Doernbecher Children's Hospital
Doernbecher Children's Hospital is a children's hospital located in Portland, Oregon, and associated with Oregon Health & Science University.
The first full-service children's hospital in the Pacific Northwest, Doernbecher provides full-spectrum pediatric care. The hospital opened in 1926 on Portland's Marquam Hill.[1] Doernbecher Children's Hospital developed the nation's first academic children's eye clinic in 1949 and Oregon's first neonatal intensive care center in 1968.
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Namesake [edit]
Construction of the six-story[1] hospital in 1925–26 was financed primarily by a donation from a charitable trust managed by the heirs of Frank Silas Doernbecher (1861–1921), a prominent Portland businessman who established the Doernbecher Manufacturing Company in Portland in 1900.[2] The company was Portland's leading furniture manufacturer,[3] and grew to become one of the country's largest furniture makers.[2] Frank Doernbecher had stipulated in his will that the money, which amounted to $200,000, be given "to some charity for the benefit of the people of Oregon".[4] The hospital's original name was the Doernbecher Memorial Hospital for Children, and from the start it was part of the University of Oregon Medical School,[4] which in the 1970s became Oregon Health & Science University.
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References [edit]
- ^ a b "Children's Hospital Ready For Patients: Doernbecher Memorial Dedication Draws Throng". (July 31, 1926). The Morning Oregonian, p. 6.
- ^ a b Poida, Walter J. (1977). National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination Form: Frank Silas Doernbecher House (PDF). National Park Service. Retrieved May 13, 2012.
- ^ MacColl, E. Kimbark (1979). The Growth of a City: Power and Politics in Portland, Oregon, 1915 to 1950. The Georgian Press. pp. 378, 475. ISBN 0-9603408-1-5.
- ^ a b "Memorial Hospital Has [First] Birthday Party: Doernbecher Invites Friends to See Institution". (August 3, 1927). The Morning Oregonian, p. 4.
External links [edit]
Media related to Doernbecher Children's Hospital at Wikimedia Commons
Coordinates: 45°29′59″N 122°41′19″W / 45.4998°N 122.6885°W
