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Show V VMC names assistant administrator year, and he chaired committees responsible for the scheduling of fine arts concerts, films ;md lectures, as well as pops concerts. . Bell and his wife. Judy, met whon thov ore hnth attending school in Logan. Mrs. Hell, who is a native of Duchesne, has a U.S. degree in communications, com-munications, specializing in radio and television. The Hells have two young I sons. I LA p Bell, who has a B.S; degree in accounting from Utah State University in Logan, also acts as part-time finance administrator for Gar-, field Memorial Hospital in Panguitch. He comes to VVMC with a good background in hospital accounting. He has worked for Advanced Ad-vanced Health Systems as the business manager of Raleigh Hills Hospital in Salt Lake City. He came to Cedar from Townsend, Mon., where he was assistant administrator ad-ministrator in the management facilities division. The new VVMC finance administrator first became interested in the workings of hospitals at the age of fourteen through a scoutmaster, Ralph Anderton, who was hospital administrator in Richfield at the time. While attending Utah Sate, Bell was employed part-time by Hillside School, a psychiatric treatment center for disturbed adolescents, which had more of a hospital than a school atmosphere. "That experience," ex-perience," he stated, "helped me to know I wanted to apply accounting ac-counting skills toward hospital work. That's how I got started in hospitals, and I love it." Born in Salt Lake City and raised in Richfield, Bell said, "I love rural ; settings and small towns," and he stated' that he is glad to be back in Utah and happy to be ; locating in Cedar City. "1 grew up half on the farm." he stated, adding that his parents were both educators who also engaged in farming. In high school Bell was active in sports football, basketball a and track. He enjoys the out-of -doors and said, "You will find me out hunting and fishing and camping just about every chance I get." While attending Utah State, Bell was student body vice president one Richard J. Bell CEDAR CITY -Richard J. Bell has been named assistant administrator ad-ministrator of finance at Valley View Medical Center. |