New York City Hospital Renamed In Honor of Brother Arthur Logan
Bro. James S. Few Passed Oldest Member of Alpha Rho Lambda Bro. James S. Few, has joined Omega Chapter. Bro. Few succumbed to a short illness Tuesday. Feb. 5, 1974. He was 7 2 years old. Bro. Few was a Professor of Business Administration and Director cf The Department of Business Administration at Central State University for 17 years. He then transferred to the Defense Construction Supply Center, Columbus, Ohio, where he remained until retirement in 1971. Bro. Few was the oldest member of Alpha Rho Lambda and was recently honored with 25 year service award. Alpha Phi Alpha will truly miss such a dedicated Brother. Fraternally yours, C. N. Hicks, O.D. Corresponding Secretary
DEDICATION
CEREMONIES
Formal dedication ceremonies were held for the Arthur C. Logan Memorial Hospital, formerly, Knickerbocker Hospital. Pictured from left to right in front of the newly installed hospital canopy are: Rev. M. L. Wilson, Chairman of the Board of Trustees; Mrs. Arthur C. Logan; Mrs. Clifford Alexander and Warren Arthur Logan, Brother Logan's daughter and son; William O. Allen, Executive Director of the hospital, and Bayard Rustin, Executive Director of the A. Philip Randolph Institute.
Knickerbocker Hospital, which serves a community of approximately a half million people in Harlem, was formally dedicated as the Arthur C. Logan Memorial Hospital, becoming the first major hospital in New York City named in honor of a Black physician. Brother Logan, who died from injuries received in a fall on Nov. 25, 1973, was associated with the hospital for many years. He originated the plan to build Manhattanville Health Park, a community health project which will include a new physical plant for the former Knickerbocker, and will replace Sydenham Hospital, a municipal hospital in Harlem. The health park, jointly sponsored by the Logan Memorial Hospital and the Manhattanville Community Development Corp., a neighborhood association, will be built without displacing residents of 60
the area, and will create more than 4,000 jobs. It will include a 500-bed teaching hospital, a 200-bed nursing home, a 75-bed selfcare unit, a mental health center, medical office buildings for physicians, staff and student residents and a community center with a 2,300-seat auditorium. In addition, the health park will contain shopping areas and between 1200 and 1500 low- and middle-income housing units. A memorial dinner has been planned for April 23 at the New York Hilton Hotel to launch efforts to raise money for a hospital memorial fund in Dr. Logan's name. Charles F. Luce, chairman of the board of Consolidated Edison, is dinner chairman of the committee of leading New Yorkers planning the event, which will support the Arthur C. Logan Memorial Hospital.
Brother Jackson (Continued from page 58) Author, Magazine articles, Forum and Bookman; Student Secretary, International Committee, Y. M. C. A., New York, 1914-1915; Executive Secretary, Wabash Avenue Department Y.M.C.A., Chicago, Illinois, 1915-1919; Educational Secretary, National Urban League, New York City, 1919-1921; Assistant to Publisher, Chicago Defender, 1921-1924; President, Board of Trustees, Provident Hospital and Training School, 19211936; Chairman, Chicago Liberty Loan Committee, 1918; Chairman, Special Committee Hoover Food Administration, State of Illinois; Director, Illinois League to Enforce Peace, 1930-1934; Vice President, Phillips-Andover Academy Alumni Association, 1932; Director, Chicago Council of Social Agencies, 1931-1937; former Director, Chicago Civil Liberties Committee; member, League of Nations Associations; member, National Boy Scouts of America; former Director, Douglass Division, Chicago Boy Scouts; member of the Executive Council, Ascontinued on Page 61) The Sphinx I February 1974