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Our view: Let’s rename Mount Evans

Mount Evans may finally get another moniker – and we have a suggestion

John Evans was born on the Ohio frontier. By 1838, he had an Ohio college medical degree. In 1845, he became the first superintendent of an Indiana insane asylum he pioneered with the belief that patients should have fresh food and water. Evans moved on to Chicago, where he developed quarantine techniques to combat cholera. He invented an obstetrical extractor to reduce the trauma of childbirth for babies. He was one of the group of Methodists who founded Northwestern University. Evanston, Illinois, is named for him.

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