Former St. Jude CEO, director Donald Pinkel dies at 95
Donald Pinkel was the first employee, first director and first CEO of St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, seen here in 2021. (Patrick Lantrip/Daily Memphian file)
Pinkel served as CEO and director of St. Jude until 1973.
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Christin Yates is a native Memphian who has worked in PR and copywriting since 2007. She earned her B.S. in public relations and M.S. in mass communications from Murray State University.
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