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The original Clinic building opened its doors in 1921

 George Washington Crile, a founder of the Cleveland Clinic                

 The Cleveland Clinic was founded in February 1921 by four renownedCleveland physicians. Three of the founders, Frank Emory Bunts, senior member, George Washington Crile, and William Edgar Lower, shared a medical practice on the west side in 1892. Called to serve in WWI, they performed surgery together in Rouen, France field stations. Upon their return to the United States, they desired to establish a group practice and invited an internist, John Phillips, to join in their endeavor. With the loans from Cleveland Trust Bank and personal guarantees, the founders established the Cleveland Clinic Foundation to fund and operate the hospital under the guidance of Edward C. Daoust, son-in-law of Dr. Frank Emory Bunts 

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