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EDITORIAL
Publisher/Executive Editor Kristine Russell
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Senior Editor Rick Dana Barlow
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Greetings, my fellow Americans (and all of you devoted readers across the borders and seas).
Citizens of the United States of America head to the polls on November 3 to vote for a variety of incumbents and challengers, but perhaps the most popular contest by far this leap year is whether to extend the term of the 45th
president or elect the 46th the supply chain connections to several 19th president.
century election, you might be surprised to know and 20th
century presidents.
In my private life I’m working on a presidential trivia book set against the backdrop of notable and noteworthy historical events, decisions and crises. As of this writing in early October, I’ve surpassed 900 questions through the Ronald Reagan administra- tion of the 1980s. By the time you may be reading this, I should have cleared more than a 1,000 questions through 2020. You might ask … pffft! Why?
Well, you can learn a lot by “looking backward.” (Yes, that’s a favorable nod to dward ellamys superb sci-fi novel. he personalities. he platforms. he politics. How they mingle and mix – especially those behind-the-scenes deals and previously unknown negotiations between candidates, and the comradeship between past presidents and their contributions to current decisions and trends. ut of presidents to date, fi ve or percent recorded some hands-on roots in supply chain operations, be that in military service or in civilian service as part of, or in the aftermath of, war. our of the fi ve served distinctly as military branch uartermasters – three in the Army and one in the Navy.
No. 18, Hiram U. Grant (you probably know him better as Ulysses S. Grant) (1869- 1877) served as an Army quartermaster during the Mexican War (1846-1848). o. , hester . rthur - served as an rmy state uartermaster fi rst assistant general and then general quartermaster) during the Civil War (1861-1862). No. 25, William McKinley Jr. (1897-1901) served as a quartermaster sergeant during the Civil War, achieving heroic status for driving a supply wagon through Confeder- ate fi re in ntietam to outfi t isolated Union troop units. dditional war-time feats earned him several more promotions – one even from future president Rutherford B. Hayes. McKinley ended as brevet major.
No. 31, Herbert C. Hoover (1929-1933), an engineer by training with a specialty in mining, initially orchestrated and oversaw massive humanitarian aid and relief programs in Europe during World War I, which led to President Woodrow Wilson asking him to lead the American Food Administration through the war and then the American Relief Administration after the war. As Commerce Secretary for Presidents Warren G. Harding and Calvin C. Coolidge, he worked to standardize a variety of industrial commodities to streamline operations and supply chains nationwide. resident arry ruman also recruited oover to help reorganize government bureaucracy following orld ar II as the arshall lan fortifi ed war-torn urope. No. 37, Richard Nixon (1969-1974) worked with supplies as part of the Navy in the outh acifi c in 3 during orld ar II. A number of the early presidents counted farming in their background. Many were lawyers and diplomats and quite a few served as state governors, which granted them management experience.
Not surprisingly, diplomacy, law, management and production/provision (farm- ing and operations) represent key areas that strengthen Supply Chain Management. So the next time you hear someone berate Supply Chain as part of the “Basement Brigade,” be sure to enlighten them about their links to history and greatness. pilogue o. ames . arfi eld archSeptemer may e recorded as the second president assassinated y a ullet ut he actually died from an infection that as traced to his physicians unclean hands and the use of unsterilized instruments. he caveat ememer to ash your hands and than your sterile processing professional colleagues.
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Jimmy Chung, MD, FACS, Associate Vice President, Perioperative Portfolio, Providence St. Joseph Health, Renton, WA; Joe Colonna, Vice President, Supply Chain, Piedmont Healthcare, Atlanta, GA; Karen Conway, Vice President, Healthcare Value, GHX, Louisville, CO; Dee Donatelli, RN, CMRP, CVAHP, Vice President, Professional Services, TractManager, and Principal, Dee Donatelli Consulting, LLC, Overland Park, KS; Melanie Miller, RN, CVAHP, CNOR, CSPDM, Value Analysis Consultant, Healthcare Value Management Experts Inc. (HVME) Los Angeles, CA; Den- nis Orthman, Consulting, Braintree, MA; Janet Pate, Nurse Consultant and Educator, Ruhof Corp.; Richard Perrin, CEO, Active Innovations LLC, Annapolis, MD; Jean Sargent, CMRP, FAHRMM, FCS, Principal, Sargent Healthcare Strategies, Port Charlotte, FL; Rose Seavey, RN, BS, MBA, CNOR, ACSP, Seavey Healthcare Consulting Inc., Denver, CO; Richard W. Schule, MBA, BS, FAST, CST, FCS, CRCST, CHMMC, CIS, CHL, AGTS, Managing Director Synergy Health NorthEast at STERIS Instrument Management Services; Barbara Strain, MA, CVAHP, Principal, Barbara Strain Consulting LLC, Charlottesville, VA ; Deborah Petretich Templeton, RPh, MHA, Chief Administrative Offi cer, System Support Services, Geisinger Health, Danville, PA; Ray Taurasi, Principal, Healthcare CS Solutions, Washington, DC area
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