New St. Jude Display at Airport (video 2009)



Highlighting St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, a new display was unveiled recently at the Memphis International Airport in the Danny Thomas Terminal. In town for the ceremony were Marlo and Tony Thomas—children of St. Jude founder, late entertainer Danny Thomas—along with members of the Thomas family.

Inspired by the airport terminal's architecture, the permanent display illustrates in words and photos the vision of the hospital's founder. It focuses on the hospital’s outstanding treatment, innovative research and great fundraising efforts to fight childhood catastrophic diseases. The research concepts for the three-dimensional molecular models etched in crystal blocks each represent a different area of science on which St. Jude focuses. At 16 feet long, 3 feet wide and 12 feet high, the display expresses the hospital's child-centered character and global research impact.


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