Rhodes Magazine - Fall 2003 - DLynx at Rhodes College

He is married to the former Brenda Demond Partee,
who is a physician. They have three children.
Dr. Robert R. Waller, president and chairman
emeritus of the Mayo Foundation, joined the board
in January. After receiving his undergraduate degree
from Duke University and graduate degree from
the University of Tennessee College of Medicine,
Waller began his professional career as professor of
ophthalmology and department chair at Mayo Medical
School in Rochester, MN. He served as a board
member of the Mayo Clinic Foundation from 1978-
98; chair of the executive committee from 1988-97;
and president and CEO of the Mayo Foundation from
1988-98.
In 1987, Waller received the Distinguished Alumnus
Award from University of Tennessee and was made
an honorary fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons
in Ireland. In 1992 he received the Medical Executive
Award from the American College of Medical Group
Administrators. Most recently, in 2003, he was inducted
into the Nation's Health Care Hall of Fame.
Waller is a member of numerous professional groups
including the AMA and the Healthcare Leadership
Council. Additionally, he serves as a board member
of Hormel Foods, Union Planters Bank, the Malcolm
Baldridge National Quality Award Foundation and
the Institute for Healthcare Improvement. He is also
a member of the National Advisory Council for the
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.
He is married to the former Sarah Pickens '63. They
have three children. 74
Jim Springfield '51 has shed new
light on the disposition of the quarry
in Bald Knob, AR, which the college
once owned and from where the
stone for the buildings once came
("A Sense of Place," RHODES, summer
2003):
"My father, C.L. Springfield, was
hired by Dr. Diehl as bursar in January
1936. He retired in 1968 after more
Light on Bald Knob
than 32 years as the comptroller, an
expanded job with a different title. He
told me why the college had to quit
using its Bald Knob quarry. The town
of Bald Knob was expanding and after
a certain date the college would no
longer be able to dynamite the stone
from the quarry walls.
"The college had a stockpile of
stone which it had brought to cam-
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pus from its quarry on a railroad
spur that was close to where the war
surplus temporary buildings ('the
shacks') were located. They even
used some of the stone temporarily
for the underpinnings for some of
these buildings. As new buildings
were built, this stockpile was used
up. And now you know the rest of the
story."
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