Nationality American Ex-spouse Dorothy Frist Name Thomas Frist, | Religion Presbyterian | |
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Full Name Thomas Fearn Frist Relatives Thomas F. Frist, III (grandson) Children Thomas F. Frist, Jr., Bill Frist Grandchildren Thomas F. Frist, III, William R. Frist, Bryan Frist, Patricia Frist Elcan, Harrison Frist, Jonathan Frist Similar People Thomas F Frist - Jr, Bill Frist, Jack C Massey, Stephen Pagliuca | ||
Occupation Physician, businessman | ||
2016 HCA Frist Humanitarian Award Recipients
Thomas Fearn Frist Sr. (December 15, 1910 – January 4, 1998) was an American physician and businessman.
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HCA Healthcare Awards of Distinction - Frist Humanitarian Award Recipients
Early life
Thomas Fearn Frist Sr. was born on December 15, 1910 in Meridian, Mississippi, the son of Jennie (Jones) Frist and Jacob C. Frist. He received his undergraduate education from the University of Mississippi and his medical degree from Vanderbilt University.
Career
Frist began his career as a cardiologist in the Nashville area. In 1968, with his son, Dr. Thomas F. Frist Jr., and Jack C. Massey, who helped Harland Sanders create the Kentucky fried chicken chain, he co-founded Hospital Corporation of America (HCA), the largest private operator of health care facilities in the world, taking the company public in 1969. He is widely regarded as "the father of the modern for-profit hospital system" in the U.S.
Personal life
He was married to Dorothy Cate, and they had three sons and two daughters: Thomas F. Frist Jr. (physician/businessman/philanthropist); Robert A. Frist (physician); Bill Frist (physician/U.S. Senator); Dorothy F. Boensch; and Mary F. Barfield.
Death
He died in Nashville on January 4, 1998.
