On August 15, 2000, Loma Linda University Medical Center performed its first autologous stem cell transplant (autologous meaning that the transplanted cells are taken from the patient’s own blood or bone marrow). The random winners of last week’s challenge are Rachel E. Gonzalez, Cindy Messer and Jimmy Jacobsmeyer, who correctly identified the type of transplant done that day. Please e-mail pr@llu.edu to claim your prize, which must be picked up within 60 days.
Going back to another August — August of 1905 — a founder of Loma Linda University Health and leader of the Seventh-day Adventist Church made a statement about the campus on the 22nd of that month that has oft been repeated: “This is the most delightful situation for a sanitarium I have ever seen.”
This proclamation reminds of God’s guidance in acquiring the land Loma Linda University Health still sits on, which this same founder had seen in a vision prior to the property purchase.
Who was this leader?
E-mail the answer to pr@llu.edu by midnight Tuesday, August 26, for the chance to win.