Background
Bachmeyer, Robert Wesley was born on January 11, 1915 in Cincinnati. Son of Arthur C. and Lulu K. (Troeger) Bachmeyer.
Hospital administration consultant
Bachmeyer, Robert Wesley was born on January 11, 1915 in Cincinnati. Son of Arthur C. and Lulu K. (Troeger) Bachmeyer.
Bachelor of Arts Cincinnati, 1939. Master of Business Administration, University Chicago, 1947.
Assistant administrator, St. Luke's Hospital, New York City, 1940;
assistant director, Hospital for Special Surgery, New York City, 1941;
hospital specialist, United States Public Health Service, Washington, 1942-1943;
assistant director, Children's Hospital, Boston, 1946;
director, Aultman Hospital, Canton, Ohio., 1947-1954;
director, St. Barnabas Hospital and St. Andrews Hospital, Minneapolis, 1954-1963;
executive director, Youngstown (Ohio) Hospital Association, 1963-1968;
principal, Herman Smith Associations, hospital consultant, Hinsdale, Illinois, 1968-1971;
vice president administration, American College Hospital Adminstrs., Chicago, 1971-1978;
field representative, consultant, Joint Commision on Accreditation Hospitals, Chicago, 1978-1985. Instructor hospital administration U. Minn, 1955-1963. Preceptor hospital administration course, University of Chicago, 1949-1969.
Lecturer in field George Washington University, Med.Coll.
Secretary-treasurer St. Barnabas Hospital Research Foundation. Assistant treasurer board trustee Youngstown Hospital. Trustee Blue Cross Youngstown, 1963-1988, Minneapolis War Memorial Blood Bank, 1955-1963.
Member Village Medical and Health Committee, 1985-1989. Lieutenant Army of the United States, 1943-1946. Fellow American College of Hospital Administrators (life, regional regent 1957-1962, president 1963-1964).
Member American Public Health Association, American Protestant Hospital Association (trustee 1954-1963), American Hospital Association (life), Ohio Hospital Association (life, president 1954, vice president 1965), University Chicago Program Hospital Administration Alumni Association (president 1964-1965), Royal Society Health (England), Hospital Administrators Study Society, Hot Springs Village Camera Club (president 1985-1987, 92-93), Village 9-Hole Golf Association (president 1989).
Married Margaret L. Knickerbocker, January 25, 1942 (deceased September 1988). Children: Susan Lee, Janet Lynne, Margaret Annual.
