| Memorial
History, 1940-1949 |
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1940 |
Lillie
Jolly School of Nursing affiliates with the University of Houston,
offering courses in science, nutrition and English.
Mr. and Mrs.
J.W. Neal establish another memorial fund - this one for their
son, Robert - which provides for X-ray treatment of cancer
victims. |
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1941-45
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Graduates of nursing school - 97 in all - volunteer for duty overseas. |
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1941
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Robert
Jolly and Abe Hauser organize Memorial's psychiatric section
- a first for a Houston general hospital. |
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| 1942 |
 Hospital
builds eight-story addition on Smith and Dallas, bringing bed
capacity to 284.
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| 1943 |
Memorial
is first general hospital in state to receive shipment of new "wonder
drug" penicillin. |
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| 1944 |
Mrs.
J.W. Neal gives hospital $175,000 to purchase city block across
Lamar to be used to build school of nursing and a dormitory. |
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| 1945 |
Mr.
and Mrs. Hugh Roy Cullen give hospital $1 million to construct
building and another $1 million to complete the Cullen Nurses
Building. |
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| 1946 |
Administrator
Robert Jolly retires after serving since 1921.
A.D. Foreman
serves as acting administrator for six months.
John G. Dudley
is named administrator and serves until 1956. |
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| 1947 |
Lillie
Jolly, director of the hospital's nursing school and Robert Jolly's
wife, retires. |
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| 1948 |
Cullen
Nurses Building is dedicated. |
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| Hermann
History, 1940-1949 |
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| 1941 |
Hermann
nurses' residence is completed, opening more patient beds in
hospital. |
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| 1943 |
 More
than half of Hermann's medical staff is serving in the Armed
Forces. |
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| 1944 |
Junior
League Children's Clinic moves to hospital. The focus changes
to a well baby clinic. Interns' residence is completed, funded
in part by a grant from
the Anderson Foundation. |
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| 1945 |
Hospital
allocates 22 patient beds for M.D. Anderson Cancer Institute
patients. |
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| 1946 |
Physicians
perform first cardiac catheterization in Texas. |
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| 1947 |
 Ground
is broken for new main hospital building
(later named the Robertson Pavilion) and for Hermann Professional Building, the
first high-rise office building outside of downtown. |
| 1949 |
 Professional
Building opens.Opening ceremonies take place for the hospital's
new main building, reportedly the first major hospital in the
nation to be air-conditioned. |
