Nathan J. J. Stark

Background

STARK, Nathan was born on November 9, 1920 in Minnesota, United States. Son of Harold and Anna Stark.

Education

Associate of Arts, Woodrow Wilson Junior College, Chicago, 1940. Bachelor of Science, United States Merchant Marine Academy, 1943. Juris Doctor, Illinois Institute of Technology, 1948.

Doctor of Laws (honorary)(honorary), Park College, 1969. Doctor of Laws (honorary)(honorary), University Missouri, 1980. Doctor of Humane Letters, Scholl College.

Doctor of Humane Letters, Hahnemann University, 1987.

Career

Plant manager Englander Company, Inc., Chicago, 1948—1951. Partner Downey, Abrams, Stark & Sullivan, Kansas City, Missouri, 1952—1953. Vice president Rival Manufacturing Company, 1954—1959.

Senior vice president operations Hallmark Cards, Inc., 1959—1974, director, 1960—1974. President, chairman Crown Center Redevelopment Corporation, 1971—1974. Senior vice chancellor health science Schools Health Professions, University Pittsburgh, 1974—1984, senior vice chancellor emeritus, 1984—2002, also president University Health Center, 1974—1979, also professor Graduate School Public Health.

Undersecretary Department of Health, Washington, 1979—1981. Of counsel Fort & Schlefor. Lawyer, treasurer, president, Chief Executive Officer National Academy of Social Insurance, 1992—1995, also president University Health Center, 1981—2002.

Director European Research Council Corporation, 1970—1979, Hallmark Continental Ltd., Ireland, 1971—1973. Member executive board National Board Medical. Member science advisory board North-East Regional Center, 2000—2002.

Achievements

• Bar: Illinois 1947, Missouri 1952.

Works

• Other Work

  • Contributor articles to professional and business journals.

Membership

Legal counsel Lyric Opera Theatre, Kansas City, Missouri, 1958—1972. Member committee undergraduate medical education American Medical Association, 1966—1973. Chairman community hospital-medical staff group practice program Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, 1974—1979.

Vice chairman health insurance benefits advisory committee Department of Health, 1965—1970. Secretary Task Force on Medicaid, 1960—1970, chairman advisory commission incentive reimbursement experimentation, 1968—1970. Chairman capital investment conference Department of Health, Education and Welfare-HRA, 1976.

Member liaison committee American Association Medical Colls.-American Medical Association, 1970—1974. Chairman task force life-long learning opportunities Kellogg Foundation, 1975—1977. Member-a-large National Board Medical Examiners.

Member board Blue Cross Western Pennsylvania, 1975—1979, American Nurses Foundation, 1975—1977, Health Systems Agency Southwest Pennsylvania, from 1976. Vice president Kansas City Philharmonic Association, 1954. Secretary Eddie Jacobson Memorial Foundation, from 1960.

Member technical board Milbank Memorial Fund, 1976—1978. President, chairman Kansas City General Hospital and Medical Center, 1962—1974. Trustee Allegheny Foundation, from 1975, Pittsburgh Ballet Theater, 1977—1979, Pittsburgh Chamber Opera Theater, from 1978.

Member VA Scholars Board Governance, from 1979. Honorary fellow, trustee Hastings Center, 1981. Vice president Pittsburgh Opera.

Advisory board trustees St. Joseph College, trustee, 1994. Fellow: American Academy Pediatrics (honorary). Member: National Academy Social Insurance (board trustees, president 1992-1994, treasurer since 1994), American College Hospital Administrators, Institute Medicine of National Academy of Sciences (council 1973-1976), American Hospital Association (honorary Trustee award 1968).

Connections

Married Lucile D. Seidler, November 28, 1943. Children: Paul S., David H., Robert, Margaret J.

Father:

Harold Stark

Mother:

Anna (Berlow) Stark

Spouse:

Lucile D. Seidler

child:

Paul S. Stark

child:

David H. Stark

child:

Robert Stark

child:

Margaret J. Stark