Steven Bochco was beloved worldwide as the talented 10-time Emmy award winner and creator of hit television series including “Hill Street Blues”, “L.A. Law” and “Doogie Howser, M.D.” He lost his battle with leukemia in 2018, but his legacy of creativity and innovation lives on.
“A cancer diagnosis is the last thing you expect when you spend your whole adult life working to be healthy,” Bochco said, in one of his daily emails during his hospital stay, as he reflected on his life and career. The emails gave him a focus for his fight with cancer, and later became the basis for his memoir, Truth is a Total Defense: My Fifty Years in Television.
In 2014,Steven received a stem cell transplant from his Gift of Life donor Jon Kayne, and gained three more years of life with his family.
“Steven started to get better, then the cancer came back,” said Jon. “I went to Steven’s memorial service in early May. At first I felt that the transplant had not been such a great success … you give someone hope, but they are so sick that it isn’t enough. Yet at the service I heard Steven’s family talk about how much it meant to them to have more time with him. We don’t realize the impact that extending someone’s life has on their family and community. Many of his colleagues talked about how he had mentored them, or helped start their careers, or had been a father figure. Those three additional years with Steven were incredibly meaningful to so many people. I didn’t realize when I donated that it wasn’t just stem cells for him; this was giving so much to so many people.”
The Steven Bochco Award is presented annually to a Gift of Life volunteer, donor or recipient who exemplifies the qualities Steven was best known for: vision, innovation and storytelling. The award winners will be individuals who have used their own personal story to benefit and further Gift of Life’s mission.
Whether they shared their story to introduce an innovative partnership, implement a successful project, or create awareness among a constituency previously unaffiliated with Gift of Life, this award will celebrate Steven’s life and the positive and powerful role our volunteer leaders play in fighting blood cancer.
A donor sponsored by Steven Bochco's Donor Circle has matched a 76 year old man battling Myelodysplastic Disorder.
A donor sponsored by Steven Bochco's Donor Circle has matched a 69 year old man battling Myelodysplastic Disorder.
A donor sponsored by Steven Bochco's Donor Circle has matched a 59 year old woman battling Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (ALL).
A donor sponsored by Steven Bochco's Donor Circle has matched a 60 year old woman battling Myelodysplastic Disorder.
A donor sponsored by Steven Bochco's Donor Circle has matched a 52 year old man battling Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma.
A donor sponsored by Steven Bochco's Donor Circle has matched a 69 year old man battling Myelodysplastic Disorder.
A donor sponsored by Steven Bochco's Donor Circle has matched a 51 year old man battling Acute Myelogenous Leukemia.
A donor sponsored by Steven Bochco's Donor Circle has matched a 64 year old man battling Myelodysplastic Disorder.
A donor sponsored by Steven Bochco's Donor Circle has matched a 65 year old woman battling Acute Myelogenous Leukemia.
A donor sponsored by Steven Bochco's Donor Circle has matched a 55 year old man battling Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia.
A donor sponsored by Steven Bochco's Donor Circle has matched a 63 year old woman battling Myelodysplastic Disorder.
A donor sponsored by Steven Bochco's Donor Circle has matched a 33 year old man battling Myelodysplastic Disorder.
A donor sponsored by Steven Bochco's Donor Circle has matched a 72 year old man battling Myelodysplastic Disorder.
A donor sponsored by Steven Bochco's Donor Circle has matched a 75 year old woman battling Myelodysplastic Disorder.
A donor sponsored by Steven Bochco's Donor Circle has matched a 5 year old boy battling Severe Aplastic Anemia.
A donor sponsored by Steven Bochco's Donor Circle has transplanted a 70 year old man battling Myelodysplastic Disorder.
A donor sponsored by Steven Bochco's Donor Circle has matched a 34 year old woman battling Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (ALL).
A donor sponsored by Steven Bochco's Donor Circle has matched a 49 year old woman battling Acute Myelogenous Leukemia.
A donor sponsored by Steven Bochco's Donor Circle has matched a 68 year old woman battling Myelodysplastic Disorder.
A donor sponsored by Steven Bochco's Donor Circle has matched a 53 year old woman battling Myelodysplastic Disorder.
A donor sponsored by Steven Bochco's Donor Circle has matched a 43 year old man battling Acute Myelogenous Leukemia.
A donor sponsored by Steven Bochco's Donor Circle has matched a 70 year old man battling Myelodysplastic Disorder.
A donor sponsored by Steven Bochco's Donor Circle has matched a 46 year old man battling Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (ALL).
A donor sponsored by Steven Bochco's Donor Circle has matched a 1 year old boy battling Inherited Immune Systems Disorders.
A donor sponsored by Steven Bochco's Donor Circle has matched a 63 year old man battling Myelodysplastic Disorder.
A donor sponsored by Steven Bochco's Donor Circle has matched a 70 year old man battling Myelodysplastic Disorder.
A donor sponsored by Steven Bochco's Donor Circle has matched a 68 year old woman battling Acute Myelogenous Leukemia.
A donor sponsored by Steven Bochco's Donor Circle has matched a 61 year old man battling Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (ALL).
A donor sponsored by Steven Bochco's Donor Circle has matched a 41 year old woman battling Acute Myelogenous Leukemia.
A donor sponsored by Steven Bochco's Donor Circle has matched a 69 year old man battling Acute Myelogenous Leukemia.
A donor sponsored by Steven Bochco's Donor Circle has matched a 57 year old woman battling Myelodysplastic Disorder.
A donor sponsored by Steven Bochco's Donor Circle has matched a 64 year old man battling Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (ALL).
A donor sponsored by Steven Bochco's Donor Circle has transplanted a 8 year old boy battling Severe Aplastic Anemia.
A donor sponsored by Steven Bochco's Donor Circle has matched a 8 year old boy battling Severe Aplastic Anemia.
A donor sponsored by Steven Bochco's Donor Circle has matched a 68 year old man battling Myelodysplastic Disorder.
A donor sponsored by Steven Bochco's Donor Circle has matched a 59 year old man battling Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma.
A donor sponsored by Steven Bochco's Donor Circle has matched a 35 year old man battling Inherited Immune Systems Disorders.
A donor sponsored by Steven Bochco's Donor Circle has matched a 55 year old woman battling Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (ALL).
A donor sponsored by Steven Bochco's Donor Circle has matched a 61 year old woman battling Plasma Cell Disorder.
A donor sponsored by Steven Bochco's Donor Circle has matched a 19 year old man battling Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma.
A donor sponsored by Steven Bochco's Donor Circle has matched a 74 year old woman battling Acute Myelogenous Leukemia.
A donor sponsored by Steven Bochco's Donor Circle has matched a 63 year old woman battling Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma.
A donor sponsored by Steven Bochco's Donor Circle has matched a 22 year old man battling Myelodysplastic Disorder.
A donor sponsored by Steven Bochco's Donor Circle has transplanted a 72 year old woman battling Acute Myelogenous Leukemia.
A donor sponsored by Steven Bochco's Donor Circle has matched a 72 year old woman battling Acute Myelogenous Leukemia.