Lewis A. Weiss Hospital Groundbreaking, Uptown Chicago, 1952

Relatives and friends of the late Louis A. Weiss, businessman and philanthropist for whom the hospital is named, participated in the ground-breaking ceremony for the new $2,500,000 memorial hospital on Marine Drive between Leland and Eastwood. Left to right are James R. Gersonde, former director of the Chicago hospital; Dr. Siegfried Strauss, president of the board of directors of the new hospital; Dr. John J. Sheinin, president of the Chicago Medical School; Dr. and Mrs. Jerome H. Hirschmann, son-in law and daughter of Lewis A. Weiss, and their son, Ricky Hirschmann, 4.

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