Produce Dealer. Philanthropist. in the US he worked in his father's produce business. While his family settled in Baltimore, he would move on to Philadelphia where he met Francis M. Drexel, and would become a friend of Francis A. Drexel. This bond was further strengthened when Lankenau married the elder Drexel's daughter Mary Johanna. When F.M. Drexel died, Lankenau became an executor of his father-in-law's estate, and replaced Drexel as a supporter of the German Hospital in Philadelphia. The institution was commandeered by the Union during the Civil War, but when the war ended, the hospital returned to private hands, and Lankenau was elected its president. He remained the hospital's president and oversaw the addition of the Mary J. Drexel Home for the needy elderly. In return for his generous contributions of time and money, the hospital was renamed Lankenau Hospital. Currently located just outside the city in Montgomery County, Lankenau Hospital continues providing medical service today.
Produce Dealer. Philanthropist. in the US he worked in his father's produce business. While his family settled in Baltimore, he would move on to Philadelphia where he met Francis M. Drexel, and would become a friend of Francis A. Drexel. This bond was further strengthened when Lankenau married the elder Drexel's daughter Mary Johanna. When F.M. Drexel died, Lankenau became an executor of his father-in-law's estate, and replaced Drexel as a supporter of the German Hospital in Philadelphia. The institution was commandeered by the Union during the Civil War, but when the war ended, the hospital returned to private hands, and Lankenau was elected its president. He remained the hospital's president and oversaw the addition of the Mary J. Drexel Home for the needy elderly. In return for his generous contributions of time and money, the hospital was renamed Lankenau Hospital. Currently located just outside the city in Montgomery County, Lankenau Hospital continues providing medical service today.
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