Willard Library Digital Collectionshttp://dspace.willardlibrary.org/xmlui/handle/123456789/12024-03-29T00:48:18Z2024-03-29T00:48:18ZCommunity hospital entrance takes shape, c. 1979Don Nelson, Battle Creek Enquirerhttp://dspace.willardlibrary.org/xmlui/handle/123456789/10000001542023-12-13T18:25:45Z1979-10-24T00:00:00ZCommunity hospital entrance takes shape, c. 1979
Don Nelson, Battle Creek Enquirer
The installation of these steel girders in June 1979 for the canopied entrance of Community Hospital on West Street were part of a $2.25 million renovation of the hospital. Community Hospital merged with Leila Hospital in July 1988 to create the former Battle Creek Health System, acquired by Bronson Health Care in 2011. Construction of the original building began in 1931 to replace the former Nichols Hospital. The project died during the Great Depression. A Public Works Administration loan revived the project, which opened as Community Hospital in 1938. The building reopened Westbrook Place, a senior house complex, in 2006.
1979-10-24T00:00:00ZOld First Presbyterian Churchhttp://dspace.willardlibrary.org/xmlui/handle/123456789/10000011662023-08-23T14:40:42Z0002-11-30T00:00:00ZOld First Presbyterian Church
The First Presbyterian Church Stands at the corner of Main (now Michigan Avenue) and McCamly streets. The cornerstone was laid on June 20, 1895, and this building was dedicated in February,1896. It served the congregation until 1928, when a new church was dedicated on Maple Street (now Capital Avenue Northeast.)
0002-11-30T00:00:00ZRussel G. Mawby leads W.K. Kellogg Foundation for 25 yearshttp://dspace.willardlibrary.org/xmlui/handle/123456789/10000000102023-08-28T17:21:44Z0002-11-30T00:00:00ZRussel G. Mawby leads W.K. Kellogg Foundation for 25 years
Russell G. Mawby was an American academic and philanthropist who served as chairman emeritus of the W.K. Kellogg Foundation. He led the W.K. Kellogg Foundation for 25 years, during which he was credited for creativity in programming by providing opportunities for youth and leadership in the field.
Mawby was born Feb. 28, 1928 in Kent County. In December 1964, upon the completion of his doctorate degree, Mawby joined the staff of the W.K. Kellogg Foundation as director of the Division of Agriculture. In that position, he developed the Michigan Agricultural Leadership Program, which became a model for the national rural leadership movement. Three years later he was promoted to vice president and in 1970 became the president and chief executive officer. Mawby died Oct. 20, 2017.
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