Background
Thomas Fearn Frist, Senior was born on December 15, 1910 in Meridian, Mississippi, to Jennie (James) Frist and Jacob C. Frist.
Thomas Fearn Frist, Senior was born on December 15, 1910 in Meridian, Mississippi, to Jennie (James) Frist and Jacob C. Frist.
University of Mississippi. Vanderbilt University.
He received his undergraduate education from the University of Mississippi and his medical degree from Vanderbilt University. Frist began his career as a cardiologist in the Nashville area. He is widely regarded as "the father of the modern for-profit hospital system" in the United States.
He died in Nashville on January 4, 1998.