Mount Zion History
1937 - 1947
- Mount Zion celebrates its first fifty years at the Fairmont Hotel, November 29, 1937.
- Original charter for Mount Zion ends; Board of Directors creates new charter, with emphasis on training Jewish interns and residents and developing research facilities for better medical care, 1937-1939
- By 1939 the research laboratory at Mount Zion has become nationally recognized; the Harold Brunn Cardio-Vascular Research Center opens in a new building on Scott Street between Post & Sutter, January 31, 1941
- The local Community Chest and the Columbia Foundation agree to support the Mount Zion Psychiatry Department and provide treatment for soldiers discharged from the service who need rehabilitation, 1944
Mount Zion Memories
Selected videos from the Fishbon Library Video Newsletter featuring historical information and interviews are available here.