Kellogg Health Enterprise Management Alumni Club

John W. Bluford ’75, president and CEO of Truman Medical Centers in Missouri, was awarded the Laura G. Jackson award at the Kellogg School’s MacEachern Symposium on May 11. This honor is the Kellogg Health Enterprise Management Alumni Association’s top achievement award and recognizes outstanding Kellogg graduates in the healthcare field. With more than three decades of experience in hospital and healthcare administration, Bluford has served as head of Truman Medical Centers for the past 12 years and has worked for 21 years in leadership positions at Hennepin County Medical Center in Minnesota.

The annual MacEachern Symposium features distinguished speakers and business leaders from around the nation to discuss the most pressing issues in the healthcare industry. This year’s topic was “Re-Forming Healthcare After Health Reform: ACOs and Other Innovations in Healthcare.” The symposium is named after Malcolm T. MacEachern, who in 1943 founded Northwestern’s Hospital Administration Program (now Kellogg’s Enterprise Management program).