Wade Mountz

Background

Mountz, Wade was born on November 19, 1924 in Winona, Ohio, United States. Son of Lowell J. and Ethel M. (Coppock) Mountz.

Education

Bachelor, Baldwin-Wallace College, Berea, Ohio, 1948. Master of Health Administration, University Minnesota, Minneapolis, 1951. Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), Kentucky Wesleyan College, Owensboro, 1991.

Career

With, Norton Memorial Infirmary, Louisville, 1951-1969; administrator, Norton Memorial Infirmary, 1958-1969; president, Norton-Children's Hospitals, Inc., Louisville, 1969-1981; president, NKC, Inc., Louisville, 1981-1985; vice chairman, NKC, Inc., 1985-1987; president emeritus, Norton Healthcare, since 1987.

Achievements

• Wade Mountz has been listed as a noteworthy health service management executive by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Vice chairman Comprehensive Health Planning Council Kentucky, 1968-1973, chairman, 1973-1979. Board directors Louisville chapter American Red Cross, 1961-1974. Trustee Blue Cross Hospital Plan, 1959-1972.

Trustee American Hospital Association, 1971-1976, chairman board, 1975. Served with A.C., United States Naval Reserve, 1943-1945. Fellow American College Hospital Healthcare Executives (life, gold medal), Modern Health Hall of Fame 2008, Masons.

Connections

Married Betty G. Wilson, June 3, 1946. Children: David John, Timothy Wilson.

Father:

Lowell J. Mountz

Mother:

Ethel M. (Coppock) Mountz

Spouse:

Betty G. Wilson

child:

Timothy Wilson Mountz

child:

David John Mountz