Christ Hospital and Medical Center History: 1906-1996

Creator(s)

Advocate Aurora Health

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Keywords

CMC, CHMC, Christ Medical Center, Evangelical Deaconess Hospital, organizational history

Description

Oak Lawn, IL: This 1906-1996 overview of Christ Medical Center history includes milestones, patient numbers, and budget statistics from the first 100 years of CHMC history.

Interesting pieces include:

• Water fights among student nurses were a tradition at Chicago's Evangelical Deaconess Nursing School in the early 1900's
• In 1911 income was $3,553,51 compared to 1923 at $133,141.15
• In 1933 nurses received $25 per week for 6.5 days of work
• The Oak Lawn land was purchased in 1955. The property was formerly a drive-in.
• In 1972 the original Evangelical Deaconess Hospital was sold to the Tabernacle Missionary Baptist Church.
• School of Nursing closed in 1988.

Date

1996

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Please credit Advocate Aurora Health as the source of this material.