▁one ▁student ▁described ▁them ▁as ▁being ▁" ask ed ▁soft ly , ▁hes it antly , ▁almost ▁apolog et ically , ▁but ▁each ▁one ▁was ▁apro pos , ▁pointed ▁and ▁searching " ▁His ▁attention ▁to ▁detail ▁also ▁applied ▁to ▁all ▁publications ▁that ▁came ▁from ▁the ▁Har ri et ▁Lane ▁Home , ▁as ▁Park ▁wrote ▁about ▁ 3 0 ▁papers ▁over ▁his ▁twenty ▁years ▁as ▁Chief - of - P ed iat rics ▁and ▁review ed ▁over ▁ 1 0 0 ▁papers ▁written ▁by ▁his ▁staff . ▁However , ▁Park ' s ▁most ▁notable ▁achiev ement ▁as ▁ped iat ric ian ▁in ▁chief ▁stem med ▁from ▁his ▁well - r ounded ▁approach ▁to ▁combining ▁ped iat ric ▁treatment ▁with ▁hol istic ▁research , ▁training , ▁and ▁community ▁invol vement . ▁ ▁The ▁Har ri et ▁Lane ▁Home ▁▁ ▁When ▁How land ▁died ▁in ▁ 1 9 2 6 , ▁Park ▁was ▁inaugur ated ▁as ▁the ▁new ▁Professor ▁of ▁Ped iat rics ▁who ▁would ▁over see ▁the ▁operations ▁of ▁the ▁Har ri et ▁Lane ▁Home . ▁Thus , ▁Park ▁became ▁the ▁successor ▁of ▁How land ▁and ▁the ▁third ▁director ▁of ▁the ▁Har ri et ▁Lane ▁Home ▁in ▁the ▁two ▁dec ades ▁that ▁would ▁follow ▁( 1 9 2 6 - 1 9 4 7 ). ▁Only ▁six ▁months ▁after ▁sett ling ▁into ▁his ▁new ▁position , ▁Park ▁soon ▁came ▁to ▁the ▁real ization ▁that ▁children ▁in ▁the ▁Baltimore ▁disp ens aries ▁were ▁receiving ▁significantly ▁lower ▁quality ▁care ▁as ▁compared ▁to ▁children ▁who ▁could ▁afford ▁to