Background
Higbie, John Richard was born on December 2, 1935 in Wooster, Ohio, United States. Son of John Richard and Truth (Hewitt) Higbie.
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John Richard Higbie
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Bachelor of Business Administration, U. Akron, 1961.
Career
Employment supervisor, Akron General Hospital, Akron, Ohio., 1957-1959; employment interviewer, Benjamin Franklin Goodrich Company, Akron, 1960; personnel director, Akron City Hospital, 1961-1966; professional employment manager, Pittsburgh Plate Glass Company Industries, Barberton, Ohio., 1967; executive vice president, Children's Hospital Medical Center, Akron, since 1968. Chairman Advance Inc., Akron, 1971-1976. Member Executive Committee Children's Hospitals.Automated Medical Programs, Columbus, Ohio, 1978-1982.
Achievements
Membership
President United Services for Handicapped, Akron, 1981-1983. Trustee CancerSoc. Summit County, Akron, 1975-1980, Portage Path Community Mental Health Center, Akron, since 1972, treasurer 1977-1981. Member American College Healthcare Executives, American Hospital Association, Ohio Hospital Association, Medical Educators Association, American Society for Personnel Adminstrs.
(president Akron 1966-1967), National Association Children's Hospitals and Related Institutions (chairman national monitrend committee, since 1980).
Connections
Married June 15, 1957. Children: John Richard III, Jill Anne, Peter Scott.
