[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 139 (Wednesday, October 8, 1997)]
[Senate]
[Pages S10714-S10715]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                             DONALD J. BABB

  Mr. BOND. Mr. President, I stand before you today to pay tribute to 
Mr. Donald J. Babb. Donald recently received the 1997 Shirley Ann 
Munroe Leadership Development Award, by the

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American Hospital Association, a distinction given to the rural 
hospital administrator across the Nation who ``displayed outstanding 
leadership commitment to meet the challenges faced by small/rural 
hospitals.''
  Donald was chosen to be the administrator by the first board of 
directors for the Citizens Memorial Hospital in Bolivar, MO, in the 
early 1980's. With his experience in hospital administration and 
construction, Donald has taken what was once just a dream to new 
heights of reality. In the last 17 years he has built a huge rural 
facility as executive director of the Citizens Memorial Health Care 
Foundation. This facility provides excellent health care to more than 
75,000 individuals in Bolivar and the surrounding areas. The Citizens 
Memorial Health Care Foundation now consists of an acute care hospital, 
three long-term care facilities, a residential care facility, 
independent living apartments, 12 physician clinics, including six 
certified rural health clinics--the first created in Missouri--home 
health, hospice, home medical equipment, homemaker services, a wellness 
and counseling center, a statewide health maintenance organization, and 
an extensive outpatient rehabilitation program. Donald also always 
makes time for his staff, patients, residents, and community members. 
He meets individually with each new employee and makes regular rounds 
of all of his health care facilities in the area.
  It is a privilege to honor Citizens Memorial Hospital Administrator, 
Donald J. Babb, on this well deserved award. I know the hospital will 
continue to improve and grow for years to come. The State of Missouri 
is lucky to have such a facility and I want to express my sincere 
appreciation to Donald Babb, who makes Citizens Memorial Hospital 
excel.

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