Frank Karn transferred from employment from Saint Benedict's Convent to St. Cloud Hospital when it opened in 1928 and stayed on for 45 years. He was a registered engineer.
Shown left to right are Marjorie Day, Doris Wiese, Jane Gillis, Eileen Snyder and Julie Bengstom in costume for the Minneapolis General Hospital's annual Carnival revue.
The St. Cloud School of Nursing was built one block south of the hospital in 1945 with the help of federal funds. It included recreational, library and classroom facilities.
Because Sister Borgia was willing to take on any task asked of her, she responded to Dr. Page E. Stangl's (pathologist) request to help him set up a laboratory of animals for research. She called herself the zoo-keeper and worked with this project in her quiet, unassuming way for 39 years--first in crowded conditions among the offices on 6th floor of the hospital and then in the seclusion of the sub-basement.