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National Osteopathic Association Chief to Speak at COM Commencement June 4th
John B. Crosby, J.D., executive director of the American Osteopathic Association, will deliver the address at the University of New England College of Osteopathic Medicine's 24th commencement on Saturday, June 4, 2005.
Crosby will also receive an honorary doctor of laws. Another honorary degree (doctor of laws) will be presented to Vincent Furey, Jr., CEO of Medical Network, Inc. and newly elected chair of UNE's board of trustees. In addition, the College will present its Pioneer of Osteopathic Medicine Medal, the highest honor given by the College, to William Seeglitz, Sr., D.O., one of the medical school's founders.
The College of Osteopathic Medicine, which emphasizes the education of primary care physicians, will graduate 110 osteopathic physicians at its commencement exercises beginning at 9 a.m. at Merrill Auditorium in Portland City Hall. The College is Maine's only medical school and the only osteopathic medical school in New England. To date, the College has graduated more than 1,800 osteopathic physicians, many of them practicing in rural, medically underserved areas in Maine and throughout New England.
Speaker/Honorary Degree Recipients
John B. Crosby, J.D., serves as the executive director of the American Osteopathic Association (AOA), which is based in Chicago, Illinois and represents over 52,000 D.O.s practicing in the United States and throughout the world. As the chief executive officer of the AOA since 1997, Crosby oversees all policy, programmatic and administrative issues for the AOA Board of Trustees, House of Delegates and staff. Prior to joining the AOA, Crosby served as senior vice president for health policy at the American Medical Association (1990-1997); as senior vice president and general counsel to the National Association of Independent Insurers (1983-1989); as the national director of Project HOPE's Center for Health Information (1982-1983); as Congressman Dick Gephardt's administrative assistant in Washington, DC (1977-1981); and as an associate with the St. Louis law firm of Thompson & Mitchell (1972-1976).
Over the past two decades, Crosby has testified before several Congressional and state legislative committees on health care and other issues and has several publications to his credit. He is a member of the American and Missouri Bar Associations, serves on the Board of Directors of the National Health Council in Washington, DC., and is a Fellow of the Institute of Medicine of Chicago.
Crosby is an honors graduate of Ohio State University's College of Law and received his bachelor's degree in history from Washington University in St. Louis (1969).
Vincent Furey, Jr., is the newly elected chair of the University of New England's board of trustees. He had been a Westbrook College/UNE trustee since 1994, and has served as vice chair of the board for five years. Furey has a distinguished resume that bridges the world of business and the world of health care.
He currently holds the position of chief executive officer with Medical Network, Inc. (MedNet), Maine's largest independent preferred provider organization (PPO). The company was formed to assert physician involvement in the development of managed care in Maine by uniting insurers, health-care providers and employers in an effort to improve quality of care and reduce health-care costs. MedNet's provider network is composed of 3,500 physicians and allied health professionals, as well as 150 hospitals and other institutional health care providers. The network serves some 80,000 Maine residents with commercial health-care coverage offered through more than 200 employers.
Furey entered the health-care field as president and CEO of Jackson Brook Institute, an acute care psychiatric hospital in South Portland, Maine. He ran that facility from 1993 to 1997.
Before his tenure in health care, Furey ran two banks and was an executive vice president at a third. His most recent banking job, as president and CEO of The One Bancorp and its flagship bank-Maine Savings Bank-brought him to Maine in 1988. Prior to that he had worked in the banking industry in Pennsylvania.
Furey earned a bachelor's degree in mathematics from Holy Cross College before becoming a lieutenant (naval aviator) in the U.S. Navy. He returned to school to earn an M.B.A. in finance from the University of Pennsylvania Wharton School.
Pioneer of Osteopathic Medicine Medal Winner
William A. Seeglitz, Sr., D.O. retired from his osteopathic family practice in Newton, Massachusetts after more than 50 years of service. He graduated from the profession's founding medical school-Kirksville College of Osteopathic Medicine-in 1950, and did his internship at Massachusetts Osteopathic Hospital. A mid-westerner, he found a new home in New England.
In the early 1970s, Dr. Seeglitz became part of the "discussion group" of physicians that became the New England Foundation for Osteopathic Medicine. NEFOM would go on to become the founding organization of the New England College of Osteopathic Medicine at the newly created University of New England in 1978. Dr. Seeglitz recognized how important this new medical school was for the people of Maine and New England.
He taught his family practice specialty at UNECOM as a visiting clinician. Dr. Seeglitz also made generous financial contributions to the nascent medical school.
In his own practice, Dr. Seeglitz embraced the osteopathic philosophy, and incorporated osteopathic manipulation in all its many and varied aspects. He also contributed to his profession by serving two terms as president of the Massachusetts Osteopathic Society and as the Massachusetts Representative to the American Osteopathic Association's House of Delegates in the 1970s and 80s.
He shared his practice with his son, Dr. William Seeglitz, Jr., for ten years, before retiring and turning over his practice to the next generation of osteopathic physicians. It is notable that the younger Dr. Seeglitz is a 1989 graduate of the University of New England College of Osteopathic Medicine, an institution his father helped to create.
