Background
Collins, Byron Griggs was born on September 9, 1939 in LaGrange, Georgia, United States. Son of Wendell Griggs and Dorothy Lee (Reid) Collins.
Collins, Byron Griggs was born on September 9, 1939 in LaGrange, Georgia, United States. Son of Wendell Griggs and Dorothy Lee (Reid) Collins.
Associate of Arts, West Georgia College, 1959. Bachelor, LaGrange College, 1961. Master of Business Administration, University Northern Alabama, 1977.
Administrative resident, City-County Hospital, LaGrange, 1962; administrator, Forsyth County Hospital, Cumming, Georgia, 1962-1964; administrator, Brunswick (Georgia) Nursing and Convalescent Center, 1964; administrator, Chattooga County Hospital, Summerville, Georgia, 1964-1966; administrator, Jackson County Hospital, Scottsboro, Alabama, 1966-1972; associate administrator, chief of operations, officer, Eliza Coffee Memorial Hospital, Florence, Alabama, since 1972. Board directors Northern Alabama Emergency Medical Superior vena cava syndrome, Decatur. Member program advising committee Shoals Community College.
Fellow American College Healthcare Executives. Member Alabama Hospital Association (board directors, secretary/treasurer 1974), Rotary (president 1969), Quad Cities Quarterback Club.
Married Alice Faye Bassett, April 1958 (divorced November 1979). Married Barbara Ann Willingham, January 3, 1985. Children: Bryce Dean, Cynthia Louise, Jeffrey Whitten, David Whitten, Jason Whitten.