Page 10 - Dad's St Jude Projecy

In 1981 I noticed a number of my colleagues were taking
sabbaticals, either at renowned institutions in the USA, or other

institutions in Great Britain. Since I had studied French in school, I
selected a laboratory headed by Pierre Chambon, MD, PhD in
Strasbourg, France. St. Jude would pay all of my salary for 6
months or half for 12 months if I could secure additional funding.
David Kingsbury had received sabbatical support for himself, his

wife and seven children to go to England from the American Cancer
Society-Eleanor Roosevelt Fellowship. I applied for that and
received it and had a wonderful year in Strasbourg in an amazing
laboratory. (It was also a year-long honeymoon for me and my new

husband, Jack Vincent)! I know that being from St. Jude, and getting
recommendations from distinguished scientists who knew my
colleagues at St. Jude, was totally responsible for my obtaining this
grant.

Eventually I left St. Jude and Memphis to accept a position as
Scientific Program Director at the American Cancer Society when
they moved their national headquarters from New York City to
Atlanta GA; I retired from that position in 2006. In 2012, I returned
to Memphis. I was amazed at how much St. Jude and grown; the

original Star of Mercy design had been torn down, and many more
research buildings, meeting buildings, auditoriums, etc. stood on
the ever-expanding campus. Danny had died, and Marlo was now
celebrity-in-charge. SJCRH is known throughout the world as a

place for treating children with all kinds of childhood diseases, and
for incredible research advances.