Our Mission
The Whitehead-Stokes Society is a charitable organization dedicated to honoring the community spirit which has defined a century of extraordinary healthcare in Rowan County and to advance that healthcare for generations to come.

What is Whitehead-Stokes?
Organized healthcare in Rowan County can be traced to the small western Rowan community of Millbridge in October, 1894. There, Dr. John Whitehead performed the county's first successful abdominal surgery in an unfinished house. That experience left Dr. Whitehead determined to build our area's first hospital.

Dr. Whitehead found a partner in Baltimore-based doctor James Ernest Stokes and in 1899, the Whitehead-Stokes Sanatorium opened, beginning what would become a century of quality healthcare in Rowan County.

Through the years, remarkable partnerships have defined our community and its healthcare. The Whitehead-Stokes Society is a celebration of those partnerships.

Now is your chance to become a member of a group that honors our distinguished past while working toward an even brighter future for healthcare.

For information, contact Diane Hooper, Director, Rowan Regional Medical Center Foundation at 130 Mocksville Avenue, Salisbury, NC 28144. Call 704-210-6884 or email ddhooper@novanthealth.org.

Dr. Whitehead	Dr. Stokes
Whitehead-Stokes Sanatorium

What Does Being a Member Mean to You?
Along with the knowledge that you're helping advance healthcare in our area, here are some benefits of becoming a member of the Whitehead-Stokes Society:

• Reserved space in Rowan Regional Medical Center Parking Deck
• Invitation to annual reception with notable healthcare professionals
• Invitation to annual hospital honor appreciation dinner in February
• Listing on Donor Wall of Honor at Rowan Regional Medical Center
• Four cards for dinner at Cafe Rowan
• Lunch and Learn session on hospital plans

Annual Donor Levels

Platinum	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Pewter
$10,000 or more, yearly	$7,500-$9,999, yearly	$5,000-$7,499, yearly	$2,500-$4,999, yearly	$1,000-$2,499, yearly

Mr. and Mrs. Greg Alcorn	Mr. and Mrs. Glenn E. Ketner, Jr.
Dr. Chet Armin and Dr. Hetal Patel Armin	Ms. Mary Anne Lannginham
Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Beaver, Jr.	Jeff and Maryanne Lindsay
Dari and David Caldwell	Mrs. Tippie Miller
Dr. and Mrs. Thomas K. Carlton, Jr.	Susan and Edward Norvell
Mr. and Mrs. W. Summersett Carter	Mr. and Mrs. Rick D. Parker
Mr. and Mrs. David Clay	Dr. and Mrs. John O. Reynolds, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert L. Cook, Jr.	Mr. and Mrs. Raymond C. Ritchie
Mr. and Mrs. James M. Freeman	Mr. and Mrs. Darryel Scism
Dr. and Mrs. Larry M. Gish	Kenan and Tracy Smith
Dr. and Mrs. Dennis L. Hill	Mr. and Mrs. Ronald L. Smith
Diane Dillon Hooper	Mr. and Mrs. Wilson L. Smith
Mr. and Mrs. Gordon P. Hurley	Mr. James G. Whitton, Sr.
Mrs. Glenn E. Ketner, Sr.	Jean and Robert Young

Mr. Charles and Mrs. Rachel Oestreicher Bernheim
Alice and Burl Brady
Mr. and Mrs. Harold Earnhardt
Mr. David B. Jordan
Mr. Wilburn Manuel
Mr. and Mrs. Tim Messinger
Mr. and Ms. Carl Repsher
Edwina and Randy Ritchie
Susan and Hayes Smith
Mr. and Mrs. Miles J. Smith, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Smith
Mr. and Mrs. Fred J. Stanback, Jr.