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St. Jude Children's Research Hospital company history timeline

1962

Pinkel, D. (1962) Cyclophosphamide in children with cancer.

1968

In 1968, Jackson was hired by St Jude and worked with Diggs and Doctor Alfred Kraus to create the hospital’s sickle cell program.

In 1968, the year Martin Luther King, Jr, was assassinated in Memphis, St Jude began investigating the health of poor children in a black ghetto in nearby South Memphis.

Pratt, C.B., James, Jr, D.H., Holton, C.P. & Pinkel, D. (1968) Combination therapy including vincristine (NSC-67574) for malignant solid tumors in children.

1970

After studies by Dr Paul Zee showed that 26% of children had a haemoglobin concentration below 11 g/dl and retarded growth (Zee et al, 1970), he led a programme that started with a free clinic for the children.

Around 1970, St Jude began to rent blocks of hotel rooms in Memphis, where families could stay at no charge.

1972

In 1972, Doctor Jackson left St Jude to join the National Institutes of Health and headed its sickle cell treatment program.

Walters, T.R., Bushore, M. & Simone, J.V. (1972) Poor prognosis in Negro children with acute lymphocytic leukemia.

1975

Borella, L. & Sen, L. (1975) Clinical importance of lymphoblasts with T markers in childhood acute leukemia.

1976

Simone, J.V. (1976) Factors that influence haematological remission duration in acute lymphocytic leukemia.

1978

Aur, R.J.A., Simone, J.V., Versoza, M.S., Hustu, H.O., Pinkel, D.P. & Barker, L.F. (1978) Leukoencephalopathy in children with acute lymphocytic leukemia receiving preventive central nervous system therapy.

1982

Williams, D.L., Tsiatis, A., Brodeur, G.M., Look, A.T., Melvin, S.L., Bowman, W.P., Kalwinsky, D.K., Rivera, G. & Dahl, G.V. (1982) Prognostic importance of chromosome number in 136 untreated children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia.

1983

Dr Alvin Mauer succeeded him and was followed by Dr Joseph Simone in 1983.

1985

Sherr, C.J., Rettenmeier, C.W., Sacca, R., Roussel, M.F., Look, A.T. & Stanley, E.R. (1985) The c-fms proto-oncogene product is related to the receptor for themononuclear phagocyte growth factor, CSF-1.

1995

Pui, C.-H., Boyette, J.M., Hancock, M.L., Pratt, C.B., Meyer, W.H. & Crist, W.M. (1995) Outcome of treatment for childhood cancer in black as compared to white children.

1997

He was named a Howard Hughes Investigator in 1997 for his large body of work, which was focused mainly on signal transduction pathways in haematopoietic cells.

2005

In 2005, the Kappa Alpha Psi fraternity named St Jude as its national philanthropic partner.

At its opening, then-President Gerald Ford calls it "a great day for our nation and for the children of our country stricken with catastrophic diseases." In 2005, the building is renamed in honor of Richard C. Shadyac Sr., ALSAC's fourth CEO.

2009

Since arriving at St Jude in 2009 with a severe form of acute myeloid leukemia (AML), 10-year-old Brennan Simkins has undergone four bone marrow transplants. "St Jude has been a tremendous gift to our family," says his mom, Tara.

2010

They will win the award again in 2010.

2014

In 2014, the Marlo Thomas Center for Global Education and Collaboration was opened as part of the hospital.

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