Hospital History
Wade Mountz — recognized as one of the health care field’s most highly-skilled, forward-thinking, innovative and selfless executives — served more than four decades in health care administration in Louisville, KY.
George F. Lynn, president emeritus of AtlantiCare in Atlantic City, N.J., and active volunteer in various professional associations, participated in the turnaround of two New Jersey organizations.
On Thursdays, we highlight an oral history featuring a health care leader who shaped the past and laid the foundation for the future.
In this oral history, Kruse reminisces about how he went about achieving change in the communities he worked and the people he met along the way.
In this oral history, King reminisces about lessons learned in the process of integrating organizations after building a new satellite hospital or acquiring existing facilities.
Robert L. Harman, who served for more than four decades as CEO at Grant Memorial Hospital, held the record for the longest tenure with one hospital of any hospital CEO in the nation at the time of his retirement in 2011.
John Griffith, Andrew Pattullo Collegiate Professor Emeritus, spent 40 years educating graduate students and practicing health care executives in the University of Michigan’s Department of Health Management and Policy.
In this oral history, Greenawalt reviews the health care delivery system in Washington and provides insight into the ways that state hospital associations assist hospitals in their mission.
At Montefiore Medical Center, Foreman was committed to serving the needs of the local community while at the same time returning the organization to a sound fiscal position.
From the day he was born, Ellwood seemed destined for a prominent life in American health care.