Mercy Hospital – Mercy Foundation Opening
July 7th, 2002
Sister Lasalette and Prince Whiting take a moment to be photographed during the opening of the Mercy Foundation.
Scripps Mercy Hospital held a celebration for the opening of the new Mercy Foundation facility in downtown San Diego. Mercy Hospital has been around for 113 years. The new Mercy Foundation will be centrally located to serve the community more appropriately.
Scripps Mercy Hospital is one of the top 100 hospitals in the world for patient care and one of the top 50 hospitals for senior care. At this celebration of the new foundation facility there were many surprises, a very special one for Mercy, Sister LaSalette Trevillyan.
A portrait was unveiled of her. However, one of the most extraordinary things about the portrait was, an artist who is also an employee at Scripps, Prince Whiting III painted it. Prince painted this portrait to help celebrate Sister LaSalette’s 70th birthday and her long time employment here at Mercy Hospital.
Scripps CEO Tom Gammiere and Chief Director Gerald Davee unveiled the painting.
The crowd was astonished at the portrait and there was an overwhelming amount of applause and acceptance of the talent of Prince Whiting III.
A request came from a Senior VP Regional Administrator of Scripps Mercy, Tom Gammiere for Prince Whiting II to paint a portrait of Sister LaSalette. Unbeknown to Tom Gammiere, Prince has done several portraits of celebrities such as Tiger Woods, Jackie Kennedy and Barry Bonds. Prince has a real talent, view more of his work at www.princewhiting.com
We look forward to one day saying we knew this great artist when he worked at Scripps Mercy Hospital, one of America’s top 100 hospitals.
Written by Miss Sandra Palmer
Scripps Mercy Hospital
Administrator Coordinator
