Contributed by Lincoln Cushing, Archivist and Historian
Henry J. Kaiser was an industrialist, health plan founder...and lifesaver.
On July 3, 1951, at 69 years of age, Henry J. Kaiser sped off in a speedboat to rescue his wife Alyce "Ale" Kaiser and founding Permanente physicians Dr. Sidney Garfield and Dr. Cecil Cutting when their catamaran capsized in the frigid waters of Lake Tahoe.
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