Background
Perkins, Ralph Linwood was born on July 17, 1914 in Orono, Maine, United States. Son of Ralph L. and Zilla (Sawyer) Perkins.
Perkins, Ralph Linwood was born on July 17, 1914 in Orono, Maine, United States. Son of Ralph L. and Zilla (Sawyer) Perkins.
Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering, U. Maine, 1935; Master of Science in Hospital Administration, Columbia, 1950.
With, United States Engineers Department, Quoddy, Maine, 1935-1937; With, NYA in, Maine, Ohio and West Virginia, 1937-1944; with, United States Public Health Service, West Virginia, Mississippi, Louisiana, District of Columbia and New York, 1944-1948; assistant administrative officer, United States Public Health Service Hospital, S.I., 1949-1950; administrative officer, United States Public Health Service Hospital, S.I., 1950-1963; associate director, Hospital University of Pennsylvania, 1963-1964; executive director, Hospital University of Pennsylvania, 1964-1974; senior adviser, Chi Systems, Inc., Ann Arbor, Michigan, 1974-1978. Lecturer Columbia School Public Health and Administrative Medicine, 1961-1974.
Past chairman Delaware Valley Hospital Council Forum. Former board directors West Philadelphia Community Mental Health Consortium. Fellow American College Health Care Executives (life).
Member American Hospital Association (life), Maine Hospital Association, Delaware Valley Hospital Council (past director, past president forum, secretary-treasurer), Association American Medical Colleges, Hospital Association Pennsylvania (past trustee), Commissioned Officers Association United States Public Health Service (life).
Married Hilda Beatrice Morrison, September 1, 1938 (deceased March 1998). Children: Sylvia Lucille Perkins Nespoli, Jacquelyn Sue Perkins Lowe-Vosburgh.