InterBusiness Issues - July 2001

An Interview with Richard Thomas

Richard Thomas is the executive director of the Center for Health at OSF Saint Francis Medical Center, responsible for planning and directing the short -and long-term development and operation of the OSF Center for Health—the organization’s newly constructed $36 million ambulatory care center. He discusses the preparation and opening of the Center for Health, the impact it will have on the Peoria area, and much more.
Features

Business Profile

At the Peoria County Pomona Grange’s Annual Labor Day Picnic September 12, 1912, at Alta, a discussion took place about opportunities for farm people to form a sponsoring organization for county extension work. An organizing committee was formed, and eventually created the sponsoring organization—The Peoria County Farm Bureau.
Columns
Patrick Kirchhofer, Peoria County Farm Bureau
Sandra Birdsall, Peoria Area Chamber of Commerce
W. Michael Bryant, Methodist Medical Center
Dr. John Erwin, Illinois Central College
Dr. John Throop, The Summit Group
Dr. R. Michael Gulley, OSF Saint Francis Medical Center
John Gibson, Employers' Association
Keith Arnold, Peoria Area Conventions and Visitor's Bureau