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- Last Updated on Thursday, 24 December 2015 04:41
John D. Fry, who served as the former chairman of the Board of Directors of Mon-Vale Health Resources, Inc. (MVHR) and the Board of Trustees of Monongahela Valley Hospital (MVH), was recently honored when a classroom was named and dedicated in his honor on the Hospital’s Carroll Township campus.
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| Standing in front of the newly dedicated John D. Fry Classroom are (l- r) Louis J. Panza Jr., president and CEO of MVH; John Dr. Fry, immediate past chairman; and R. Carlyn Belczyk, current board chairman. |
“With great esteem, we are proud to recognize Jack Fry for his years of board leadership,” said Louis J. Panza Jr., MVH’s president and CEO, as the plaque beside the entrance to the classroom was unveiled.
Mr. Fry was elected to the MVH Board of Directors in 1998 and to the MVH Board of Trustees in 2000. He was elected secretary of both boards in 2005. In 2007, Mr. Fry was elected vice chairman of the two boards. Also during that year, he was honored with the Pallone Award for Dimensions in Board Leadership at the Hospital’s 19th Annual Gala. The award recognized his excellent leadership and dedication to both boards. He was elected chairman of both boards in 2010. His fifth term ended in June 2015. Mr. Fry remains an active member of both boards.
