Bess Kaiser Hospital

Bess Kaiser Hospital
Bess Kaiser Hospital
Kaiser Permanente
	Former Bess Kaiser, now Adidas
Geography
Location	Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon, United States
Coordinates	45°33′34″N 122°41′42″W / 45.5595°N 122.6950°WCoordinates: 45°33′34″N 122°41′42″W / 45.5595°N 122.6950°W
Organization
Type	General
History
Opened	1959
Closed	1998
Links
Lists	Hospitals in Oregon

Bess Kaiser Hospital was a hospital in Portland, Oregon, United States, which closed in 1998.^[1]

The hospital opened in 1959 and was the first postwar Portland-area hospital in Henry J. Kaiser's Permanente Foundation health care network.^[2]^{[circular reference]}^[3] It was named after Henry J. Kaiser's wife Bess.^[4] The former location is now occupied by Adidas America Headquarters, Salomon North America Inc., and several physicians.

References[]

^ Kristina Brenneman (July 30, 1999). "Bess Kaiser's demise proves boon for some, but not for all". Portland Business Journal. Retrieved 2009-10-17.
^ Henry J. Kaiser#cite note-15
^ "Jesse Jackson plans a visit to protest closure of center". Register-Guard. September 1, 1995. pp. 3B. Retrieved 2009-11-04.
^ 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.

External links[]

"Bess Kaiser Hospital, Portland, Oregon".
"Week in Review: July 19, 1996". - Portland Business Journal
"Hospitals expand to take on Kaiser enrollees". - Portland Business Journal
"Bess Kaiser Hospital (historical)". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.

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[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.

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v t Kaiser Permanente
Hospitals	Kaiser Fontana Medical Center Kaiser Oakland Medical Center Kaiser Richmond Medical Center Kaiser San Francisco Medical Center Kaiser San Jose Medical Center Kaiser Sunnyside Medical Center Kaiser Vacaville Medical Center Kaiser Westside Medical Center
Former facilities	Kaiser Richmond Field Hospital Bess Kaiser Hospital
People	Sidney Garfield Henry J. Kaiser