Background
Echlin, Bernard Joseph was born on February 24, 1918 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Son of Robert Patrick and Mary Agnes (Morris) Echlin.
Echlin, Bernard Joseph was born on February 24, 1918 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Son of Robert Patrick and Mary Agnes (Morris) Echlin.
De Paul University (Bachelor of Science, 1948. Juris Doctor, 1952). Delta Theta Phi. Warvelle Senate: Tribune (1950-1951), Dean (1951-1952).
Commissioner, Illinois Commission on Labor Law, 1969-1981. Trustee, RushPresbyterian-St. Luke’s Medical Center, since 1969. Trustee, 1974— and Chairman, since 1985, Anchor Organization for Health Maintenance.
Memsince 1985.
Assistant supervisor labor relations Pullman Company, Chicago, 1937-1952. Manager industrial relations Lynch Corporation, Anderson, Indiana, 1952-1955. Associate Vedder, Price, Kaufman & Kammholz, Chicago, 1955-1958, partner, 1958-1985, of counsel, since 1985.
Member lay advisory board St. Mary Medical Center of Gary-Hobart Inc., Indiana, 1978-1984. Board directors Metropolitan Chicago Healthcare Council, 1982-1989, chairman, 1986. Board directors Mid-American Health Programs Inc., vice chairman, 1985-1989.
Member governing board Rush Home Health Service, Chicago, 1983-1991.
Commissioner, Illinois Commission on Labor Law, 1968-1980. Trustee Rush-Presbyterian-St. Luke's Medical Center, Chicago, since 1969, Rush-Presbyterian-St. Luke's Health Plans, Inc., 1989-1992, chairman, 1989-1992. Trustee Anchor. Organization for Health Maintenance, Chicago, 1973-1989, chairman, 1985-1989.
Trustee Access Health, Chicago, 1985-1989, Chicago Hospital Council Employee Benefit Trust, 1982-1989. Trustee Ancilla Domini Hospitals Self-Insurance Trust, Elk Grove Village, Illinois, 1985-1989, executive committee, 1985-1988. Labor consultant Illinois State Toll Highway Authority, since 1975.
Board directors Copley Memorial Hospital, Aurora, Illinois, 1987-1991, Fox Valley Health Services Corporation, Aurora, 1987-1991. Fellow American College Healthcare Executives (honorary). Member American Bar Association, Illinois Bar Association, Chicago Bar Association, American Arbitration Association (arbitrator since 1972), American Academy Hospital Attorneys, Illinois Association Hospital Attorneys, Ruth Lake Country Club (Hinsdale, Illinois), Knights of Columbus (advisory 1975-1978), Delta Theta Phi.
Married Dorothy Bernice Phillips, June 20, 1942. Children– Rita Ann, Mary Louise, Robert Patrick, David Edward.