Review [June 1988]

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MEMORIAL* HOSPITAL
June, 1988
Board of Trustee Changes Announced
The Board of Trustees
of The Moses H.
Cone Memorial Hospital has announced a new
chairman of the board as well
as appointing a new board
member.
Mr. William Lee Hemphill will
assume the office of board
chairman when Mr. Charles L.
Weill, Jr., retires from the
Board of Trustees in June. Mr.
Weill has been chairman of the
board since 1982 and has been
a member of the board since
1981.
Mr. Hemphill is the retired
president and chief executive
officer of United Guaranty
Corporation which is a nationwide company dealing principally in the field of mortgage
guaranty insurance. It is headquartered in Greensboro.
He has served in a variety of
public services positions. Mr.
Hemphill was the first chairman of the Governor's Advisory Council on Vocational
Education. He was president of
the Greensboro Community
Council which merged with
United Way in Greensboro. He
also served with the North
Carolina Milk Commission.
Mr. Hemphill and his wife
Joan have two sons.
Mr. Philip R. Gelzer will
become a new Board of Trustees member in June. He will be
taking the place of retired
board member N. Perkinson
Hayes, Jr. Mr. Hayes has served
on the Moses Cone Hospital
Board since 1979.
Mr. Gelzer has served as the
vice president of CIBA-
GEIGY's Greensboro facility
since 1980. He began his career
with CIBA-GEIGY in 1951 by
joining Geigy Chemical Corporation in NewYorkCity. He
was instrumental in the decision to  relocate the  head
quarters of the Dyestuffs and
Chemicals Division to Greensboro in 1973.
Mr. Gelzer is a member of
the Greensboro Board of
Directors of NCNB National
Bank, the Boards of Directors
of the Greensboro Develop
ment Corporation, the Foundation of Greater Greensboro,
and the fund for the Advancement of Sciences and Mathematics in North Carolina. He
also serves on the Governor's
Business Council on the Arts
and Humanities, the Board of
Visitors of North Carolina
Agricultural and Technical
State University, the Babcock
Graduate School of Management of Wake Forest University, and the Board of Associates of the Center of Creative
Leadership in Greensboro. In
1986, the Mayor of Greensboro
appointed Mr. Gelzer chairman of GREENSBORO VISIONS, the public/private
coalition forthedevelopment
of a strategic plan for the
Greensboro area.
Mr. Gelzer and his wife Jo
live in Greensboro.
Celebrating a New
Beginning* ♦ ♦
The conclusion of the ceremony was the unveiling of the
sign and the release of balloons. Many of the balloons
that were released carried a
coupon with them that entitles
the finder to a free first aid kit
that can be picked up at
Greensboro Hospital.
A luncheon in the cafeteria
followed the ceremony. It was
complete with more balloons,
sheet cakes, and the banner
that was signed as a welcome
from Moses Cone Hospital
employees to Greensboro
Hospital employees.
Greensboro Hospital will
continue to operate as a
medical and surgical facility for
the next year. Moses Cone
Hospital had already begun
transferring some patients
from thei r emergency room to
Greensboro Hospital on the
first day of ownership. Additional patient transfers can be
anticipated in the future.
At midnight on June 1,1988,
Humana Hospital Greensboro
officially became Greensboro
Hospital under the management and ownership of The
Moses H. Cone Memorial Hospital.
A celebration was held beginning at 10:30 a.m. that day
to welcome Greensboro Hospital to the Moses Cone Group
of Health Care Services. A
ceremony on the lawn at
Greensboro Hospital included
the unveiling of the new hospital sign and the release of
hundreds of balloons.
Mr. Jim Brexler, executive
vice president of Greensboro
Hospital, welcomed a group of
over 100 employees, physicians, volunteers, board mem
bers, and community leaders
to the opening of the facility.
He stressed his high expectations for the facility.
"There are many Greensboro Hospital employees and
volunteers I have had the opportunity to meet, and there
are also some new faces in the
crowd. I look forward to working with each of you and getting to know you better," Mr.
Brexler said.
Mr. Charles L Weill, Jr.,
former chairman of the Board
of Trustees of Moses Cone
Hospital, also welcomed
everyone gathered. He went
on to talk about the plans to
convert the facility into a
women's and infants' hospital
in 1989. "It is our hope that we
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will be able to expand the services currently being offered
to women in this area, and that
the facility will be a great
benefit not only to our community, but also to the surrounding counties as well,"
Mr. Weill said.
Two Greensboro Hospital employees read
the banner that was signed by hundreds
of Moses Cone Hospital employees.
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Mr. Jim Brexler, executive vice president
of Greensboro Hospital, stops to talk to
a gentleman at the luncheon.
Mr. Dennis R. Barry, president of Moses Cone Hospital,
then announced a new price
structure that will go into effect at Greensboro Hospital
within the next few weeks.
"Through this facility, Moses
Cone Hospital can extend its
commitment of service to this
community, and by implementing a cost structure
similar to that at Moses Cone
Hospital, can yield an annual
savings to the community of
approximately $2 million," Mr.
Barry said.
Mr. Dennis R. Barry, president of Moses
Cone Hospital, welcomes employees and
volunteers to Greensboro Hospital.