Never knew him. Just read some of his papers, and of course read about him. Fascinating person!

In 1967 whilst I was an Associate at Yale, and highly critical of some of his techniques, Judah helped me replicate some of his controversial results in growing colonic cancer cells in vitro. In doing so he showed a remarkable patience,maturity,- and most obvious of all was his quite remarkable persistence.

In addition to his achievements in cancer research, there are two things about Judah Folkman that I will always remember: the skill with which he built my son a new esophagus (he was born in 1981 with esophageal atresia), and the unprecedented level of care and understanding he showed for his patients and their families. He was a great man in many ways.

During my research endeavours on lymphangiogenesis in late 1980s and late1990s I had been in frequent contact with Dr. Judah Folkman; I valued his constant encouragement and advice. Despite the fact that I was neither his student nor a colleague or even an American, he always found time to discuss my research ideas and results with me. Dr. Folkman was a very considerate human being and a visionary scientist. The world has lost such a kind and sincere friend. My deepest condolences to go out to his family and friends.

A wonderful human being and so many achievements and discoveries that he has given to the world. A great loss and very sadly missed.

When I was a resident at Childrens, Dr Folkman was always asking us questions, encouraging us to think outside the box . I had the pleasure and honor of rounding with him once a week for an entire year. He made a significant impression on me and my colleagues. He was a pivotal influence on me and my career. He was a great man, scientist and human being.

My sincere condolences to the whole Folkman family. I was a close friend of Judah when his father was the rabbi at Temple Emanuel in Grand Rapids, Mi. I had the priviledge of being confirmed with him in 1947 & sharing a great deal of time listening to his brilliant thoughts, way back then. I have been aware of his great achievements and am sorry that I wasn't able to meet with him before his passing. I am very happy & proud that I have been able to tell my family & friends that I knew this famous man, Dr. Judah Folkman.

The student nurses at the Massachusetts General Hospital in the late 50's and early 60's have always held Judah Folkman up as a shining example of the best of the best. We always knew he was headed for greatness! We remember his enthusiasm, his kindness and his brilliance and we have spoken endlessly about this over the last 50 years. Words cannot capture the inspiration he left us with. We rejoice in all his accomplishments because......we always knew.........

How could I ever forget Dr. Folkman...sitting at his desk by the many black old fashioned rotary phones in the office basement where his daughter Laura and I continued our own medical work in our doll hospital. I shall always remember him answering the one -or two- phone ringing :"Dr. Folkman." with the emphasis on the "Dr." part...Laura, Paula, and Marjorie, some men are good and some are great. He was both. Olav ha shalom. With love, Valerie Berger

Conversations with Dr. Folkman have given me encouragement, direction and inspiration. I feel especially fortunate to have had an opportunity to know him. I feel the seeds he planted will continue to encourage and direct researcher for a very long time to come. He will be missed, but not forgotten.

My younger sister has been Dr. Folkman's assistant for 19 years. Apon moving into the new research building, and into much smaller quarters, they were burdened with the task of sorting through years of "priceless" possessions. Some personal, some professional... It took weeks to sort through it all, and only the "most special" of possessions ended up at the new facility. Everything else, ended up cataloged, in a storage facilty. "How will I ever find anything in that cave of a place", was his comment. We gave him a miner's head lamp to find what he needed. Maybe someday, either at Children's Hospital, or over at the School of Medicine, there will be a Dr. Judah Folkman Memorial Library to house all of those papers , awards, and "priceless" possessions for all the world to see. As this was a truly great man who was "LIGHTING THE WAY" in the war against cancer.

I saw a lecture Dr. Folkman gave at UC Santa Barbara in 2005. Spurred by his lecture, I did a lot of research into anti-angiogenesis research and available medicines. Late in that year, my father-in-law was diagnosed with metastasized large cell renal cancer. I spoke to his oncologist about Folkman's work and he found an appropriate angiogenesis inhibitor had just cleared trials and was available. My father in-law began receiving the drug and the results were miraculous. It's been more than two years now, and the kidney cancer is stalled in its tracks. Thank you Dr. Folkman for your devotion to your work.

Dr. Folkman saved my daughter's life. She had a life threatening hemangioma and was treated in 1991 with, what I believe were, the first antiangiogenic drugs in clinical trial. Her tumor, which was extensive, shrank to an inconsequential state in 3 months. For that alone I adored him. But even had he not become a hero for our family, the memory of his demeanor, his generosity, gentleness, brilliance, tenacity and total lack of hubris provide me daily with a model for my own life. Aside from his vast accomplishments and contributions to medicine, on a very human scale alone he was extraordinary. We will miss him but will always keep him alive in our hearts.

I had the priviledge of working with Dr Folkman when he was covering the Oncology Ward at Children's in 66-69. I have always held him the highest esteem, even as far back as then. I had worked the 3-11 pm shift & would often see Dr. Folkman quietly walk thru the ward checking on his patients in the late evening hours. If parents were there, he would speak to them, if not he would softly touch and examine each of his little patients. I remember late one evening when I asked him what he was working on in the labs. He took a dry paper towel and drew a lock and key on it........ He said that one day, in the hopefully not too distant future, researchers will be able to solve the problem of curing cancer. In the drawing the lock represented the cancer and the key was what he was working on. At the time he said it was Interferon that was the likely key, that Interferon treating Cancer was what he was so excitedly working on. I knew way back then, that the conversation we were having was to be prophetic.He was going to find that key, of this I had no doubt. I felt that one day he would become a great man in Cancer Reasearch... Oh, how I wish now that I had kept that paper towel. I must say that Dr. Folkman was one of my most favored physicians. He was the personification of what every physician should. I just want to let his entire family know just how well loved he was since the beginning of his career. My thoughts and prayers are with you at this very trying time. His prescence will be certainly missed for a very long time.God Bless him!

A bright light for cancer patients has gone out. He was a giant pioneer for this disease and those who have suffered from cancer. Myra Walker

I was at his talk last year at The Ohio State University College of Medicine and learned about his pioneering efforts in angiogenesis. His perseverance in the face of criticism is an inspiration to another generation of biomedical scientists. He will live on in our memories.

Dr. Folkman was an amazing and inspiring man. He will be missed.