Newswise — More than 240 guests gathered to celebrate Loyola University Health System’s first-ever gala fundraiser the evening of May 8. During the event, a new donor-recognition wall was unveiled in the hospital and Dr. Paul K. Whelton, President and CEO of the health system, presented the President’s Medal for Distinguished Service to Jack A. Weinberg, Chairman of the Gottlieb Memorial Foundation. The gala raised nearly $250,000 for the health system.
The evening also marked the 40-year anniversary of the hospital’s presence in Maywood., Ill. Festivities began with the dedication and blessing of a donor wall honoring health system supporters whose cumulative gifts to the health system range from $500,000 to $1 million or more. “The legacy of extraordinary generosity represented collectively on this wall will inspire people far into the future. It’s supporters like these, who have had the courage and foresight to see what Loyola University Health System could be that make possible the healing that happens here every day and will continue to happen far into the future, ” said Dr. Whelton.
A reception for donors held in the hospital’s new lobby was followed by dinner, dancing, and the award program in the Loyola Outpatient Center, where Mr. Weinberg was honored. Loyola established the President’s Medal for Distinguished Service in 2009 to honor an individual or individuals whose exemplary leadership and service merited special recognition by the Loyola University Health System President and Board of Directors. Recipients of this medal demonstrate exemplary philanthropic support, advocacy, community outreach and volunteerism to strengthen the Health System in its threefold mission: providing patient care, educating nurses and physicians, and conducting research.
Mr. Weinberg was Chairman of the Board, Gottlieb Memorial Hospital, before its affiliation with Loyola University Health System and now serves as a member of the Board of Directors of Loyola University Health System. He said of his role in promoting the affiliation between the two organizations: “It is our common Christian-Jewish moral code that underlies the partnership’s success. By helping to bring these two institutions together, I was doing what I believed the founders would want—keep the Western suburbs well served through an affiliation with people who were honest and sincere and wanted above all to serve our patients.” Mr. Weinberg also has served on the boards of directors of the Hundred Club of Cook County, the Amateur Hockey Association of Illinois, and the Glencoe Park District
Mr. Weinberg and his wife, Sheila, co-founded Pro Consulting Associates, Ltd; a business consulting firm based in Glencoe, Ill. Sheila Weinberg is also the founder of the Institute for Truth in Accounting based in Northbrook, Ill. He is the grandson of David Gottlieb, who started D. Gottlieb & Co. pinball manufacturers, one of the world’s premier pinball businesses, and later co-founded Gottlieb Hospital in Melrose Park with his wife, Dorothy.
Passionate about soccer and hockey, Mr. Weinberg has long acted as a volunteer coach. He began coaching soccer for the Winnetka, Ill. Park District when he was 14 years old and, following college, coached soccer for 15 years at New Trier High School in Winnetka and for 5 years at Loyola Academy, also in Winnetka. Currently, he skates with the Chicago Blackhawks alumni and coaches high school hockey in Chicago’s northern suburbs. He says that, as much as he loves playing, he enjoys coaching even more.
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