FAUCI DIARY ARCHIVE — Saturday, March 7, 2009
https://faucisdiary.com/diary/2009-03-07

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DIARY ENTRY — Saturday, March 7, 2009
Source: Diary Prequel, pp. 198–200 of 2026.07.27_Diary-Prequel-.pdf
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Very interesting dinner at Café Milano thrown by Catherine and Wayne
Reynolds for about 10 – 12 couples in the private room. Unseasonably warm (70 F) and
clear (stars and moon) night. Guests include Gen. George and Sheila Casey (Army
Chief-of-Staff). I sat between him and Marlene Malek (who was there with husband
Fred). Also in attendance: Don Graham and Dana Priest (Washington Post); Beth and
Ron Dozoretz; Francis Collins; Rick Atkinson (War Historian and best-selling author);

died in Jan., 2009 of hep. B/Cirrhosis-related hepatoma. I was very involved with Brenda
in his terminal care and attempts to get him a liver transplant – it was too late for the
latter.

   It was an cloudy, cool and damp day in SF. The ceremony was held in the Eureka
Community Center at 100 Collingwood, around the corner from the hub of the Castro
District – 18th Street and Castro. Big time déjà vu as I walked the streets of the Castro
since I got there a bit early (ceremony at 4:30 PM). I had flown in from DC in the AM
and took the red-eye back to DC that night. The streets of the Castro were crowded with
people bustling around. The usual crowd plus the fact that it was St. Patrick’s Day and
the parade had just ended. I recall back in the mid-80s when I visited the Castro several
times. It looked like the “walking dead” were in the street. So many cachectic people.
Today, everyone looks healthy, but the typical protease inhibitor and other drug “facies”
were evident with lose of facial fat pads.. You could tell that such a substantial
proportion of the people were infected, but now, in contrast to the 80s, they were doing
very well on drugs. Gave me a bittersweet feeling of how much we had accomplished
over these 27.5 years. The ceremony went well – packed with people from the Castro
who were so happy that I was there. I was the only government or health official there –
a shame since he was such a great man and contributed so much.

Fauci Eulogy for Martin Delaney

                               Eulogy for Martin Delaney

                                           by

                                 Anthony S. Fauci, M.D.
                                         Director
                  National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
                              National Institutes of Health