February 19, 2012
World-Famous Children’s Hospital Is a Family Affair
St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital has spent the last 50 years growing into one of America’s biggest charities, but its leaders have been tight-lipped about its fundraising until now. Their reticence to speak about how St. Jude raises more money than any other hospital goes back to the late Richard C. Shadyac Sr., who ran St. Jude’s fundraising arm from 1992 to 2005 and served on its board until he died, in 2009.
“He said we flew under the radar, and that
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