Army-Baylor University
Graduate Program in Health & Business Administration

Selected Alumns:
Classes 1947-1950 Pre Baylor Association

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This section lists selected members of the individual cohorts with information available on the Internet; however, it is not a complete accounting. Included are cohort, branch of service, corps, rank, and biographic sketches (or survey responses if available). Click on the name and symbols to view the biography. Of the classmates who reported information to the Baylor Alumni Records Office, over 3291 students have matriculated since 1951. Not all students were enrolled in the graduate school. It is a two year residential graduate program at Fort Sam Houston, Texas. The average cohort is 42 students. The 1951-1953 cohort was the first to earn the Master of Hospital Administration (MHA) degree from Baylor University. Since 1953, over 88.4% of U.S. military students have graduated. Program outcomes (graduate) statistics are available. Over 1,950 graduate management projects (GMPs) were produced during the one year residency. Of the American students, 78.4% were promoted, and 65.2% made O5 (LTC) or higher. There are 26 graduates who reached the rank of general officer/admiral , 44 students were Senior Executive Service (SES), 145 students earned post-Baylor doctorates , and 22 of the 30 program directors are graduates. Very impressive statistics!

HCA Program Demographics and Outcome Statistics

Descriptive Statistics

Alumni Classes

View the selected alumns:

  • classes 1947 thru 1950
  • classes 1951 thru 1959
  • classes 1960 thru 1969
  • classes 1970 thru 1979
  • classes 1980 thru 1989
  • classes 1990 thru 1999
  • classes 2000 thru 2009
  • classes 2010 thru 2020

    Pre-Baylor University Affiliation:

    Cohort Corps Rank Photo Photo 2 Name and Notes Baylor Degree

    1947 Philip James Buckler; *; @
    1947 Charles Augustus Pendlyshok; *; *; @
    1947 James W. Polkinghorn; CC; @
    1948 Katherine Ball; @
    1948 Ralph Eugene Thompson; *; @
    1949 Douglas Charles Chitwood; @
    1949 Truman H. Coburn; @
    1949 Frederick R. Colman; @
    1949 Margaret Rohl Johnson; @
    1949 Homer Herman Splittgerber; @
    1950 Helen Mae Abramoska; *; @; MSHA
    1950 Ray Bohannan; *; @
    1950 George L. Grow; *; @; MHA
    1950 James W. Howard; @
    1950 Glenn C. Irving; *; @; MHA
    1950 Herman A. Jones; @; MHA
    1950 Florence Judd; *; @; MHA