Morgenstern managed to move thoughtfully and quietly about the hospital grounds while simultaneously creating seismic departmental shifts all around him. Slim and standing just five foot seven, he was not an imposing man. Looking back, many employees believed it was this quiet but firm style of leadership that allowed people like Jacob Morgenstern and Vernon Sparks to transform Crownsville. Both Jacob and Vernon had been forever altered by war, eugenics, and dehumanization. Both men had traveled through Europe and studied in New York. But in Maryland, their missions converged. It was an
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