Children's Hospital Medical Center announced Tuesday it will name its new education and conference center after Dr. Albert B. Sabin. Heloisa Sabin, his widow, first heard the idea earlier this month at a luncheon held by Delta Air Lines. The connection is not lost on her. The company would hardly want to spend millions of dollars on a black eye.
People here remember the braces, the iron lungs.
And the man who made them obsolete. But it wouldn't hurt. This is an emotional issue, particularly to Dr. Sabin's widow. Children's Hospital CEO Jim Anderson notified her of the hospital's decision. Heloisa Sabin remembers.