During 21 years as CEO, from 1967-1988, Mr. Saxton was responsible for bringing the open-heart surgery program to the community.
“What he demanded was if you’re going to have a program, he insisted it be comparable to the very best in the country,” said William R. Host, another former president and CEO of the hospital. “He was not interested in half measures — ever.”
Read the Times Leader’s report on Thomas Saxton.
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