Richard Elliott Thompson, M.D., of Clearwater, Fla., passed away peacefully Friday, January 27, 2017 after a short illness. Richard was born October 21, 1934, at George Dimmitt Memorial Hospital in Humansville, Missouri.
He was preceded in death by his wife Joan Banks Thompson; parents Guy and Noveta Thompson; and sister Nancy Jones. He is survived by his sons Paul, David, and Gregory; daughters-in-law Diane Thompson and Birgit Wassmuth; grandchildren Eudora, Walker, Joshua and Megan; and great-grandchildren Cali Jo, Elizabeth, Camille, Maddison and Everett; and Lyn Young, Richard's companion in his later years.
Richard attended Greenwood High School (Class of 1951) in Springfield and, at age 18, served as National President of the United Methodist Youth Fellowship. He attended Vanderbilt University (Class of 1955) in Nashville, Tenn., and earned his M.D. at Washington University (cum laude, Class of 1959) in St. Louis.
Dr. Thompson practiced pediatrics in Denver, Colorado. A Vietnam era veteran, Richard served as a Captain in the U.S. Army at Martin Army Hospital on Fort Benning, Georgia. After discharge from the military, Richard became Chief of Pediatric Medicine at the hospital in Columbus, Georgia, where he developed a sub-specialty and created an innovative unit in neonatal intensive care. He also served as a member of the clinical faculty at Emory University's School of Medicine in Atlanta.
In the mid-1970s, Richard began a second career writing accreditation standards for the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Hospitals, now the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations, in Chicago. After serving as a Vice President at the Illinois Hospital Association in Oakbrook, Illinois, Richard was President of Thompson, Mohr and Associates, specialized consultants who updated hospital bylaws to reflect current JCAHO accreditation standards and who worked with hospitals nationwide to prepare for re-accreditation visits.
Richard never really retired. He taught medical ethics online at Drury University. A well-known and prolific writer, Richard authored Healthcare Reform as Social Change (1993), Medical Staff Leader's Practical Guidebook (2003), Think Before You Believe: Modern Day Myths, Questionable Claims, and Uncommon Sense (2005), and So You're On the Ethics Committee? A Primer and Practical Guidebook: 21st Century Practical Ethics Applied to 21st Century Health Care (2007). In Southwest Missouri, Richard published his slice-of-life columns in the Bolivar Herald-Free Press and Springfield News-Leader.
Richard enjoyed singing tenor in church choirs; following college football and basketball; attending theatre plays, especially when son Greg is on stage; posing ethics challenges to son Paul who holds the W.K. Kellogg Chair in Agricultural Food, and Community Ethics at Michigan State University.
He was particularly proud of serving the City of Springfield (2010-2015) as founding chair and member of the Citizens Sales Tax Oversight Committee (CSTOC). Richard's work with this task force was recognized and acknowledged, by resolution, in City Council Bill 2015-123.
interment of ashes at Eastlawn Cemetery.
Published in the News-Leader on Apr. 16, 2017
He was preceded in death by his wife Joan Banks Thompson; parents Guy and Noveta Thompson; and sister Nancy Jones. He is survived by his sons Paul, David, and Gregory; daughters-in-law Diane Thompson and Birgit Wassmuth; grandchildren Eudora, Walker, Joshua and Megan; and great-grandchildren Cali Jo, Elizabeth, Camille, Maddison and Everett; and Lyn Young, Richard's companion in his later years.
Richard attended Greenwood High School (Class of 1951) in Springfield and, at age 18, served as National President of the United Methodist Youth Fellowship. He attended Vanderbilt University (Class of 1955) in Nashville, Tenn., and earned his M.D. at Washington University (cum laude, Class of 1959) in St. Louis.
Dr. Thompson practiced pediatrics in Denver, Colorado. A Vietnam era veteran, Richard served as a Captain in the U.S. Army at Martin Army Hospital on Fort Benning, Georgia. After discharge from the military, Richard became Chief of Pediatric Medicine at the hospital in Columbus, Georgia, where he developed a sub-specialty and created an innovative unit in neonatal intensive care. He also served as a member of the clinical faculty at Emory University's School of Medicine in Atlanta.
In the mid-1970s, Richard began a second career writing accreditation standards for the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Hospitals, now the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations, in Chicago. After serving as a Vice President at the Illinois Hospital Association in Oakbrook, Illinois, Richard was President of Thompson, Mohr and Associates, specialized consultants who updated hospital bylaws to reflect current JCAHO accreditation standards and who worked with hospitals nationwide to prepare for re-accreditation visits.
Richard never really retired. He taught medical ethics online at Drury University. A well-known and prolific writer, Richard authored Healthcare Reform as Social Change (1993), Medical Staff Leader's Practical Guidebook (2003), Think Before You Believe: Modern Day Myths, Questionable Claims, and Uncommon Sense (2005), and So You're On the Ethics Committee? A Primer and Practical Guidebook: 21st Century Practical Ethics Applied to 21st Century Health Care (2007). In Southwest Missouri, Richard published his slice-of-life columns in the Bolivar Herald-Free Press and Springfield News-Leader.
Richard enjoyed singing tenor in church choirs; following college football and basketball; attending theatre plays, especially when son Greg is on stage; posing ethics challenges to son Paul who holds the W.K. Kellogg Chair in Agricultural Food, and Community Ethics at Michigan State University.
He was particularly proud of serving the City of Springfield (2010-2015) as founding chair and member of the Citizens Sales Tax Oversight Committee (CSTOC). Richard's work with this task force was recognized and acknowledged, by resolution, in City Council Bill 2015-123.
interment of ashes at Eastlawn Cemetery.
