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The hospital was chartered in 1882 and on February 15, 1886, the forerunner to today's Allegheny General Hospital opened its doors. [5] In 1887, the hospital established a children's wing, and in 1889, an ambulance was donated to the hospital; AGH would operate its own ambulance service for the next 64 years.
Edward "Allegheny" Johnson (April 16, 1816 – March 2, 1873) was a United States Army officer and Confederate general in the American Civil War. Highly rated by Robert E. Lee, he was made a divisional commander under Richard S. Ewell. On the first evening of the Battle of Gettysburg (July 1, 1863), Ewell missed his opportunity to attack ...
In 1999, Foerster was elected to the Allegheny County Council, which was created by the enactment of Allegheny County's home rule charter in 1998. [7] He became the first person to represent the 13th district on the council, which replaced the County Board of Commissioners.
William Robinson Jr. (17 December 1785 – 25 February 1868) was an American politician, business executive, and militia general active in Allegheny, Pennsylvania, now the North Side of Pittsburgh. He was the first mayor of Allegheny and a state legislator.
After McGinnis left Allegheny General Hospital in 1971, he used his wife's US$7,000 inheritance and $50,000 from colleagues at hospital to found Lanz Medical Products in his house. McGinnis created ceramic anesthesia masks and tracheotomy tubes, using the kitchen oven as a kiln and the basement as a drying area.
Ralph Baggaley (December 26, 1846 – September 23, 1915) was an American businessman and financier who engaged in multiple business ventures throughout his career, most notably in his role as vice-president of the Westinghouse Air Brake Company.
Joseph G. Armstrong was born in Allegheny City, what is today the Northside neighborhood of the U.S. city of Pittsburgh. He became a glassmaker and eventually participated in the glass union and labor movement. From his labor connections he was elected to City Council and then ran successfully for County Coroner in 1904.
Allegheny City was a municipality that existed in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania from 1788 until it was annexed by Pittsburgh in 1907. It was located north across the Allegheny River from downtown Pittsburgh, with its southwest border formed by the Ohio River, and is known today as the North Side.