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Q&A with John Long, retiring president of Good Samaritan Hospital
By C.R. Roberts
The News Tribune
Long after John Long settles into a new life as an Arizona park docent, amateur astronomer and warm-weather golfer, the gift of his vision will remain at Puyallup’s Good Samaritan Hospital.
Long will retire April 1, thus capping a career that carried him through leadership positions at each of the region’s three health care systems – MultiCare, Franciscan and Group Health.
His path might have been different had he not been such a good high school golfer. A small-town boy – the son of a salesman and a school librarian, the grandson of a coal miner – Long grew up with heartland values that fused hard work, strong faith and service to others.
Read the full story on The News Tribune's website.
Posted on Apr 1, 2011 in
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