Charity Hospital School of Nursing - Caps and Capes Yearbook (New Orleans, LA)

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Dr. Leo J. Kerne began his life March 23, 1904 in Thibodaux, Louisiana. Upon completing pre-med at Loyola in New Orleans, and medical school at the University of Tennessee in Memphis, his intern¬ ship was spent at Charity Hospital in New Orleans. He was in private practice in Thibodaux from 1930 to 1956, and also from 1930 to 1935 was on the visiting staff in surgery at Charity 3 days a week. In 1956 Dr. Kerne was elected as the Director of Charity Hospital at New Orleans and is presently holding that elective position. Dr. Kerne and his wife, Katherine, (nee Katherine Menuet), are the parents of six daughters and fourteen grandchildren. Dr. Kerne is a Fourth Degree Knight of Columbus, Edward Douglas White Council. He is a trustee of St. Joseph’s Roman Catholic Church in Thibodaux. An active member of his community, Dr. Kerne has demonstrated his in¬ terest in education, serving on the School Board in Lafourche Parish. He also was coroner in that parish, 1948-1956. His Professional affil¬ iations include membership in the Louisiana State Medical Society, Southern Medical Society, and the American Medical Ass ' n. He is chairman, Committee on Hospitals and a member of the Board of Directors, St. Joseph’s Hospital in Thibodaux. We have noted that Dr. Kerne like many other doctors, worked his way through medical school, first as an orderly at St. Joseph’s Hospital in Memphis, and later as a male nurse both at the hospital and doing private duty. Dedication Dr. Keme, it is with much pride, pleasure and gratitude that we dedicate to you the 1965 edition of Caps and Capes. It has been evident in the past that you have taken an active interest and demonstrated much understanding when your authoritative decisions were exercised in connection with our school and therefore with us. Most of us do not fully realize how many times nor how many items are necessarily placed before you for your consideration, and in most cases your approval; the list is indeed long. Now, however, we have but to look around us at our newly renovated residence to be re¬ minded that without you this could have never been. Therefore, this dedication of our Yearbook to you is our own special way to say “Thank you” for what you have done for so many Stu¬ dents of Charity Hospital School of Nursing in the past and for what you will be called upon to do for us in the future.