This Winnipeg-based medical clinic, one of the first Health Maintenence Organizations (HMOs) in North America, was founded by a group of physicians, most of them veterans of the Second World War:
Charles Bermack (1895-1947)
Norman Book
David Moses Bruser (1911-2005)
Samuel Easton
Manly Finkelstein (1898-1949)
Alan Abraham Klass (1907-2000)
Ruvin Lyons
Lawrence Ruhaul “Laurie” Rabson (1910-1970)
C. H. Taylor
They commissioned the construction of a two-storey medical building at 280 Memorial Boulevard, at its intersection with St. Mary's Avenue, at a cost of $200,000. Designed by the architectural firm of Green Blankstein Russell and Associates, it was constructed by the Claydon Construction Company.
The practice closed in 1996. The building was purchased by the Winnipeg Art Gallery in 1997 and converted to the Winnipeg Art Gallery Studio. The building was demolished in 2017 to make way for an expansion of the Gallery for display and study of Inuit art.
“$200,000 medical centre here,” Winnipeg Tribune, 4 March 1947, page 11.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 29 January 2025