Pat Dorgan spent 50 years at Mary Free Bed Rehabilitation Hospital in Grand Rapids — and Friday was his last day.
Dorgan, the hospital’s longest-serving employee, built a career helping patients regain their ability to walk through orthotics and prosthetics. His colleagues made sure he knew he would be missed.
“This might be an old picture of the front of the old Mary Free Bed on Cherry Street. I was 17 years old when I started there,” Dorgan said.
Over the course of his career, Dorgan earned multiple credentials…