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from D CEO December 2022
by DCEO
Dallas’ Patron Saint
PEARL CARINA ANDERSON August 18, 1898–April 25, 1990
story by BRIANA MUSGROVE
GOOD COMPANY
Pearl Carina Anderson (right) pictured with friends at the home of Reverend Hallois Rhett P James in 1966. earl carina anderson was born in winn parish, louisiana, to a mixed-race mother who was a midwife and a White physician father. She was raised by her grandmother, Nellie Stringer, and worked on the family’s cotton and peanut farm as a child. With no school for Black children in her hometown, she practiced her alphabet in the dirt until the Rosenwald Foundation opened a school she could attend. Anderson went on to be a teacher in Arkansas and Louisiana before moving to Texas and opening a grocery store in South Dallas. The venture was an immediate success. She married a prominent physician named John Wesley Anderson, who had been her doctor during a sickness. When he passed away, she was left with several properties and committed her life to philanthropy, using her wealth to establish a preschool, fund scholarships at Bishop College, UNT, and SMU, and benefit may other causes. Later, a middle school in South Dallas was named after her. In 1961, Anderson was named to the Governor’s Committee for the White House Conference on Aging. She also was the firt woman to be named an honorary lifetime member of the board of directors of the American Red Cross. In a speech refleting on her life, Anderson said, “Helping people becomes a habit and a very satisfying one. Giving of one’s self can be a very rewarding way of life.”
Caring is our superpower.
CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR 2022 D CEO MAGAZINE EXCELLENCE IN HEALTHCARE FINALISTS
Outstanding Hospital Practitioner Dr. Sandip Mehta Texas Health Physicians Group Outstanding Volunteer Janice Jackson Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Allen Achievement in Community Outreach Texas Health Community Impact Texas Health Resources Achievement in Hospital Innovation Pharmacy Kiosks Texas Health Resources/ Texas Health Breeze Urgent Care Achievement in Wellness Programs Employee Assistance Program Texas Health Resources Outstanding Health System Southwestern Health Resources Outstanding Healthcare Collaboration Together Harnessing Resources to Give Individuals Voice and Empowerment (THRIVE) Texas Health Resources/Sanger ISD/ First Refuge Ministries Outstanding Real Estate Project John and Jane Justin Tower Texas Health Resources/ Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Fort Worth
