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Hospital Industry Politicians in Florida

Theodore M. Bowers (1907-1995) — also known as Ted Bowers — of New Martinsville, Wetzel County, W.Va.; Pompano Beach, Broward County, Fla. Born in Point Marion, Fayette County, Pa., February 1, 1907. Republican. Sand and gravel business; member of West Virginia state senate 2nd District, 1943-46, 1949-64, 1969-72; defeated, 1964; trustee, Wetzel County Hospital. Christian. Member, Freemasons; Shriners; Jesters; Elks; Moose; Eagles; Sigma Alpha Epsilon; Lions; Rotary. Died January 1, 1995 (age 87 years, 334 days). Burial location unknown.   Relatives: Son of Frank L. Bowers and Asia L. (Sadler) Bowers; married, June 16, 1931, to Myra Llewelyn.   Image source: West Virginia Blue Book 1951 Donald H. Burn (born c.1926) — of Lake Worth (now Lake Worth Beach), Palm Beach County, Fla. Born about 1926. Hospital administrator; candidate for mayor of Lake Worth, Fla., 1981. Still living as of 1981.   Image source: Fort Lauderdale News & Sun-Sentinel, March 1, 1981   William Joseph Campbell (1905-1988) — also known as William J. Campbell — of Chicago, Cook County, Ill.; Lake Worth (now Lake Worth Beach), Palm Beach County, Fla. Born in Chicago, Cook County, Ill., March 19, 1905. Lawyer; U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois, 1938-40; U.S. District Judge for the Northern District of Illinois, 1940-70; chairman, board of trustees, St. Agnes Hospital. Catholic. Died, in Good Samaritan Hospital, West Palm Beach, Palm Beach County, Fla., October 19, 1988 (age 83 years, 214 days). Interment at Queen of Peace Cemetery, Loxahatchee, Fla.   Relatives: Son of John Campbell and Christina (Larson) Campbell; married 1937 to Mary Agnes Cloherty.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial   Frank Colavecchio (born c.1934) — of Lake Worth (now Lake Worth Beach), Palm Beach County, Fla. Born about 1934. Talk show host; hospital administrator; candidate for Florida state house of representatives 85th District, 1982; candidate for mayor of Lake Worth, Fla., 1985. Still living as of 1985.   Robert Freeman Hopwood (1856-1940) — also known as Robert F. Hopwood — of Uniontown, Fayette County, Pa. Born in Uniontown, Fayette County, Pa., July 24, 1856. Republican. Lawyer; director, Citizens Title and Trust Co.; director, Uniontown Street Railway Co.; Fayette County Solicitor, 1894-1912; president, Uniontown Hospital, 1905-20; U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania 23rd District, 1915-17; defeated, 1916. Methodist. Member, American Bar Association; Freemasons. Died in St. Petersburg, Pinellas County, Fla., March 1, 1940 (age 83 years, 221 days). Interment at Oak Grove Cemetery, South Union Township, Fayette County, Pa.   Relatives: Son of Rice Gaddis Hopwood and Ruth (Jackson) Hopwood; married 1880 to Emma S. Miller.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial   Richard Lynn Scott (b. 1952) — also known as Rick Scott — of Naples, Collier County, Fla. Born in Bloomington, McLean County, Ill., December 1, 1952. Republican. Founder and leader of Columbia (later Columbia/HCA), a chain of hospitals; Governor of Florida, 2011-19. Evangelical Christian. Still living as of 2019.   Relatives: Son of Orba Scott and Esther Scott; married 1972 to Frances Annette 'Ann' Holland.   See also National Governors Association biography — Wikipedia article

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