HealthSouth Corporation Appoints Two New Members To Board Of Directors - 8/17/2004 4:30:00 PM
BIRMINGHAM, Ala., Aug 17, 2004 /PRNewswire-FirstCall via COMTEX/ -- HealthSouth Corporation (OTC Pink Sheets: HLSH) today announced the appointment of Lee Higdon, 58, and John E. Maupin, Jr., D.D.S, 57, to its board of directors and to the special committee of its board of directors, effective immediately. Higdon is president of the College of Charleston in Charleston, S.C. Maupin is president and CEO of Meharry Medical College in Nashville, Tenn.
"Lee and John bring extensive financial, administrative, and healthcare experience to the board," said Bob May, HealthSouth chairman of the board. "We are very pleased to have them join us as new independent directors, and we look forward to their help in continuing to develop HealthSouth's platform for future growth and success."
Prior to moving to Charleston in 2001, Higdon served as president of Babson College in Wellesley, Mass., a leading school of entrepreneurship. He also served as dean of the Darden Graduate School of Business Administration of the University of Virginia, which was ranked among the top five business schools by Business Week and among the top 10 by U.S. News & World Report during his tenure.
His financial experience includes a 20-year tenure at Salomon Brothers, where he became vice chairman and member of the executive committee, managing the Global Investment Banking Division. As a leading investment banker, he initiated and executed four transactions recognized by Institutional Investor as "Deals of the Year."
Higdon sits on the boards of directors of Crompton Corporation, Eaton Vance Corp. and Newmont Mining. He was formerly a board member of Mt. Holyoke College, Bestfoods Corporation, Georgetown University, Brooklyn Museum of Art and Africare. He received an A.B. degree in history from Georgetown University. He earned his masters degree in 1972 from the University of Chicago where he majored in finance.
Maupin served from 1989 to 1994 as executive vice president and chief operating officer for the Morehouse School of Medicine and was executive director and chief executive officer for Southside Healthcare, Inc. prior to joining Morehouse. He also served as deputy commissioner for medical services and assistant commission of clinical health services for the City of Baltimore Health Department.
Maupin serves on the board of LifePoint Hospitals, Inc. and Pinnacle Financial Partners, Inc. In addition, he has served on numerous national scientific and advisory boards, including the National Advisory Research Council of the National Center for Research Resources, National Institute of Health. He currently serves as president of the Association of Minority Health Professions Schools, a member of the U.S. Department of Education's national Committee on Foreign Medical Education Accreditation, and a member of the board of overseers for the Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center. He received a masters of business administration degree from Loyola College and a D.D.S. degree from Meharry Medical College.
About HealthSouth
HealthSouth is the nation's largest provider of outpatient surgery, diagnostic imaging and rehabilitative healthcare services, with locations nationwide and abroad. HealthSouth can be found on the Web at healthsouth.com .
For more information contact Andy Brimmer at 205-410-2777.
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