Background
Witherspoon, Jere Warthen was born on June 24, 1932 in Shepherdstown, West Virginia, United States.
Witherspoon, Jere Warthen was born on June 24, 1932 in Shepherdstown, West Virginia, United States.
Bachelor of Science, Davidson College, 1954. Master of Health Administration, Washington University, 1961.
Administrative assistant, Memorial Mission Hospital, Asheville, North Carolina, 1960-1963; assistant administrator, Memorial Hospital, Charleston, West Virginia, 1963-1967; administrator, Cape Fear Valley Hospital, Fayetteville, North Carolina, 1967-1969; director management service, The Duke Endowment, Charlotte, North Carolina, 1969-1977; associate director, The Duke Endowment, Charlotte, North Carolina, 1977-1989; assistant to executive director, The Duke Endowment, Charlotte, North Carolina, 1989-1990; deputy executive director, The Duke Endowment, Charlotte, North Carolina, 1990-1992; executive director, The Duke Endowment, Charlotte, North Carolina, since 1992.
Board deacons, chairman, elder, chairman endowment council Myers Park Presbyterian Church. President, board directors Hospice at Charlotte. Vice president, board directors Hospice of North Carolina.
Member study committee on Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome United Way. Committee chairman Mecklenburg County Area Mental Health Board. Trustee Southeastern Council Foundations.
Board directors Grantmakers in Health, Presbyterian Home at Charlotte. Board visiting Davidson College. Advisory board Kate B. Reynolds Charitable Trust.
Member North Carolina Medical Care Commission With United States Air Force, 1954-1958. Fellow American College Healthcare Executives. Member American Hospital Association (life).
Married Ellen L. Wheby, October 5, 1957. Children: Jere W. Junior, Jean Katherine, James A.