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Thomas F. Frist Sr.
Thomas Fearn Frist (December 15, 1910 – January 4, 1998) was an American physician and businessman who co-founded the Hospital Corporation of America.
Thomas Fearn Frist Sr. was born on December 15, 1910, in Meridian, Mississippi, the son of Jennie (Jones) Frist and Jacob C. Frist.
Frist was two years old when his father, railroad stationmaster Jacob Chester Frist, was critically injured pushing an elderly woman and her grandson out of the way of an oncoming train, which then struck him. He later died from his injuries, and was awarded the Andrew Carnegie "Hero Award" and the Medal of Honor for Lifesaving on Railroads for his actions.
Frist received his undergraduate education from the University of Mississippi in 1931 and his medical degree from Vanderbilt University in 1933.
Frist always found innovative ways to make money. To pay for his college tuition at University of Mississippi, he published a football calendar and sold space on it to local stores and other advertisers. He also came up with an idea to provide "play by play" reports to the Ole Miss students who could not travel to the away football games. Using Western Union, Frist had the details of the game transmitted to him at school, where he charged fans a dollar to sit in the gymnasium and listen to his account of the game, announced through a megaphone.
Frist's mother had supported the family by running a boarding house after her husband's death. Later, he followed in her footsteps, running a boarding house for medical students to pay his way through medical school. Frist called it "Pauper's Paradise."
Frist had hoped to become a surgeon, and went to Iowa City for a rotating internship at the various University of Iowa hospitals. However, near the end of his first year of residency, he suffered a collapsed lung which was diagnosed as tuberculosis. He had to drop out of the program, on doctor's orders, for about six months, and ultimately was not able to raise the funds to continue his training. He then returned to Nashville and opened a private practice as a general medical doctor. Frist later took courses from Boston heart specialist Dr. Paul Dudley White, and became the doctor to see in Nashville when patients had heart ailments.
Dr. Frist served as a Major in the U.S. Army Medical Corps during World War II and became chief of medical services for a 1,000-bed hospital.
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Thomas F. Frist Sr.
Thomas Fearn Frist (December 15, 1910 – January 4, 1998) was an American physician and businessman who co-founded the Hospital Corporation of America.
Thomas Fearn Frist Sr. was born on December 15, 1910, in Meridian, Mississippi, the son of Jennie (Jones) Frist and Jacob C. Frist.
Frist was two years old when his father, railroad stationmaster Jacob Chester Frist, was critically injured pushing an elderly woman and her grandson out of the way of an oncoming train, which then struck him. He later died from his injuries, and was awarded the Andrew Carnegie "Hero Award" and the Medal of Honor for Lifesaving on Railroads for his actions.
Frist received his undergraduate education from the University of Mississippi in 1931 and his medical degree from Vanderbilt University in 1933.
Frist always found innovative ways to make money. To pay for his college tuition at University of Mississippi, he published a football calendar and sold space on it to local stores and other advertisers. He also came up with an idea to provide "play by play" reports to the Ole Miss students who could not travel to the away football games. Using Western Union, Frist had the details of the game transmitted to him at school, where he charged fans a dollar to sit in the gymnasium and listen to his account of the game, announced through a megaphone.
Frist's mother had supported the family by running a boarding house after her husband's death. Later, he followed in her footsteps, running a boarding house for medical students to pay his way through medical school. Frist called it "Pauper's Paradise."
Frist had hoped to become a surgeon, and went to Iowa City for a rotating internship at the various University of Iowa hospitals. However, near the end of his first year of residency, he suffered a collapsed lung which was diagnosed as tuberculosis. He had to drop out of the program, on doctor's orders, for about six months, and ultimately was not able to raise the funds to continue his training. He then returned to Nashville and opened a private practice as a general medical doctor. Frist later took courses from Boston heart specialist Dr. Paul Dudley White, and became the doctor to see in Nashville when patients had heart ailments.
Dr. Frist served as a Major in the U.S. Army Medical Corps during World War II and became chief of medical services for a 1,000-bed hospital.
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