{"id":9477,"date":"2019-02-14T17:00:48","date_gmt":"2019-02-14T22:00:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.cooperhealth.org\/news\/?p=9477"},"modified":"2019-02-14T17:46:23","modified_gmt":"2019-02-14T22:46:23","slug":"cooper-history-joan-s-davis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.cooperhealth.org\/news\/2019\/02\/cooper-history-joan-s-davis\/","title":{"rendered":"Cooper History: Joan S. Davis"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_9478\" style=\"width: 258px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9478\" class=\"wp-image-9478 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.cooperhealth.org\/news\/files\/2019\/02\/Joan-S-Davis.jpg\" alt=\"Joan S. Davis\" width=\"248\" height=\"309\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.cooperhealth.org\/news\/files\/2019\/02\/Joan-S-Davis.jpg 248w, https:\/\/blogs.cooperhealth.org\/news\/files\/2019\/02\/Joan-S-Davis-241x300.jpg 241w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 248px) 100vw, 248px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-9478\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Joan S. Davis<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\u201cI always believed in serving the community, and my service on the Cooper Board of Trustees is an\u00a0extension of that belief. Cooper has undergone a significant transformation over the past several years,\u00a0with the opening of the new medical school and the construction of the new cancer institute, and the future looks bright. I am proud to have the opportunity to be a part of it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Joan S. Davis spoke these words on June 6, 2013, the last public speech she ever gave. Wearing a suit\u00a0that matched the colorful bouquet of flowers she held in her arms, Mrs. Davis was the guest of honor\u00a0that day, surrounded by more than fifty community leaders who had gathered to dedicate Camden\u2019s\u00a0Seventh Street Park to her in honor of her longtime civic and community leadership. Nearly three weeks\u00a0later, after a courageous three-year battle with lung cancer, she passed away on June 29 at the age of seventy-five.<\/p>\n<p>A former educator and financial analyst, Mrs. Davis created a lasting legacy as a tireless community\u00a0advocate and leader in Camden, a lifetime of service described on a beautiful plaque in the park that\u00a0now bears her name. She held leadership positions at the Camden Public Library, CAMcare Health\u00a0Corporation, Delaware River Port Authority, Home Port Alliance for the USS New Jersey, Cooper\u2019s Ferry Development Corporation, and the Camden Redevelopment Agency. She served on Cooper\u2019s Board of\u00a0Trustees since 1994 and was the first woman to become Vice Chair, serving in that position from 2006 until she passed away.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cJoan was my partner throughout my leadership tenure at Cooper,\u201d said Norcross [George E. Norcross III, current Chairman of the Cooper Board of Trustees]. \u201cShe believed\u00a0passionately in the mission of Cooper, and she lived in the city until her passing. She was an anchor\u2014not only for Cooper and our Board of Trustees but for an entire city.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>At Mrs. Davis\u2019s memorial service, Norcross read the statements that Mrs. Davis had prepared\u00a0to deliver on June 10, 2013, the day Cooper and MD Anderson Cancer Center publicly announced\u00a0their partnership for a new cancer center. Her declining health, just\u00a0three days after she attended the park dedication, prevented her\u00a0from speaking at that press conference, but her poignant, inspiring,\u00a0and selfless words will forever remain a powerful reminder of why MD Anderson Cancer Center at Cooper is so important.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn July 2010, I was diagnosed with lung cancer. I am the eighth\u00a0person in my family diagnosed with cancer,\u201d she wrote. \u201cOther\u00a0members of my family did not have the opportunity to live as long\u00a0as I have. I have received the best care at Cooper, and it\u2019s the same\u00a0care they provide the man or woman battling their own cancer in\u00a0the chemo chair beside me. To me and to cancer patients throughout\u00a0the region, this new partnership brings promise. I believe that this\u00a0partnership will give families, like mine, more time, more memories, and\u00a0more hope.\u201d<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>This text is excerpted from &#8220;Cooper: The Story of Cooper Hospital 1887-2017&#8221; (c) 2018 by Cooper University Health Care.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cI always believed in serving the community, and my service on the Cooper Board of Trustees is an\u00a0extension of that belief. Cooper has undergone a significant transformation over the past several years,\u00a0with the opening of the new medical school and the construction of the new cancer institute, and the future looks bright. 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