Philadelphia General Hospital

The Committee on the Celebration at the Philadelphia General Hospital of the 200th Anniversary of the Building of the Philadelphia Almshouse was established in September 1929. The committee, consisting of five members of the Medical Board of the Philadelphia General Hospital, was appointed by the President of the Medical Board, Herman B. Allyn. Joseph McFarland, E. B. Krumbhaar, David Riesman, and Robert G. Torrey were appointed to serve on the committee, with Robert J. Hunter acting as chairman. The committee was responsible for fund raising, promotion, planning the program, selecting speakers, and making out the guest list. Hunter expanded his group by appointing almost twenty additional members to serve on the committee, including other members of the Medical Board, ex residents of the Philadelphia General Hospital, and representatives from the Nurses' Training School and the Women's Advisory Council.

The bicentennial celebration was initially planned for December 1931. In August 1931, due to lack of funds, the committee decided to postpone the celebration until the following year. The bicentennial was finally celebrated on December 6, 1932. The Committee on the Celebration at the Philadelphia General Hospital of the 200th Anniversary of the Building of the Philadelphia Almshouse presented its final report on December 19, 1932.

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