Thomas Fearn Frist

Dublin Core

Title

Thomas Fearn Frist

Subject

VUMC History, Tennessee History, Cardiology, Vanderbilt Alumni, Internal Medicine

Description

Photographic portrait of Thomas Fearn Frist Sr. Thomas Frist Sr. received his undergraduate education from the University of Mississippi and his medical degree from Vanderbilt University in 1933. In 1968, in partnership with his son, Dr. Thomas Frist Jr., Jack Massey, Gene Kidd, and Henry Hooker, Frist founded Hospital Corporation of America, the largest private operator of health care facilities in the world, taking the company public in 1969. The company merged with Columbia Healthcare Corporation in 1993. 

Creator

VUMC News and Public Affairs

Source

Vanderbilt University History of Medicine Collections Photographic Archive

Date

1968 (circa)

Rights

Copyright is retained by the authors of items in these papers, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.

Type

Still Image

Identifier

514

Item Type Metadata

Original Format

Photographic print

Physical Dimensions

4.75 in. x 6.875 in.

Contribution Form

Online Submission

No

Collection

VUMC People

Citation

VUMC News and Public Affairs, “Thomas Fearn Frist,” VUMC Through Time: A Photographic Archive, accessed August 1, 2026, https://eblthroughtime.library.vanderbilt.edu/items/show/2025.

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