Philanthropy
While Victor Bloede received a number of medals for his various useful and economic inventions, he also proved himself a benefactor to society in general. On November 10, 1908, Victor Gustav Bloede presented the Hospital for Consumptives of Maryland (a tuberculosis sanitarium), with a new building. The institution came to be known as the Eudowood Sanitorium, began operation in June 1899, existed on a 23 acres (0.093 km²) campus in Towson, Maryland until July 1964. Mr. Bloede's structure was dedicated as the “Marie Bloede Memorial Hospital for Advanced Consumptives” in honor of his mother, and was one of several buildings that made up the facility. It was accepted by Dr. Henry Barton Jacobs, as president, in the presence of the Governor of Maryland, Austin Lane Crothers, Reverend Bishop William Paret, Mayor of Baltimore, J. Barry Mahool, and a large and distinguished gathering. Bloede was the underwriter of many other important benefactions, and made many improvements in his home town of Catonsville, Maryland.
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