More than 1,000 persons were present last night at a dinner in the grand ballroom of the Hotel Waldorf-Astoria, held to pay tribute to twelve physicians who have served on the staff of the Jewish. Hospital of Brooklyn for more than twenty-five years.
Mayor LaGuardia, Joseph J. Baker, president of the hospital, and Dr. Simon R. Blatteis, one of the physicians honored, headed the list of speakers. Scheduled entertainers included Armand Tokatyan, Yvonne d’Ardle and Collette d’Arvillea, opera singers.
The physicians who were guests of honor were Dr. Blatteis, attending physician, Dr. Adolph Bonner, attending gynecologist; Dr. Isaac D. Kruskal, attending ophthalmologist; Dr. Max Lederer, director of laboratories; Dr. John Linder, attending surgeon; Dr. William Linder, senior attending surgeon; Dr. Joshua Ronsheim obstetrician – in – chief; Dr. Simon Rothenberg, attending neurologist; Dr. Leo S. Schwartz, attending gynecologist; Dr. Herman Shann, attending surgeon; Dr. Milton G. Wasch, attending Roentgenologist; Dr. Benjamin E. Wolfort, attending orthopedic surgeon.
Important figures in government, commerce and the professions attended. Music for dancing was played by Emil Coleman’s and Don Juan’s orchestras. Arrangements for the dinner were handled by a committee of which Nathan M. Ohrbach was chairman.
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