Glen Haydon, Class of 1954

As President of Mercy International Health Services (MIHS), in Farmington, MI, Glen Haydon serves as an educator and advisor to governments, religious congregations, and individual hospitals. He has worked in Africa, Micronesia, Melanesia, Polynesia, the Middle East, Central and South America, Eastern Europe, New Zealand, Australia, and the Pacific Rim nations.

Glen has over 23 years of experience in hospital operations, having served in a variety of senior administrative positions for the Sisters of Mercy. As Senior Vice President at St. Joseph Mercy Hospital (predecessor of Mercy Medical Center-North Iowa) in Mason City from 1981-1984, he was responsible for the development and administration of a regional health services program that included the management of six other Iowa hospitals.

He brought to MIHS extensive international health care service experience, including medical relief work for the International Committee of the Red Cross, disaster relief work for the United States government and the United Nations, and as a member of the White House Panel on South Asian Relief. Glen formerly worked in advertising and public relations with the Standard Oil Company and as Executive Director of the American Red Cross.

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