Wednesday, March 12, 2008
Thom,
I read with terrible sadness news of John's passing in the paper. What a terrible and unjust end for such a fine man and brilliant mind.
I'm sure you don't remember, but we had occasion to meet once at a party where you attended with John. I was one of his early patients at Penn and followed him all over the city for his extraordinary care. John went to bat for me with the Penn Endocrine big-wigs in the late 70's putting himself on the line to pull me out of the clutches of the Dept. Chair and into decent and "caring" care. Although I had lost touch after his focus became exclusively HIV, I've never forgotten him and have thought about you both over the years. Thank God, the world is a somewhat more accepting place for pioneers like John. He will be sadly and truly missed, certainly by me. My thoughts and prayers are with you and his sons.
Diane Bates
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