The Upjohn Gastrointestinal Service had come to Roosevelt Hospital in early 1962 like a breath of fresh air in a torpid climate. One of the reasons for selecting Roosevelt Hospital for launching this innovative service was the new elevenstory Winston Building for private and semiprivate patients then well underway. It would serve as an excellent base for delivering health care in an up-to-date, state-of-the-art facility, replacing or supplementing the older Roosevelt facilities. The location of the hospital was in a relatively safe area of Manhattan easily reached by bus or subway. The story of the genesis of the Winston Building is worth repeating. The attending staff had been urging for years that Roosevelt must build new facilities to compete for patients as well as for staff. A fund-raising drive was started but, despite valiant efforts, the momentum stalled at a level that would provide for only a four- or five-story building. Dr. Frederick Amendola, one of their finest surgeons, told me that at a meeting of the executive committee he strongly objected to settling for a small building that they would soon outgrow and urged that they plan for at least a ten-story building, borrowing money if necessary to pay for it. He said he was sick and tired of seeing Roosevelt settle for chicken coop-like structures like the Russell Memorial Building when it should aspire to higher goals. Dr. Amendola's impassioned plea to “go for the gold” seemed to have frightened many of his colleagues, who thought it was too ambitious. Little did they know that sitting at the head of the table was an individual, Mr. Garrard Winston, a trustee, who would soon pledge ten million dollars for the construction of a modern eleven-story building for patients. At that time, the sixties, this was more than adequate funding for this project. The building would be named for him. This building was well underway when Mrs. Stearns and I initiated discussions with the Roosevelt Hospital trustees. I remember how exciting it was when we climbed up the steel skeleton of the new building while administrative officers described the scope of the construction and the new facilities envisioned, including what was most unusual in those days, central air conditioning. We were told that if we wished, we might have the top floor of the building for the Upjohn Service.