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In 1955, Danny Thomas and a group of Memphis business people who had agreed to help support his dream seized on the idea of creating a unique research hospital devoted to curing catastrophic diseases in children.
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital is a pediatric treatment and research facility located in Memphis, Tennessee. Founded by entertainer Danny Thomas in 1962, it is a 501(c)(3) designated nonprofit medical corporation which focuses on children's catastrophic diseases, particularly leukemia and other cancers. [1]
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. Learn More About St. Jude. Why did Danny Thomas open St. Jude?
When we recount how St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital was born, we often tell the story of how our founder, Danny Thomas, walked into a Detroit church and asked St. Jude Thaddeus to show him his way in life.
Aug 6, 2021 · Danny Thomas (seated) and Dr. Donald Pinkel. Source: Courtesy of St. Jude Children's Research Hospital. St. Jude got its start when the actor Danny Thomas vowed to build a shrine to St....
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.
Danny Thomas (born Amos Muzyad Yaqoob Kairouz; January 6, 1912 – February 6, 1991) was an American actor, singer, nightclub comedian, producer, and philanthropist. He created and starred in The Danny Thomas Show. In addition to guest roles on many of the comedy, talk, and musical variety programs of his time, his legacy includes a lifelong ...
