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                         JeffNEWS, July 12, 1994
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Health Management Diversity Institute Brings 
Summer Administrative Intern to Jefferson
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   Marc Thompson has come to Jefferson Hospital as a summer
administrative intern through the 12-week Summer Enrichment Program of
the Institute for Diversity in Health Management.

   The institute aims to improve and increase healthcare management
opportunities for minorities and women through internships, classroom
learning and field trips, participation in a structured project and
preparation for standardized admissions tests to healthcare management
programs.

   While at Jefferson, Mr. Thompson works closely with F. Kenneth
Ackerman III, executive associate to the senior vice president for
healthcare administration and hospital chief executive officer, Thomas
J. Lewis.

   Mr. Thompson, who hails from Orlando, just received his MBA with a
concentration in finance from the University of South Florida (USF),
where he earned a bachelor of arts degree in psychology and was a member
of Pi Gamma Mu National Honor Society. He was also assistant comptroller
of the USF Student Government where he distributed more than $2.3
million in activity and service fees to student organizations, while
helping them to maintain their financial responsibility.


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