Montefiore Hospital here announced this week-end a gift of $1,000,000 from Miss Amy P. Frank, of New York, a former Pittsburgher. This is the largest single gift received by the hospital, the American Jewish Outlook of Pittsburgh reported. It will be used toward the projected construction of a new wing, to be designated as the “Samuel and Ettie Klein Frank Memorial.”
The Samuel and Ettie Klein Frank Memorial will house a new emergency ward, laboratories, operating suite, a post-operative recovery suite, central supply department and a pharmacy. Provision will also be made in the upper stories for another 100 beds for patients, with some units devoted to chronic care and rehabilitation. The donor, Miss Amy P. Frank, is the daughter of Samuel Frank, who was born in Pittsburgh. Mr. Frank was a glass manufacturer whose father and uncle were pioneers in the field. Miss Frank’s mother, Ettie Klein, was also born in Pittsburgh.
The memorial wing, in accordance with the donor’s wishes, is to be dedicated not only in memory of Miss Frank’s parents, but also her two brothers and her sister, who were also born in Pittsburgh. Her older brother, Laurence W. Frank, was engaged in the steel business and was one of the founders of the Duquesne Steel Foundry in Coraopolis, later known as the Continental Foundry and Steel Company. Her younger brother, Edgar K. Frank, was a cotton converter in New York, while Gertrude L. Frank, her only sister, also lived in New York until her death last year.
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