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Bess Kaiser Hospital

Bess Kaiser Hospital was a hospital in Portland, Oregon, United States, which closed in 1998.

The hospital opened in 1959 and was the first postwar Portland-area hospital in Henry J. Kaiser's Permanente Foundation health care network. It was named after Henry J. Kaiser's wife Bess. The former location is now occupied by adidas America Headquarters.

References

  1. ^ Kristina Brenneman (July 30, 1999). "Bess Kaiser's demise proves boon for some, but not for all". Portland Business Journal. Retrieved 2009-10-17.
  2. ^ Henry J. Kaiser#cite note-15
  3. ^ "Jesse Jackson plans a visit to protest closure of center". Register-Guard. September 1, 1995. pp. 3B. Retrieved 2009-11-04.
  4. ^ MacColl, E. Kimbark (1979). The Growth of a City: Power and Politics in Portland, Oregon, 1915-1950. Georgian Press. pp. 583–584. ISBN 0-9603408-1-5.