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Lecture delivered by Richard L. Schreiner, MD (Edwin L. Gresham Professor Emeritus of Pediatrics, Indiana University School of Medicine; retired Chair of Pediatrics and Physician-in-Chief, Riley Hospital for Children) on September 11, 2024. In celebration of Riley Hospital for Children’s centennial anniversary, this talk examines the hospital’s one-hundred year history, from the death of its namesake, Indiana poet James Whitcomb Riley, to the establishment of the hospital and the people who made it possible. Important figures, accomplishments, and details about the hospital’s dramatic growth from the 1920s through the present are discussed.
This event was co-sponsored by the John Shaw Billings History of Medicine Society, Riley Children’s Health, IU School of Medicine History of Medicine Student Interest Group, IU Indianapolis Medical Humanities & Health Studies Program, and the Ruth Lilly Medical Library.
Ardath Burkhart, civic leader and founder of Indianapolis Public TV broadcaster WFYI. Remembered as WFYI’s “founding mother,” Burkhart led a coalition of thousands of women in Indianapolis who went door-to-door to collect the funds needed to start a public television station in central Indiana.
Debby Knox, WTTV and WISH Indianapolis TV news anchor. A three-time Emmy winner, Knox is a familiar face to Indianapolis viewers as an iconic anchor for news broadcasts at Channel 8 for 33 years and Channel 4 for 8 years.
Dennis Jon Bailey, WIKY Radio Evansville radio personality. For more than 20 years, Bailey has led the Morning Show at 104.1FM WIKY in Evansville, following on-air work in Indianapolis, Cincinnati, Dayton, and Boston.
Paul Page, Indianapolis Motor Speedway Radio Network. A longtime Indiana broadcaster who has worked at radio and TV stations throughout central Indiana, Page is best known for his local and network television and radio broadcast roles on race day.
Tony Lamont, WTLC Radio Indianapolis radio personality. Lamont’s career began in gospel radio and he is long remembered as the morning man on WTLC. He is well known for his efforts to empower young people, through motivational speaking and community action.