Script for the program given at the Variety Club Heart Hospital Dedication Dinner
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Title
Script for the program given at the Variety Club Heart Hospital Dedication Dinner
Subject
Open Heart Surgery.
Description
The Variety Club Heart Hospital, a hospital built specifically for the care and treatment of persons afflicted with heart disease, admitted the first patients on March 20, 1951. A Dedication Dinner was held in the main ballroom of Coffman Memorial Union that same evening at 6:30p.m.
George Grim served as master of ceremonies. Bob DeHaven interviewed patients from the hospital. Actresses Loretta Young and Vera Ellen spoke, along with members of the Variety Club of the Northwest. University of Minnesota President James Morrill and Medical School director Dr. Harold Diehl spoke on behalf of the University. Film trailers starring Abbott and Costello, Danny Kaye, Adolph Menjou, and Alan Ladd were also presented. The program was broadcasted from radio station WCCO from 9:00-9:30p.m.
Creator
University of Minnesota
Source
"Variety Club Heart Hospital correspondence 1944-1966," Box 9, Medical School records, uarc 0947, University of Minnesota Archives
Publisher
University of Minnesota
Date
20-Mar-51
Rights
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Format
Document
Language
eng
Identifier
oh0095
Coverage
Open Heart Surgery
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Original Format
Paper
Citation
University of Minnesota, “Script for the program given at the Variety Club Heart Hospital Dedication Dinner,” Gallery, accessed April 19, 2024, https://gallerytemp.reclaim.hosting/items/show/3339.