Published in the News-Leader on Apr. 16, 2017
Richard Elliott Thompson, M.D., of Clearwater, Fla., passed away peacefully Friday, January 27, 2017 after a short illness. Richard was born October 21, 1934, at George Dimmitt Memorial Hospital in Humansville, Missouri.
He was preceded in death by his wife Joan Banks Thompson; parents Guy and Noveta Thompson; and sister Nancy Jones. He is survived by his sons Paul, David, and Gregory; daughters-in-law Diane Thompson and Birgit Wassmuth; grandchildren Eudora, Walker, Joshua and Megan; and great-grandchildren Cali Jo, Elizabeth, Camille, Maddison and Everett; and Lyn Young, Richard's companion in his later years.
Richard attended Greenwood High School (Class of 1951) in Springfield and, at age 18, served as National President of the United Methodist Youth Fellowship. He attended Vanderbilt University (Class of 1955) in Nashville, Tenn., and earned his M.D. at Washington University (cum laude, Class of 1959) in St. Louis.
Dr. Thompson practiced pediatrics in Denver, Colorado. A Vietnam era veteran, Richard served as a Captain in the U.S. Army at Martin Army Hospital on Fort Benning, Georgia. After discharge from the military, Richard became Chief of Pediatric Medicine at the hospital in Columbus, Georgia, where he developed a sub-specialty and created an innovative unit in neonatal intensive care. He also served as a member of the clinical faculty at Emory University's School of Medicine in Atlanta.
In the mid-1970s, Richard began a second career writing accreditation standards for the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Hospitals, now the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations, in Chicago. After serving as a Vice President at the Illinois Hospital Association in Oakbrook, Illinois, Richard was President of Thompson, Mohr and Associates, specialized consultants who updated hospital bylaws to reflect current JCAHO accreditation standards and who worked with hospitals nationwide to prepare for re-accreditation visits.
Richard never really retired. He taught medical ethics online at Drury University. A well-known and prolific writer, Richard authored Healthcare Reform as Social Change (1993), Medical Staff Leader's Practical Guidebook (2003), Think Before You Believe: Modern Day Myths, Questionable Claims, and Uncommon Sense (2005), and So You're On the Ethics Committee? A Primer and Practical Guidebook: 21st Century Practical Ethics Applied to 21st Century Health Care (2007). In Southwest Missouri, Richard published his slice-of-life columns in the Bolivar Herald-Free Press and Springfield News-Leader.
Richard enjoyed singing tenor in church choirs; following college football and basketball; attending theatre plays, especially when son Greg is on stage; posing ethics challenges to son Paul who holds the W.K. Kellogg Chair in Agricultural Food, and Community Ethics at Michigan State University.
He was particularly proud of serving the City of Springfield (2010-2015) as founding chair and member of the Citizens Sales Tax Oversight Committee (CSTOC). Richard's work with this task force was recognized and acknowledged, by resolution, in City Council Bill 2015-123.
interment of ashes at Eastlawn Cemetery.
Published in the News-Leader on Apr. 16, 2017
He was preceded in death by his wife Joan Banks Thompson; parents Guy and Noveta Thompson; and sister Nancy Jones. He is survived by his sons Paul, David, and Gregory; daughters-in-law Diane Thompson and Birgit Wassmuth; grandchildren Eudora, Walker, Joshua and Megan; and great-grandchildren Cali Jo, Elizabeth, Camille, Maddison and Everett; and Lyn Young, Richard's companion in his later years.
Richard attended Greenwood High School (Class of 1951) in Springfield and, at age 18, served as National President of the United Methodist Youth Fellowship. He attended Vanderbilt University (Class of 1955) in Nashville, Tenn., and earned his M.D. at Washington University (cum laude, Class of 1959) in St. Louis.
Dr. Thompson practiced pediatrics in Denver, Colorado. A Vietnam era veteran, Richard served as a Captain in the U.S. Army at Martin Army Hospital on Fort Benning, Georgia. After discharge from the military, Richard became Chief of Pediatric Medicine at the hospital in Columbus, Georgia, where he developed a sub-specialty and created an innovative unit in neonatal intensive care. He also served as a member of the clinical faculty at Emory University's School of Medicine in Atlanta.
In the mid-1970s, Richard began a second career writing accreditation standards for the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Hospitals, now the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations, in Chicago. After serving as a Vice President at the Illinois Hospital Association in Oakbrook, Illinois, Richard was President of Thompson, Mohr and Associates, specialized consultants who updated hospital bylaws to reflect current JCAHO accreditation standards and who worked with hospitals nationwide to prepare for re-accreditation visits.
Richard never really retired. He taught medical ethics online at Drury University. A well-known and prolific writer, Richard authored Healthcare Reform as Social Change (1993), Medical Staff Leader's Practical Guidebook (2003), Think Before You Believe: Modern Day Myths, Questionable Claims, and Uncommon Sense (2005), and So You're On the Ethics Committee? A Primer and Practical Guidebook: 21st Century Practical Ethics Applied to 21st Century Health Care (2007). In Southwest Missouri, Richard published his slice-of-life columns in the Bolivar Herald-Free Press and Springfield News-Leader.
Richard enjoyed singing tenor in church choirs; following college football and basketball; attending theatre plays, especially when son Greg is on stage; posing ethics challenges to son Paul who holds the W.K. Kellogg Chair in Agricultural Food, and Community Ethics at Michigan State University.
He was particularly proud of serving the City of Springfield (2010-2015) as founding chair and member of the Citizens Sales Tax Oversight Committee (CSTOC). Richard's work with this task force was recognized and acknowledged, by resolution, in City Council Bill 2015-123.
interment of ashes at Eastlawn Cemetery.
Published in the News-Leader on Apr. 16, 2017
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