Background
Oder, Donald Rudd was born on September 16, 1931 in Gibbon, Oklahoma, United States. Son of Lowell Burgess and Bessie Sarah (Rudd) Oder.
educator medical center executive
Oder, Donald Rudd was born on September 16, 1931 in Gibbon, Oklahoma, United States. Son of Lowell Burgess and Bessie Sarah (Rudd) Oder.
Bachelor of Science, Wichita State University, 1956. Master of Business Administration, University Chicago, 1980.
Audit manager Arthur Andersen & Company, Chicago, 1956—1966. Vice president finance Rush-Presbyterian-St.Luke's Medical Center, 1966—1975, treasurer, since 1970, senior vice president and treasurer, since 1975, acting president, 1983—1984. Assistant professor health system management Rush University College Health Sciences, 1972—1979, associate professor, 1979—1985, professor, since 1985.
With United States Army, 1950-1953.
Board directors Better Business Bureau, since 1977. Member Illinois Health Finance Authority, 1979—1982. Fellow: Institute Medicine, Healthcare Finance Management Association (William G. Follmer award 1974, Robert H. Reeves award 1978, Alice V. Runyon award 1980).
Member: Illinois Hospital Association (chairman board trustees 1982-1983), Illinois Certified Public Accountant Society (chairman committee health care institutions 1975-1976), American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, American Hospital Association (regional advisory board since 1981), American College Hospital Administrators, Chicago Association Commerce & Industry, Alpha Kappa Psi.
Married Roberta Pauline Sallee, August 2, 1958. Children: Joseph Rudd, Jennifer Susan, Karl Lyndon.