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A Proclamation Honoring the Centennial Anniversary of Nantucket Cottage Hospital
WHEREAS: A group of Nantucket citizens including: Alanson S. Barney, Rev. Edward L. Eustis, John B. Folger,
Dr. John S. Grouard, Judge Reginald T. Fitz-Randolph and Rev. John Snyder met on April 18, 1911 to draw up a
constitution for the proposed Nantucket Hospital Association.
WHEREAS: Nantucket citizens including: Mrs. Edwin F. Atkins, Alanson S. Barney, Rev. Edward L. Eustis,
Irving Elting, John B. Folger, Mrs. John S. Grouard, Dr. Benjamin Sharp, Mrs. H.O. Underwood and Miss Mary E.
Waller were elected in 1911 as the first Trustees of the Nantucket Hospital Association.
WHEREAS: Miss Mary E. Waller led early fundraising efforts of the Nantucket Hospital Association, and Mrs.
Alexander Atherton, Mrs. George Grimes, Miss Dorothy Sharp and Mrs. Phoebe Small formed a committee in
August of 1911 to hire Miss Grace Gillman as the first nurse of the Nantucket Hospital Association.
WHEREAS: The Nantucket Hospital Association was incorporated as Nantucket Cottage Hospital under the
General Laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts on September 20, 1911.
WHEREAS: Nantucket Cottage Hospital purchased its first home in December 1912 on West Chester Street and
opened two years later, with the first of its only three patients during that summer admitted on August 12, 1914.
WHEREAS: The mission of the hospital today echoes the purpose of its founders: The increasingly higher value
placed on human life is an infallible indication of higher civilization. To conserve human life on this isolated
island, it is imperative that the conditions under which medicine and surgery are practiced must be superseded by
modern ones.
WHEREAS: Nantucket Cottage Hospital continues today to serve all Nantucket residents and visitors year round
for emergency, in-patient, out-patient and preventative medical care.
WHEREAS: Nantucket Cottage Hospital provides the most modern health care possible for its patients and ensures
their safe transfer to other medical facilities when their needs are beyond the capabilities of Nantucket Cottage
Hospital.
THEREFORE: Be it resolved that The Nantucket Board of Selectmen recognizes and honors Nantucket Cottage
Hospital throughout 2011 for its 100 years of service to Nantucket residents and visitors alike.
Signed this 30th day of March, 2011.
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Patricia Roggeveen, Chairman Whiting Willauer
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Brian Chadwick Rick Atherton
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Michael Kopko
57 Prospect Street Nantucket, MA 02554 Phone 508‐825‐8250 Fax 508‐825‐8249 www.nantuckethospital.org
Nantucket Cottage Hospital is an affiliate of Massachusetts General Hospital and a member of Partners HealthCare