People: Victor M. Richel

Victor M Richel served both Alexian Brothers Hospital and Elizabeth General Medical Center in Board leadership positions beginning in the 1970s. He was Chairman of the Board of Alexian Brothers Hospital during the period leading up to that hospital‘s acquisition by Elizabeth General. He then went on to serve Elizabeth General as a trustee and an influential member of the Finance and Executive committees.

As the long-time Chairman of Union County College’s Board of Governors, he led many initiatives that positively impacted the Elizabeth General Medical Center School of Nursing including the construction of the School’s state of the art facilities in Union College’s Elizabeth I Kellogg building in Elizabeth.

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