Richard Shadyac Jr. will step down as CEO of ALSAC, the fundraising arm of St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, in March. The charity, founded by Danny Thomas and fueled by the entertainment industry in its early years, is among the most successful private philanthropic endeavors in the nation’s history.
St. Jude’s mission is to find cures and advance research into pediatric cancer and other diseases. The proud ethos of the St. Jude center in Memphis is that no child is ever turned away for lack of the ability to pay.
American Lebanese Syrian Associated Charities (ALSAC)
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