 After Munson's retirement, James Decker Munson Hospital was established in his honor on the grounds in 1926, and was operated by the state well after his death and into the 1950s.It was then replaced by Munson Medical Center in the 1950s, the largest hospital in northern Michigan and one of the largest in the state.A portrait of Dr. Munson hangs inside the main lobby of Munson Medical Center.