Mr. John E. Higgins

* John Higgins has been named vice president and chief financial officer of St. Peter's Hospital, Helena, Mont.He had been system director of planning and analysis at HealthEast Care System, St. Paul, Minn.

John E. Higgins
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JOHN E. HIGGINS
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John E. Higgins has held the position of city clerk in the state capital since 1874, with the exception of one year, and the office of town clerk and registrar of births, marriages, and deaths without interval during the same period.His career in these offices has been one of marked success and satisfaction.While Mr. Higgins is a pronounced democrat in politics, his course as a public official has been so characterized by devotion to the interests of the community, without regard to partisan lines, that men of all parties politically have given him an enthusiastic support at the polls, ensuring his retention in office, no matter how popular a competitor might be in the field against him.The plan of placing his name on both tickets has prevailed for a number of years.Of course, it is impossible to consider majorities under such circumstances.A gentleman whose public career attracts all classes of citizens to his support, irrespective of political affiliations, deserves the heartiest of commendations.It would be a mistake, however, to presume that City Clerk Higgins owes his success simply to good fellowship and affable manners.While he possesses these traits beyond even most public favorites, his reception of the popular suffrage has depended, in the main, on the character and value of his services.There is not a town clerk's office in the state that is more intelligently conducted than the Hartford office.The systematic classification of town records, the order and precision with which the work of the office is managed, and the uniform courtesy with which the public has been treated have made the office the model one in Connecticut.This is not saying a word beyond what the place merits.As city clerk, Mr. Higgins is ex officio clerk of the board of aldermen in Hartford.It is in this capacity that much of his best public work has been accomplished.The journal of the board, which is prepared and printed under the city clerk's hand, is far superior as an official production to the journals of the state legislature.The Year Book, which is also arranged and edited by Mr. Higgins, is sought for far and wide by the municipal governments.Great improvements have been made in both the town and city clerkships during Mr. Higgins's incumbency of these offices.The subject of this sketch was born in New London, June 19, 1844, and received a public school education.At the outbreak of the war he was a teacher in the Portland public schools.This position was resigned for the military service of that period.Mr. Higgins became a member of the Third United States Artillery, and was in the army for three years.He is a prominent member of Robert O. Tyler Post of the Grand Army in Hartford, and has taken an active part in the noted veteran assemblages and demonstrations that have occurred in this city since the war.He is also a member of Green Cross Council, Knights of Columbus, and of the Hartford Lodge of Elks.City Clerk Higgins is a member of the Roman Catholic church in this city, being connected at present with the cathedral parish; but for twenty-five years he was a member and attendant at St. Peter's.The wife of Mr. Higgins, who is held in the most thorough esteem in the community, was Miss Adella E. Collins prior to marriage.
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Mr. Higgins removed to Hartford from New London after the war, and was employed for eight years at the Colt works.He was first elected city clerk in 1874, and from that time until now he has been an occupant of public office and position.

John Higgins is the new Vice President of St. Peter's

John Higgins of Mahtomedi, Minn., has joined the administration of St. Peter's Hospital as Vice President of Finance/Chief Finance Officer.

He is responsible for organizing, planning, directing and evaluating the Hospital's financial functions, providing oversight and direction to budgets and reimbursement, internal audit, financial management and accounting functions, information systems, admitting, and medical records.

Higgins comes to St. Peter's from HealthEast, an integrated delivery system in the Twin Cities, where he worked for the past 10 years, most recently as System Director for Financial Planning and Analysis.The system consists of three acute care hospitals, a long-term rehabilitation hospital, 14 physician clinics with 88 primary care physicians, five nursing homes, a direct-contracting entity, and various for-profit subsidiaries.

Prior to HealthEast, he worked at Wheaton Franciscan Services in Milwaukee, Wisc.; and University Hospital School in Iowa City, Iowa.

Higgins earned his Master's degree in business administration, Master of Arts degree in hospital and health services administration, and Bachelor's degree in business administration at the University of Iowa.He and his wife, Linda, have three children.

St. Peter's is a non-profit, 99-bed community hospital located in Helena, Mont. Established in 1883 by the St. Peter's Episcopal Church parish vestry and the Montana Episcopal Diocese, St. Peter's Hospital is known for comprehensive care and community service.It is dedicated to the values of compassion and caring for all members of the community.

John Higgins

Alumni from as far back as Class of 1937 met and renewed friendships on the Deck of the President's residence on Friday afternoon, May 13th, following the second annual Jon Higgins '59 Memorial Golf Tournament.

John Higgins