Background
Braendel, Douglas Arthur was born on December 9, 1939 in Highland Park, Michigan, United States. Son of Helmuth Gunther and Constance Leah (Drysdale) Braendel.
Braendel, Douglas Arthur was born on December 9, 1939 in Highland Park, Michigan, United States. Son of Helmuth Gunther and Constance Leah (Drysdale) Braendel.
Bachelor of Business Administration, Lehigh University, 1961. Master of Business Administration, Lehigh University, 1971. Graduate, Army Command and General Staff, College.
Graduate, Army War College.
Commissioned United States Army, 1966, advanced through grades to colonel, 1989. Battalion supply officer 24th Medical Battalion, Federal Republic of Germany, 1966-1968. Patient administrator, detachment Commander 3d Mobile Army Surgical Hospital, Vietnam, 1968-1969.
Chief Financial Officer Noble Army Community Hospital, Fort McClellan, Alabama, 1972-1975. Assistant professor health administration Baylor University Graduate School, San Antonio, 1975-1979. Executive officer 45th Medical Battalion, Hanau, Federal Republic Germany, 1980-1982.
Administrator Army Regional Medical Laboratory, Landstuhl, Federal Republic Germany, 1982-1984. Commander 10th Mobile Army Surgical Hospital, Fort Meade, Maryland, 1984-1986. Director programs and evaluation Army Surgeon General, Washington, 1986-1989.
Special assistant Office Managed Care, Health Care Finance Administration, 1989-1990. Chief Financial Officer United States Army Health Services Command, San Antonio, 1990-1993. Director capitation financing Office Assistant Secretary Defense, Falls Church, Virginia, 1993-1996.
Retired United States Army, 1996. Health care management consultant, 1996—2000. Business manager White Sulphur Springs Hotel, since 2000.
Adjunct instructor Park College, San Antonio, 1976—1979, Gadsdon (Alabama) State Junior College, 1973—1974, Allegany (Maryland) College, 1997—1998.
Volunteer income tax assistant Internal Revenue Service, Falls Church, Virginia, 1986-1990, Bedford, Pennsylvania, since 1996. Unit commissioner Boy Scouts American, Kaiserslautern, Federal Republic Germany, 1982-1984, scoutmaster, Rochester, New York, and Augsberg, Federal Republic Germany, 1965-1968. President Bedford County Citizens' Concerned for Human Life, since 2004.
Colonel United States Army, since 1966. Fellow American College Healthcare Executives (life. Regents award for leadership in health care 1994).
Member Association United States Army, Pennsylvania Pro-Life Federation (member, board directors since 2009), Beta Gamma Sigma.
Married Cameron Lawry, November 30, 1968. Children: Jennifer Braendel Miller, Eric, Heike Braendel Batluck.