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Frederick Smith cause of death: Here's all on FedEx founder's health issues
Frederick Smith cause of death: Here's all on FedEx founder's health issues

Hindustan Times

time22-06-2025

  • Business
  • Hindustan Times

Frederick Smith cause of death: Here's all on FedEx founder's health issues

Frederick W Smith, the founder of FedEx Corporation, died on Saturday, WREG reported, citing sources. He was 80 years old. Several politicians and close friends of Smith posted tributes on social media, recalling the billionaire as an 'innovator and leader'. Frederick W Smith, founder of FedEx, died on Saturday(X) Smith was born in Marks, Mississippi, in 1944. He earned his degree from Yale before joining the United States Marine Corps. The 80-year-old started FedEx operations in 1973. Fred Smith served as the CEO of the company until 2022. He stepped down and became executive chairman. As chairman, he led 'board governance, as well as issues of global importance, including sustainability, innovation, and public policy', according to FedEx. Senator Brent Taylor called Smith a 'visionary leader and cherished member of our community'. 'I'm deeply saddened to hear about the passing of Fred Smith, a visionary leader and cherished member of our the founder of FedEx, Fred revolutionized global logistics, creating countless jobs and opportunities right here in Memphis. His entrepreneurial spirit, dedication to innovation, and commitment to Memphis will leave a lasting legacy. He truly did Make Memphis Matter to the world.' Senator Marsha Blackburn said: 'As the founder of FedEx, his leadership and innovation transformed global commerce, and he will be remembered for his relentless drive, patriotism, and commitment to service,' Blackburn posted on X. 'His legacy will endure not only through the company he built but through the countless lives he touched. Praying for his wife, children, and family.' What is Fred Smith's cause of death and known health issues? While an official cause of death has not been released yet, it has been revealed that Smith suffered from Legg-Calvé-Perthes syndrome as a child. The bone disease that temporarily crippled him but from which he recovered by age 10, according to In 2008, during George W. Bush's administration, Smith declined an offer to serve as Defense Secretary due to unspecified health concerns.

HEALTH CARE CAREERS FULL OF PROMISE
HEALTH CARE CAREERS FULL OF PROMISE

Yahoo

time29-04-2025

  • Health
  • Yahoo

HEALTH CARE CAREERS FULL OF PROMISE

Students seeking careers in health care field have several options for education here in Tahlequah, from certified nursing assistant to full-fledged medical doctor of osteopathic medicine. Students at Indian Capital Technology Center can receive basic medical training in fields from medical assistant to phlebotomist, which many plan to use as stepping stones. Or they can advance to the goal of orthopedic surgeon. In the second week in April, students at ICTC were in class, learning how to take a patient's blood using a fake arm. 'We are learning phlebotomy, practicing it on the arm, getting prepared for checkoffs,' said Health Careers Certification Instructor Andrea McElmurry. 'In our lab, we have students who are doing their skills evaluation for their CNA, which is certified nursing assistant.' Lilly Dallis practiced a venipuncture for her checkoff. When practicing, a student must put on a tourniquet, pull back the guard that unlocks the needle, find the vein and insert the sharp, Dallis said. 'I want to be a phlebotomist for a while,' Dallis said. 'My final goal is to be a nurse anesthetist, but I want to take it one step at a time.' In the lab, Medical Assistant Instructor Ashley Gower supervised students during a skills evaluation. Serving as a patient named 'Ms. Davis,' Katherine Lugo lay on a hospital bed, allowing Ana Rodriguez to practice her bed-washing skills with Gower, clipboard in hand, doing oversight. Rodriguez demonstrated the proper technique of folding a wash cloth to expose a clean side for each area of the face. This was Rodriguez's final evaluation before her next step on a career path. 'After this, I'll go to the licensed practical nurse class in Muskogee,' Rodriguez said. A career as an orthopedic surgeon starts for Mae-Lee Watts by taking the class in phlebotomy and getting her CMA certification. 'My overall goal is to be a pediatric orthopedic surgeon,' Watts said. 'I have 12 years of schooling – not including residency – to get there. It'll be worth it in the end to be able to help children.' She said her inspiration came from a rare syndrome, Legg-Calvé-Perthes disease, she had as a child. 'There's only one surgeon in our state who can treat this, and I'd like to be one of the surgeons in the future,' Watts said. Her plan is to practice in Oklahoma because there are limited resources, and people drive from all over the state to Oklahoma City to have the surgery for LCPD. 'I can practice in a rural area, and it would be easier for folks who are lower income,' Watts said. 'I'll probably be working with the [Cherokee] Nation. They have a partnership where you can work for them and they pay for your schooling.' Dr. Carla Swearingen, Northeastern State University provost and vice president of Academic Affairs, said within the Gregg Wadley College of Science and Health Professions, a variety of degrees prepare students for careers in health care-related fields. Specific degrees include medical laboratory science, nutritional sciences and dietetics, and nursing – registered nurse, bachelor and master of science nursing. Other fields are occupational therapy, physician assistant, public health and speech-language pathology. The College of Education offers degrees in counseling, psychology, health and human performance, and health and sport science. The College of Liberal Arts offers social work – bachelor's and master's degrees. The College of Business and Technology offers a bachelor of business administration in health organization administration; NSU Oklahoma College of Optometry offers the doctor of optometry degree. 'Graduate and undergraduate certificates are also available in administrative leadership in nursing, global health, nursing education and informatics, nutritional health, public health and leadership, health care administration and information analytics,' Swearingen said. Swearingen said plans are in the works to offer a bachelor's level program that can lead to a speech-language pathology assistant license. In the undergraduate dietetics program, students are prepared for the field of nutrition and dietetics. 'Students gain a deep understanding of how food impacts health and the human body through coursework in biology, chemistry and advanced nutrition,' Swearingen said. The need for health care providers is acute in rural areas of Oklahoma, and the Oklahoma State University College of Osteopathic Medicine is geared to fill this need. The Cherokee Nation partnered with OSU to focus on the shared mission, which is training physicians to meet Oklahoma's health care needs, specifically in the rural and tribal communities, said Dr. Natasha Bray, dean of OSU-COM. 'The primary degree program offered here is the doctor of osteopathic medicine, and people who graduate from this program are fully licensed physicians, and they go from medical school into residency programs,' Bray said. During their fourth year of medical school, they go through audition rotations, Bray said. 'They try to find not only the right specialty that meets their skills, the type of practice environment they want to be in, the type of community, type of patients they want to serve, but whether the cultures of the communities match their aspirations,' Bray said. Last year, the inaugural class of 46 students graduated, and well over 60% stayed in Oklahoma and went into primary care fields. These fields include family medicine, pediatrics, internal medicine and obstetrics and gynecology. 'Family medicine is one that's really important, and there are a lot of pressures going [into this field],' Bray said. 'But when we think about being in a rural community, what's that first contact that someone is going to have with a physician? In most cases, it's a family physician.'

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