Jun. 24—Two New Mexico hospitals, one of which is in Santa Fe, have been named to the Lown Institute’s annual “Honor Roll” for acute care. According to the institute, 154 acute care hospitals are recognized each year out of nearly 3,000 nationwide and are scored on measures of equity, value and outcomes. The University of […]
Jun. 7—LEWISTON — Weeks after the U.S. Mint featured Lewiston native Bernard Lown on a new dollar coin, friends and family of the Nobel Peace Prize laureate gathered Friday to honor him during the unveiling of a new portrait. “What an extraordinary man,” artist Robert Shetterly of Brooksville said. Lewiston Mayor Carl Sheline called Lown […]
May 15—The U.S. Mint plans to release a new dollar coin at noon Thursday honoring Lewiston High School graduate Dr. Bernard Lown, the inventor of the defibrillator and a Nobel Peace Prize honoree for his work with Physicians for Social Responsibility. The coin, which bears Lown’s image along with a defibrillator, is part of the […]