Special to The Daily News

TEXAS CITY Mainland Medical Center dedicated the hospitals lab in honor of Dr. Herman Koester. Koester was the chief of pathology for Galveston County Hospital, now Mainland Medical Center, for 30 years.

Herman founded Mainland Pathology Associates and Physicians Laboratory in 1975, and he and his partners also managed the pathology departments at St. Johns Hospital and the former Danforth Hospital in Texas City.

Dr. Herman Koester was a devoted husband, father, grandfather and great-grandfather who passed away on Monday, Dec. 19, 2011, hospital officials said. It is with great honor that he is remembered through his dedication to the community and that the laboratory at Mainland Medical Center in Texas City be forevermore known as the Herman Lott Koester Laboratory.

In addition, Koester was chief of staff at Mainland Medical Center and a member of the hospitals board of directors until his retirement. Koester was a member of the Galveston County Medical Society, the Texas Medical Association, the College of American Pathologists, the American Society of Clinical Pathologists, the American Society of Cytologists and the American Medical Association.

He served as a member of the board of the Blood Bank, College of the Mainland board of trustees and the University of Texas Medical Branch Development Board.

Paula Cashion is the Marketing Coordinator for Mainland Medical Center.

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Mainland Medical lab named for longtime doctor