News
OCTOBER 2016 · VOLUME 26 & ISSUE 10
A MONTHLY PUBLICATION OF THE GREATER LOUISVILLE MEDICAL SOCIETY
WHAT’S INSIDE
Page 1 - OMS To Provide
Home for
Families Facing
Crisis
OLD MEDICAL SCHOOL
TO PROVIDE “HOME” FOR
FAMILIES FACING CRISIS
Page 2 - Board of
Governors’
exterior of the building will never be
altered. Now this historic structure
can take on its next purpose and
serve the Ronald McDonald House by
becoming an expanded home-awayfrom-home for families of children
receiving treatment at downtown
hospitals.
Page 3 - Wear the White
Coat
Page 5 - GLMS
Foundation
Scholarships
Page 6 - Supplies Over
Seas Breakfast
Years ago, physicians of the GLMS Foundation
recognized the monumental legacy of Louisville’s Old Medical School, saved it from the
wrecking ball, and pledged to restore and preserve the building.
Drs. Richard S. Wolf and Robert S. Howell
were the primary physicians who oversaw renovations and secured a listing in the National
Registry of Historic Places. Many of Louisville’s
most revered doctors taught and trained inside
the halls of this magnificent Romanesque structure, designed by well-known architects Clarke
and Loomis and built in 1892.
During restoration, the Old Medical School has
been home to GLMS, and its charitable arm, the
GLMS Foundation. Accomplishments include
birthing Supplies Over Seas and The Healing
Place, scholarships provided to medical students, and medical missions conducted locally,
regionally, and all over the world.
After decades of tireless work by the Foundation, the building is in great shape, and the
“The building will serve as an extension of physician care to children
while standing as a fitting tribute to
Louisville’s incredible medical heritage,” said GLMS Foundation President Dr. K. Thomas Reichard, who
led the recent effort to transfer ownership to the Ronald McDonald House Charities
of Kentuckiana (RMHCK).
RMHCK Executive Director Hal Hedley said, “We
are grateful. Close proximity to the downtown
medical center is important to the families we
serve as we expand our services in the future.
Thank you to the doctors for the care they provide to children and for their incredible restoration efforts.”
This is a bittersweet time for both GLMS and the
GLMS Foundation. But it is a mission accomplished to the great endeavor those physicians
began some 40 years ago. Thank you to the physicians and leaders of GLMS and the Foundation, as well as the Ronald McDonald House, for
making this possible.
GLMS and the GLMS Foundation will move their
operational headquarters to 328 E. Main St. in
early 2017.