Annual Report. 1865-1956

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that we shall see our friend and associate no more; gratitude that we have known him, that we have been associated with him and often led by him.

In 1902 John Alden Spoor was first elected to the Board of Trustees of St. Luke’s Hospital, Chicago. His interest was such and displayed in so many ways that after four years of service the Board honored him by unanimously electing him its Vice-President. In this capacity he served until 1922 when his associates further recognized his singular ability and loyal cooperation by electing him to the Presidency of the Hospital. In that responsible office his unique executive ability and marked mental endowment made him not only the legal head of the Hospital but its acknowledged and stimulating leader as well.

Clear vision, wide experience in many fields of endeavor, singularly fitted him for the task of extending the Hospital’s opportunities for service. And the confidence that many of his fellow citizens in Chicago had in him enlisted both their aid and their support in the enterprise.

One of the greatest tributes to his ability may be found in the fact that he had both time and energy, out ...