(Press release issued June 1, 2005)
John B. Crosby, J.D., executive director of the American Osteopathic Association, will deliver the address at the University of New England College of Osteopathic Medicine's 24th commencement on Saturday, June 4, 2005.Crosby will also receive an honorary doctor of laws. Another honorary degree (doctor of laws) will be presented to Vincent Furey, Jr., CEO of Medical Network, Inc. and newly elected chair of UNE's board of trustees. In addition, the College will present its Pioneer of Osteopathic Medicine Medal, the highest honor given by the College, to William Seeglitz, Sr., D.O., one of the medical school's founders.
The College of Osteopathic Medicine, which emphasizes the education of primary care physicians, will graduate 110 osteopathic physicians at its commencement exercises beginning at 9 a.m. at Merrill Auditorium in Portland City Hall. The College is Maine's only medical school and the only osteopathic medical school in New England. To date, the College has graduated more than 1,800 osteopathic physicians, many of them practicing in rural, medically underserved areas in Maine and throughout New England.
Speaker/Honorary Degree Recipients
John B. Crosby, J.D., serves as the executive director of the American Osteopathic Association (AOA), which is based in Chicago, Illinois and represents over 52,000 D.O.s practicing in the United States and throughout the world. As the chief executive officer of the AOA since 1997, Crosby oversees all policy, programmatic and administrative issues for the AOA Board of Trustees, House of Delegates and staff. Prior to joining the AOA, Crosby served as senior vice president for health policy at the American Medical Association (1990-1997); as senior vice president and general counsel to the National Association of Independent Insurers (1983-1989); as the national director of Project HOPE's Center for Health Information (1982-1983); as Congressman Dick Gephardt's administrative assistant in Washington, DC (1977-1981); and as an associate with the St. Louis law firm of Thompson & Mitchell (1972-1976).
Over the past two decades, Crosby has testified before several Congressional and state legislative committees on health care and other issues and has several publications to his credit. He is a member of the American and Missouri Bar Associations, serves on the Board of Directors of the National Health Council in Washington, DC., and is a Fellow of the Institute of Medicine of Chicago.
Crosby is an honors graduate of Ohio State University's College of Law and received his bachelor's degree in history from Washington University in St. Louis (1969).
Vincent Furey, Jr., is the newly elected chair of the University of New England's board of trustees. He had been a Westbrook College/UNE trustee since 1994, and has served as vice chair of the board for five years. Furey has a distinguished resume that bridges the world of business and the world of health care.He currently holds the position of chief executive officer with Medical Network, Inc. (MedNet), Maine's largest independent preferred provider organization (PPO). The company was formed to assert physician involvement in the development of managed care in Maine by uniting insurers, health-care providers and employers in an effort to improve quality of care and reduce health-care costs. MedNet's provider network is composed of 3,500 physicians and allied health professionals, as well as 150 hospitals and other institutional health care providers. The network serves some 80,000 Maine residents with commercial health-care coverage offered through more than 200 employers.
Furey entered the health-care field as president and CEO of Jackson Brook Institute, an acute care psychiatric hospital in South Portland, Maine. He ran that facility from 1993 to 1997.
Before his tenure in health care, Furey ran two banks and was an executive vice president at a third. His most recent banking job, as president and CEO of The One Bancorp and its flagship bank-Maine Savings Bank-brought him to Maine in 1988. Prior to that he had worked in the banking industry in Pennsylvania.
Furey earned a bachelor's degree in mathematics from Holy Cross College before becoming a lieutenant (naval aviator) in the U.S. Navy. He returned to school to earn an M.B.A. in finance from the University of Pennsylvania Wharton School.
Pioneer of Osteopathic Medicine Medal Winner
William A. Seeglitz, Sr., D.O. retired from his osteopathic family practice in Newton, Massachusetts after more than 50 years of service. He graduated from the profession's founding medical school-Kirksville College of Osteopathic Medicine-in 1950, and did his internship at Massachusetts Osteopathic Hospital. A mid-westerner, he found a new home in New England.In the early 1970s, Dr. Seeglitz became part of the "discussion group" of physicians that became the New England Foundation for Osteopathic Medicine. NEFOM would go on to become the founding organization of the New England College of Osteopathic Medicine at the newly created University of New England in 1978. Dr. Seeglitz recognized how important this new medical school was for the people of Maine and New England.
He taught his family practice specialty at UNECOM as a visiting clinician. Dr. Seeglitz also made generous financial contributions to the nascent medical school.
In his own practice, Dr. Seeglitz embraced the osteopathic philosophy, and incorporated osteopathic manipulation in all its many and varied aspects. He also contributed to his profession by serving two terms as president of the Massachusetts Osteopathic Society and as the Massachusetts Representative to the American Osteopathic Association's House of Delegates in the 1970s and 80s.
He shared his practice with his son, Dr. William Seeglitz, Jr., for ten years, before retiring and turning over his practice to the next generation of osteopathic physicians. It is notable that the younger Dr. Seeglitz is a 1989 graduate of the University of New England College of Osteopathic Medicine, an institution his father helped to create.
(Press release issued June 1, 2005)
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