Background
Bakko, Orville Edwin was born on October 10, 1919 in Kenyon, Minnesota, United States. Son of Marcus and Caroline (Leding) Bakko.
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Orville Edwin Bakko
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Education
Bachelor, St. Olaf College, Northfield, Minnesota, 1941; Master in Hospital Administration, Northwestern University, 1948.
Career
Administrative intern, resident, U. Iowa Hospitals, 1947-1949; administrative assistant, Kadlec Hospital, Richland, Washington, 1949-1950; assistant administrator, then administrator, Kadlec Hospital, Richland, Washington, 1950-1956; assistant superintendent, Arroyo Del Valle Sanatorium, Livermore, California, 1956-1960; assistant superintendent, Highland Hospital, Oakland, California, 1958-1960; administrator, Fairmont Hospital, San Leandro, California, 1960-1982. Visiting scholar Agder College, Kristiansand, Norway, 1983-1984.
Achievements
Membership
Member Alameda County Work Safety Committee, 1959-1972. Member medical services advising committee Chabot College, San Leandro, 1962-1972. Member dis. services advising committee area 1 Regional Medical Program, 1970-1972.
2d vice president, board directors Washington Eastern State Hospital Association, 1954-1955. President S.E. Washington Hospital Council, 1953-1954. Chairman Tri-City Hospital Council, 1954-1956.
Trustee Commision on Accreditation Rehabilitation Facilities, 1974-1976. Member International Hospital Federation, 1982-1988. Captain Medical Administrative Corps, Army of the United States, 1942-1946, North African Theatre of Operations.
Fellow American College Healthcare Executives (life). Member American Hospital Association (life, governing county rehabilitation and chronic disease hospital section 1972-1977, chairman 1976), California Hospital Association (member commission on continuing care and rehab.1967-1970), Association Western Hospitals, Health Care Executives Northern California, East Bay Hospital Conference (Executive Committee 1971-1972), Richland Toastmasters Club (officer 1949-1956), Los Rios Homeowners Association (board directors, chairman landscape committee 1994-1996), Rotary (charter).
Connections
Married Norma Evelyn Cronquist, September 25, 1951. Children: Sandra Karen, Kristi Camille.
