On Tuesday, September 15, 2009, Cooper University Hospital celebrated the grand opening of The Margaret L. Isaacs Chapel located off the main lobby of Cooper’s new patient Pavilion.
The Chapel is dedicated in memory of Margaret L. Isaacs by her husband, the late Harry H. Isaacs, Sr., and son, Harry H. Isaacs, Jr. Mrs. Isaacs was a long-time patient of Edward D. Viner, M.D., Chairman of the Cooper Foundation.
“We are so grateful for the generosity of the Isaacs family,” said Dr. Viner. “This was a most fitting way to honor the memory of this wonderful woman by her family. This Chapel is a gift for all who walk through our doors. The details and design are focused on the needs of our patients and their families.”
Her family fondly remembers her as a wonderful wife and mother, who was ever willing to do anything she could to help others in need. Deeply religious, she was very involved in her church and always active in her community.
Cooper’s non-denominational Chapel is accessible from the Pavilion lobby and will be open 24-hours a day, seven days a week, for quiet reflection and prayer. The interior of the Chapel consists of several spiritual elements including religious symbols, a running water feature, two stained glass windows from the former First Methodist Episcopal Church on 6th Street in Camden, and a “candlelit” wall.
Each month, the dates of various upcoming religious services and Bible Study Groups will be posted on a digital events display adjacent to the entrance of the Chapel.
The Chapel is the last space to open in the lobby of the new Cooper Patient Pavilion which opened in December of 2008. The Cooper Pavilion is part of a $500 million expansion to the health sciences campus.
For more information on Cooper University Hospital and the Health Sciences Campus expansion, visit our website’s hospital expansion page.