Cone Hospital review [June-July, 1984]

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THE MOSES H. CONE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL
GREENSBORO, NORTH CAROLINA
Mrs. Norman, Mr. Chiles, Mr. Cone Named To Trustee Board
A/Irs. Norman
Mrs. George E. Norman, Jr., Mr. Robert S.
Chiles, Sr., and Mr. Benjamin Cone, Jr. have
been named to the Board of Trustees at The
Moses H. Cone Memorial Hospital. They
succeed retiring trustees Mrs. Robert B. Taylor, Mrs. Britt M. Armfield, and Dr. Isaac H.
Miller.
Mrs. Norman, a Salisbury, North Carolina
native, is a graduate of Catawba College in
Salisbury. She has been a resident of Greensboro since 1952. She was active for many
years in local Parent-Teacher Associations
and the Girl Scouts. She has worked with the
Mr. Chiles
March of Dimes and was President of
Friends of the Library at the University of
North Carolina-Greensboro, and was a
board member of the Home Economics
Foundation, UNC-G. Mrs. Norman served as
Treasurer of the Moses Cone Hospital Auxiliary for 13 years.
Mr. Chiles is President and Chief Executive Officer of Greensboro National Bank.
Originally from Charlotte, North Carolina,
he holds a bachelor's degree in accounting
from North Carolina Central University,
Durham and a Master's Degree from the
David McCombs Appointed
To Executive Position
oversaw the completion of a $12,000,000
construction project which included the relocation of all support services, outpatient departments, critical care departments, and
80-bed patient tower, and renovation of the
Obstetrical Department.
He established several new programs at
the Reidsville hospital, including utilizations
of a mobile CT scanning service, formation
of a Day Surgery Unit, full-time Anesthesiology coverage (under contract from Moses
Cone Hospital), and development of the
Maternal-Child Care Service.
He has been involved in the selection and
installation of an in-house computer system,
completion of a long term strategic plan,
Mr. Cone
Babcock Graduate School of Management of
Wake Forest University. He is a former Vice
President of Wachovia Bank and Trust Company. Earlier he served as Loan Officer in the
Charlotte, North Carolina Regional Office of
the Small Business Administration.
Active in civic and educational as well as
professional and business affairs, Mr. Chiles
serves as Treasurer of the Board of Directors
of A&T University Foundation, Inc., a member of the Board of Trustees of Bennett College, and is a former member of the Boards
of the University of North Carolina-Asheville
and North Carolina State University. He is
Treasurer of the United Way of Greater
development of a hospital marketing plan,
and the recruitment of a number of physicians to Reidsville.
Commenting on Mr. McCombs appointment, Moses Cone Hospital President Dennis R. Barry said, "We are fortunate to have
someone with Dave's ability and experience
joining us. As one of our neighbors, he
already is familiar with our institution. We
have worked together on a number of projects of mutual interest. He is respected
within the hospital field and will bring a
number of assets to Moses Cone Hospital.
Mr. McCombs is married and has two
children. He is joining Moses Cone Hospital
on June 1.
Greensboro and served two terms as a director of the Greensboro Area Chamber of
Commerce.
In addition to membership in several professional organizations, Mr. Chiles was recently elected to the Board of the Federal
Reserve Bank of Richmond. He is a former
lecturer in Minority Lending and Auditing at
the American Bankers Association School of
the Stonier Graduate School of Banking at
Rutgers University. Mr. Chiles also served as
Secretary of the Finance Committee of the
Western North Carolina Conference of the
United Methodist Church.
Mr. Cone returns to the board, having
served as a Moses Cone Hospital Trustee
from 1974 until 1983. He is President of
CE. Smith Company. He holds a Bachelor of
Arts degree from the University of North
Carolina-Chapel Hill, where he graduated
with a double major in Mathematics and
German. He also earned a Master's Degree
in Business Administration from Harvard
Business School. He served combat duty in
Vietnam as a First Lieutenant in the United
States Army.
A Greensboro native, Mr. Cone is an instrument rated pilot. He is a member of the
Machinery Dealers National Association. He
is a member of the Gate City Kiwanis, a
former member of the Guilford College
Board of Advisors and the Eastern Music
Festival Board of Directors.
Health Club
Membership
Half Price
Moses Cone Hospital maintains a corporate membership at the Greensboro Rac-
quetball and Health Club, enabling
employees and medical staff members to join
for half price. Nautilus membership can also
be obtained for a reduced price if there is
sufficient interest. Interested employees and
physicians should contact Human Resources
Department, extension 4101.
David J. McCombs, formerly Administrator of Annie Penn Memorial Hospital in
Reidsville, has been named Director of Support Services at The Moses H. Cone Memorial Hospital. He succeeds Peter Kariher who
recently left the hospital to manage a local
group medical practice.
Mr. McCombs has been the Administrator
at Annie Penn since June, 1981. Prior to that
time he was an Assistant Administrator in the
Greenville Hospital System, Greenville,
South Carolina. He holds a Master's Degree
in Hospital and Health Administration from
Duke University. The Raleigh native did his
undergraduate work at Wake Forest University.
Mr. McCombs' work at Annie Penn includes several projects similar to those that
have recently taken place at Moses Cone. He
REVIEW
June/July 1984
INSIDE:
New Mother/Baby
Nursing Concept 2
MCH To Upgrade
Radiation Therapy
Program  2
Moving to New Wing 3-6
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Carolvn Ford, Editor