He started the conversation with
our breast cancer luncheon, with the
“Whaddya got?” I told him about our plans inimitable Kristin Chenoweth. We held
for an inpatient cancer hospital on our our 18th annual Grand Rounds ® Golf
campus, part of a $350 million investment Tournament at Dallas Country Club, and
to provide the very best in cancer care we celebrated several important gifts
for patients and families throughout our highlighted by support for our Child Life
region. He turned to his staff and said, Program from our good friends at the
Letter from
the President “Let’s do this.” Then he proceeded to Moody Foundation.
Pickens Cancer Hospital remains one and supporters who continue to make
We lost a good friend this fall. T. Boone of the busiest cancer hospitals in Texas. health care better for our region. I’m feeling
Pickens passed away in September. He During our fiscal year ending on June 30, very grateful.
was an extraordinary guy. 2019, the hospital took in more than 40,000
After five years of working with Boone
and his team as well as taking care of the
introduce me to Murdoch, his brown-eyed
Papillon toy spaniel dog.
I’ll close by thanking the extraordinary
The Baylor Scott & White T. Boone
Foundation staff and our many friends
patient admissions.
Gratitude can turn a meal into a feast,
Mr. Pickens left an undying love for A house into a home,
health needs of countless friends and America and the hope it represents for all. A stranger into a friend.
family members, I’ll never forget when He left a passion for entrepreneurship we got the call to come over and visit and the promise it sustains.
with him. We were seated at his famous
It makes sense of our past,
Brings peace for today,
Boone, your commitment to Baylor
power table, a piece of history that has Scott & White left an extraordinary
been the site of heady conversations with legacy for our patients and their families.
presidents, athletes, journalists, titans of Rest in peace.
And creates a vision for tomorrow.
— Melody Beattie
industry and others. It was ground zero for
his conversations about deals, the future
This Compass reflects a very busy fall
of our country and where he and his team for the Foundation. We celebrated our
literally made and lost millions. 20th anniversary of Celebrating Women,
Rowland K. Robinson
President, Baylor Scott & White Dallas Foundation
[email protected]
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