A bequest from the estate of the late Gregers Malling-Holm will be used in the care of children at the Roy L. Schneider Hospital.
Malling-Holm, who at one time owned the land where Marriott Frenchman's Reef and Morning Star Resort Beach Resort are now, requested the gift been given to the hospital in memory of his daughter Elina Anita Malling-Holm who died at the tragically young age of 21, according to attorney Paul Hoffman, who is the attorney for the estate.
Eugene Woods, chief executive officer at the hospital, received the first payment of the total bequest of $100,000 Wednesday. A portrait of "Nini", as Elina was known to her friends, with a plaque, memorializing the gift, accompanied the check.
Woods said the gift would be put to good use in the care of children, adding that it was through the generous assistance of families like the Malling-Holms that the hospital would achieve its goal of providing the very best care to all on St. Thomas.
