The dedication of the Ruth Carole Gottscho Kidney Dialysis Center at Frost Valley took place in August of 1975, toward the end of the unit's first summer of operation. From left to right: Eva Gottscho, chair of the Gottscho Foundation; Halbe Brown, FV's executive director; Ira Greifer, director of pediatric nephrology at Albert Einstein Hospital (the name of the academic hospital within Einstein is now called Montefiore); Bill Primack (the doctor who served as the unit's first medical director for that summer). I've gotten to know all these people fairly well over the years, Halbe and Eva especially; it's never lost on me what a signal moment this was in inclusive camping, a real turning point. The Gottscho Foundation/Einstein-Montefiore relationship was not always perfect, and Halbe and more recently Jerry Huncosky have managed it deftly, yet the partnership has held together and many kids with renal failure have had their time at camp...a miracle. One of these kids was Eddie Padilla of the Bronx, a real character.
Saturday, July 7, 2007
dialysis unit dedication, 1975
The dedication of the Ruth Carole Gottscho Kidney Dialysis Center at Frost Valley took place in August of 1975, toward the end of the unit's first summer of operation. From left to right: Eva Gottscho, chair of the Gottscho Foundation; Halbe Brown, FV's executive director; Ira Greifer, director of pediatric nephrology at Albert Einstein Hospital (the name of the academic hospital within Einstein is now called Montefiore); Bill Primack (the doctor who served as the unit's first medical director for that summer). I've gotten to know all these people fairly well over the years, Halbe and Eva especially; it's never lost on me what a signal moment this was in inclusive camping, a real turning point. The Gottscho Foundation/Einstein-Montefiore relationship was not always perfect, and Halbe and more recently Jerry Huncosky have managed it deftly, yet the partnership has held together and many kids with renal failure have had their time at camp...a miracle. One of these kids was Eddie Padilla of the Bronx, a real character.
