude opens during a turbulent era in American history. The star-shaped building designed by renowned African-American architect Paul Revere Williams immediately becomes the region's first fully integrated hospital. The integration of St. Jude also extends to the Memphis hotel industry.
St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital was founded by American entertainer Danny Thomas as a fulfillment of a prayer he made to the patron saint of hopeless causes, St. Jude, while visiting a Roman Catholic church in Detroit in 1940. At the time, Thomas and his wife were struggling financially and were expecting their first child.
St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital is arguably the most prominent cancer facility in the world. Between its cure rate, television ads, and mass mailings, many know its name and reputation.
Researchers and clinicians at St. Jude – the only National Cancer Institute-designated comprehensive cancer center dedicated solely to children – see many of the rarest and most difficult ...
When St. Jude founder Danny Thomas opened St. Jude on February 4, 1962, he created an organization as rare today as it was then: a research hospital where children with catastrophic diseases receive free cutting-edge medical care.
Simply put, St. Jude has become “America’s hospital,” in the words of Tony Thomas, producer of numerous TV hits including “The Golden Girls” and the son of Danny Thomas.
Decidedly outside the academic mainstream, this newfangled treatment center—St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital—founded by the comic entertainer Danny Thomas on the largesse of America’s...