September 22, 2010
The invocation for September 22 was provided by Lyn Richards. Lyman Whitehead gave us Health and Happiness and led the club in Happy Dollar contributions. Jacqueline Kleynenberg announced that beginning September 29 the club will recognize a student from a local school each month. Maria Hargrave announced that the club will participate in a vocational visit to Trevett’s Direct on October 6. Tim Williams gave a classification talk.
The newest member of the Lake Murray-Irmo Rotary club, Mark Boone, was inducted on September 22, 2010. Mr. Boone is affiliated with Community Roundtable, which is an organization whose purpose is to encourage and enable the entire community to promote positive youth development. We welcome Mark Boone to our club.
Our guest speaker for the morning was Charles D. Beaman, Jr. He is responsible for the system’s overall operations. Mr. Beaman served as president of Palmetto Health from the date of inception, February 8, 1998, until his appointment as the system's CEO and president on January 2, 2007. Prior to the creation of Palmetto Health in 1998, Beaman was president and CEO of Baptist Healthcare System of South Carolina, Inc. where he had worked with the hospital system for 25 years.
Mr. Beaman joined Baptist Healthcare System as a unit manager in 1973. Over the next 15 years, he served in various management positions with increasing responsibilities including director of Unit Management, vice president and executive assistant to the president, executive vice president and CEO of Baptist Medical Center and system's chief operating officer. In 1987, he was named president and chief executive officer of Baptist Healthcare System of South Carolina, Inc., formerly South Carolina Baptist Hospitals, Inc.
Mr. Beaman talked briefly on the overall Palmetto Health system, but concentrated most of his remarks on the proposed new 76 bed hospital next to the current Parkridge Surgery Center
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