Background
Staples, Eugene Leo was born on August 26, 1926 in Walker, Minnesota, United States. Son of Frank August and Elizabeth Josephine (Leibl) Staples.
Staples, Eugene Leo was born on August 26, 1926 in Walker, Minnesota, United States. Son of Frank August and Elizabeth Josephine (Leibl) Staples.
Bachelor, University Minnesota, 1950. Master of Hospital Administration, University Minnesota, 1952.
Administrv. assistant University Minnesota Hospitals, Minneapolis, 1952-1953, assistant to director, 1953-1955, assistant director, 1955-1960. Director West Virginia University Hospital, Morgantown, 1960-1982. Associate professor West Virginia University Hospital (School Medicine), 1964-1978, clinical professor, 1975-1982.
Hospital administrator, professor Kansas University Medical Center, 1982-1984, professor, vice chancellor, 1984-1990, retired, 1990, consultant to chancellor, from 1990. Member liaison committee Graduate Medical Education, 1974-1980. Consultant National Institutes of Health, 1968, Florida Department Professional Regulation, 1987.
Member graduate medical education national advisory committee Health Resources Administration, 1977-1980, chairman liaison committee graduate medical education, 1980. Director Westover Bank, West Virginia. Civilian advisor to Surgeon General, United States Air Force.
Board directors United Fund, 1966-1972, American Cancer Society, 1971, Morgantown Hospital Service, West Virginia Hospital Service Inc., West Virginia Hospital Research and Education Foundation, Inc., Kansas City Area Hospital Association, chairman council Media and Community Relations, 1988-1989, Kansas Hospital Association, chairman board trustees Council on Human Resources, since 1989. Trustee Visiting Nurse Association of Greater Kansas City, since 1989, Family Practice Foundation, University Kansas, 1990. Served with United States Naval Reserve, 1944-1946.
Fellow American College Hospital Administrators (regent 1972-1975). Member West Virginia Hospital Association (president 1969-1971), American Hospital Association (house delegations 1963-1966, 72-78, trustee 1979-1982), Southeastern Hospital Conference (director 1970-1972), Ohio Valley Hospital Conference (president 1965-1966, director 1960-1982), American Medical Association, American Association Medical Colleges (council teaching hospitals 1972-1973, Association for Convention Marketing Executives advisory goup, since 1988), University Kansas Medical Alumni Association (honorary).
Married Noreen Janice Henry, June 23, 1951. 1 child, Barbara Elizabeth.