Background
Marvin, Oscar McDowell was born on April 12, 1924 in Statesville, North Carolina, United States. Son of Oscar McDowell and Gladys (Early) Marvin.
Marvin, Oscar McDowell was born on April 12, 1924 in Statesville, North Carolina, United States. Son of Oscar McDowell and Gladys (Early) Marvin.
Bachelor of Arts, Univercity North Carolina, 1948; Master of Business Administration, University of Chicago, 1953; Master of Sciences, University Louisville, 1971.
Foreman, Hanes Dye & Finishing Company, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, 1948-1951;
administrative resident, North Carolina Baptist Hospital, Winston-Salem, 1952-1953;
assistant administrator, City Memorial Hospital, Winston-Salem, 1953-1955;
assistant administrator, North Carolina Medical Care Commission, Raleigh, 1955-1957;
hospital administrator, missionary, Board World Missions, Presbyterian Church United States, Yodogawa Christian Hospital, Osaka, Japan, 1957-1960;
assistant administrator, City Memphis Hospital, 1960-1962;
administrator, City Memphis Hospital, 1962-1968;
executive director, Louisville Medical Center, Inc., 1968-1993;
executive director, Medical Center Commission Jefferson County, 1982-1993. Lecturer department preventive medicine U. Tennessee, 1963-1968. Associate professor College Pharmacy, 1965-1968.
Organizer North Carolina chapter Hospital Accts., 1954, president, 1955-1956. Treasurer Memphis Hospital Council, 1963, vice president, 1964, president, 1965. Secretary Memphis Institute Medicine and Religion, 1966-1968.
Secretary-treasurer Association Cooperative Hospital Laundries, 1970-1971. Board directors National Association Hospital HospitalityHouses, Inc., 1986-1993, vice president, 1990-1991. Secretary, board directors Louisville Medical Center Federal Credit Union, 1974-1992, Medical Center Hospitality House, Inc.,1988-1993.
Member Memphis Mayor's Committee to Employ Handicapped, 1963. Chairman hospital division Shelby United Neighbors, Memphis, 1965. Trustee Medical Benevolence Foundation, 1971.
President Jefferson County Association Children with Learning Disabilities, 1973-1974, board directors, 1997-1998. President Kentucky Association Children with Learning Disabilities, 1974-1978. Secretary, board directors Butchertown Neighborhood Association, 1992-1996.
Served with Army of the United States, 1942-1945. Member American College Health Care Executives, Sigma Nu. Clubs: Rotary, Belles 'n Beau's Square Dance (president 1983-1984).
Married Jane Everitt Krauss, June 16, 1951 (divorced 1975). Children: Frederick McDowell, Elizabeth Anne, Robert Doyle. Married Marcia Ann Benefiel Jackson, December 2, 1977.
Children: Jonathan Paul, Katherine Susanne.