and her name was hattie damon, she was the daughter of a local jeweler. they had five children, but only two lived past fantasy, two daughters, carrie and phoebe. both of the daughters married prominent mayo surgeons. so medicine stayed in the family, even though the doctors did not go into medicine. in 1928 when dr. will moved into this office, he was no longer practicing as a surgeon. however, he was very involved in the mayo clinic, yet, administratively. he also sat on the board of governors until 1935, when he stepped down and let the younger individuals take over running the clinic. and he still was intimately involved knowing that our patients were being taken care of. this is my favorite room we're standing in at the moment. it's the board of governors room. it started because dr. will and dr. charlie in 1915 started the proceedings to set up mayo clinic as a nonprofit organization. that involved setting up a board and we're still run by a board today. this is the boardroom. all the honors and awards on the wall are of dr. will and dr. charlie, fr