The Loma Linda Sanitarium and Hospital in the building today known as Nichol Hall served the community for almost forty years before patients and staff moved into the new and current medical center on July 9, 1967.
Two years later, the building reopened with the name Francis D. Nichol Hall and became the home of the School of Allied Health Professions and the School of Public Health—although the former was known as the School of Health Related Professions at the time. Many of your guesses were close, but only a handful correctly answered 1969 as the year these schools took occupancy of the building. Of those, the three random winners are Ashley Weddel, Lisa Stuck, and Kristina Larios. Please e-mail pr@llu.edu to claim your prize, which must be picked up within 60 days.
Turning to a matter far, far way, but taking place in the same year, a team of medical and public health professionals left Loma Linda University left in December 1969 to aid a massive refugee relief effort in Thailand. What country were the displaced persons from? E-mail the answer to pr@llu.edu by midnight Tuesday, May 13, for a chance to win.