With Federation approval, the task of raising
the necessary funds to build a Jewish-
sponsored hospital began. But World War II
and the critical needs of Palestinian and
European Jewry intervened.
Three years later, the Jewish Hospital
Association began active solicitation of
funds. The Association represented a
merger of seven groups: the Hebrew
Hospital Association, the Maimonides
Medical Society, the North End Clinic's
medical staff, the two Jewish fraternities —
Phi Delta Epsilon and Phi Lambda Kappa
— the Mt. Sinai Hospital Association and
the Detroit Jewish Hospital Association.
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Starting with the funds these organizations
brought to the merger, the Jewish Hospital
Association began active fund-raising. By
1947 the Association had raised $2.3
million and the Greater Detroit Hospital
Fund contributed an additional $2.5 million.
With close to $5 million in hand, the Outer
Drive site was purchased and the name
"Sinai Hospital of Detroit" was chosen.
At the time, the following statement was
read to the community: ". . the Jews of
Detroit are committed to create for
themselves and for the community, a
hospital that will do credit to the cause we
plan to serve. With your continued help, we
shall go forward to the successful
completion, the establishment of a great
hospital that will represent our newest
contribution to the health and welfare of the
entire community."
Not too long after, in 1950, as plans for the
hospital progressed rapidly, a Search
Committee began looking for a
"superintendent" — a chief executive
officer — for the Hospital. They found that
person in Dr. Julien Priver. Since coming to
Sinai Hospital in October, 1951, Dr. Priver
has guided the institution through several
expansion stages and saw it develop from a
210-bed community hospital into a 625-bed
medical complex with extensive services and
facilities.
In less than three decades, he has witnessed
Sinai Hospital earn a national reputation for
excellence in the treatment of the sick, in
research and prevention of disease and in
dedication to medical education. Sinai
Hospital's years of service to the residents of
the community have been continuously
marked by notable advancements in the
health field.
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Herein are some of Dr. Priver's major
accomplishments:
• He has led the institution in numerous
projects, including the construction of
the 20,000 square foot Hamburger-
Jospey Research Building, a first of its
type in Michigan community hospitals.
Its programs have contributed to the
ongoing scientific and educational
growth throughout the country.
•
He has been instrumental in the
formation of the Cleft Palate Clinic, the
Low Vision Clinic and the
hospital-based Community Mental
Health Program which are among the
services which uniquely complement
secondary and tertiary medical and
surgical patient care services and other
outstanding clinics at the Hospital.
•
He has guided the development of the
Hospital's Center for Continued Care
which offered a pioneering effort at
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