[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 60 (Thursday, April 23, 2009)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E954]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




   CONGRATULATING CHANDLER BRAMLETT ON THE OCCASION OF HIS RETIREMENT

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                             HON. JO BONNER

                               of alabama

                    in the house of representatives

                        Thursday, April 23, 2009

  Mr. BONNER. Madam Speaker, it is with great pride and pleasure that I 
rise to honor the long and distinguished career of Chandler Bramlett, 
on the occasion of his retirement from Infirmary Health System.
  With a career spanning over 40 years, Chandler has served in 
administrative positions in healthcare facilities in Florida, Georgia, 
Mississippi, and Alabama.
  A native of Mobile and graduate of Murphy High School, Chandler 
received a Bachelor of Science degree in Chemistry from the University 
of Alabama in 1964 and an M.B.A. and Certificate in Hospital 
Administration from the University of Florida in 1996.
  After graduation and before his induction into military service, 
Chandler served as an administrative assistant with Baptist Hospital in 
Pensacola, Florida. Later that same year, he joined the U.S. Public 
Health Service Office in Atlanta where he worked as a health services 
officer at the Division of Medical Care Administration Regional Office. 
Two years later, he was named vice president of the North Mississippi 
Medical Center in Tupelo, Mississippi. In 1972, Chandler returned to 
Alabama as the administrator of Jackson County Hospital and Nursing 
Home in Scottsboro.
  Chandler joined the Mobile Infirmary in 1976, initially as 
administrator of its Rotary Rehabilitation Hospital. In 1978, he was 
named executive vice president. Five years later, he became president/
chief executive officer of Infirmary Health System, which today is the 
largest integrated healthcare delivery system in the Central Gulf Coast 
Region.
  Today, the Infirmary Health System is the fifth largest private 
sector employer in the state. It is the parent company of five 
hospitals and one nursing home in Mobile and Baldwin Counties with 
1,300 licensed beds, including Mobile Infirmary Medical Center, the 
largest not-for-profit acute care hospital in Alabama. Under Chandler's 
leadership, the not-for-profit healthcare system was created, a 
comprehensive partnership with the University of South Alabama's 
Mitchell Cancer Institute was developed, and a scholarship program to 
train nurses was created.
  With more than three decades with the company, Chandler was the most 
senior healthcare executive serving in the state of Alabama at the time 
of his retirement in December 2008.
  Madam Speaker, I ask my colleagues to join me in recognizing a 
dedicated community leader and friend to many throughout Alabama. I 
know his family, his wife, Polly; their daughters, Louise, Susanne, 
Patricia, and Amanda; his many friends; and past and present Infirmary 
Health System employees join me in praising his accomplishments and 
extending thanks for his service over the years on behalf of the city 
of Mobile and the state of Alabama.
  Chandler will surely enjoy the well deserved time he now has to spend 
with family and loved ones. On behalf of a grateful community, I wish 
him the best of luck in all his future endeavors.

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