Four Ten For Life

Most little boys get over any desire they might have to be a fireman or ride around in fire engines, but this storyteller first had to take a teenage “joyride” in one and do some mischief with it before sobering up.

A young woman battled cancer for twenty years, long enough and strong enough to save two little orphans from certain death, and to protect them – and her doctor – even after she was gone.

How would you feel knowing that an inexperienced surgeon was doing a delicate, life-saving operation on you while relying on an open anatomy book?

A doctor had to make difficult choices regarding participation in a war that he considered immoral and unjust.

A ten year old girl spent six weeks in a coma but remembered dreaming about “angels of light” who saved her from the angel of death.

In 1964 Stanford University had a no tolerance policy regarding on campus religious ceremonies, but a small Jewish minyon forced the school to change its policy and charter in 1967.

Tony died of a rare bone cancer at the age of twelve in 1974.  This story
is about his last few months and how his death lead to a spiritual
awakening.  This story contains graphic content and discretion is advised.

On Easter Sunday in 1967 the Stanford Crew set out for a row. If only they knew what lay ahead, and how it would change them forever.

A story from Stanford Medical School about the extraction of DNA from plants in 1964.