Oral History Collection
News Release from the Center for Hospital and Healthcare Administration History
(Chicago, IL, February 2, 2012) The Center for Hospital and Healthcare Administration History announces a new publication in the Hospital Administration Oral History series:
Born and raised in the Carolinas, Kirk Oglesby also went to school there, taking an undergraduate degree in economics from Davidson College and a certificate in health services administration from Duke University. After a short time as assistant administrator at Blount Memorial Hospital in Maryville, TN, he became the administrator at Union Memorial Hospital (Monroe, NC) and then at Scotland Memorial Hospital (Laurinburg, NC).
He is best known for the 30 years at the helm of the current AnMed Health in Anderson, SC, formerly known as Anderson Area Medical Center or Anderson Memorial Hospital. He served as chairman of the board for three prominent organizations of national scope – the American College of Healthcare Executives, the American Hospital Association, and the Joint Commission. He has been recognized for his accomplishments by induction into the Modern Healthcare Hall of Fame.
Mr. Oglesby was influenced strongly by the ethical values of his parents and his religious upbringing, becoming known by the nickname of “Straight Arrow.” In this oral history, he discusses some of the issues that he dealt with in his years of health care leadership and the people he met along the way.
The full text of this new oral history is available at no charge on the Center website at http://www.aha.org/chhah. Other recent oral history interviews that can be found on the website include that of Paul M. Ellwood, Jr., M.D., John R. Griffith, Richard J. Davidson, Gail L. Warden, Ruth Rothstein, Howard J. Berman, and Elliott C. Roberts, Sr.
The Center for Hospital and Healthcare Administration History was established by the American Hospital Association and the American College of Healthcare Executives and is coordinated by the AHA Resource Center in collaboration with the Health Research & Educational Trust. For more information about the Center and its programs, visit the website or contact Jeanette Harlow, director, at (312) 422-2050.
ABOUT THE ORAL HISTORY PROJECT
Oral histories preserve the first-person recollections of leaders who shaped the past and laid the foundation for the future. Since 1978, the American Hospital Association and the Health Research & Educational Trust have jointly sponsored an oral history project coordinated by the AHA Resource Center. Over 90 interview transcripts are available in this oral history collection.
In the 1980s, the oral history interviews were conducted and edited by Lewis E. Weeks, former editor of the journal Inquiry. These interviews, known as the Lewis E. Weeks series, are fully indexed in: Index to the Hospital Administration Oral History Collection. Selected excerpts from these interviews are also published in the book: Weeks, L.E., and Berman, H.J. Shapers of American Health Care Policy: An Oral History. Ann Arbor, MI: Health Administration Press, 1985.
Printed copies of the oral history transcripts may be borrowed from, or examined on-site at, the American Hospital Association Resource Center in Chicago. For more information, please call (312) 422-2050.
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COMPLETE LIST OF ORAL HISTORY TRANSCRIPTS
Published oral histories are available for the following individuals:
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Chaiker Abbis (1986) |
Billy G. McCall (1989) |