Baylor University Medical Center Proceedings

Marvin J. Stone, MD — When to Act and When to Refrain — A Lifetime of Learning the Science and Art of Medicine

Tributes to Marvin J. Stone, MD, MACP, FRCP on his retirement

Marvin J. Stone, MD, founded the Baylor Charles A. Sammons Cancer Center in 1976 and directed it for more than 30 years. When he retired in July 2013, a reception was held in his honor (Figure 1), and a sample of tributes given at the event and submitted afterwards are reprinted below. An interview of Dr. Stone was published in Proceedings in 2001 ().