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Independent Journal
Monday, Oct. 1, 1984
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GEORGE A. THOMPSON
George A. Thompson of Corte Madera, a former administrator with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, died Saturday at Marin General Hospital after a long illness. He was 64.
Mr. Thompson, a native of Geneva, Iowa, was a longtime resident of Marin.
He retired in 1982 after working several years in Washington, D.C., for the Department of Health and Human Services. He was appointed by then-department secretary Richard Schweiker as associate administrator of operations of the Health Care Financing Administration.
Previously, Mr. Thompson worked for Blue Cross of Northern California as vice president of public and provider affairs. He also had been associate director of hospital and clinics at the University of California at San Francisco. Prior to that, Mr. Thompson was director of finance at Mount Zion Hospital and Medical Center in San Francisco.
He also served as administrator of finance at Children’s Hospital in San Francisco.
Mr. Thompson was a past president of the Northern California chapter of the Hospital Financial Management Association, which presented him with its Reeves Award. He also was a member of the California Hospital Association.
Mr. Thompson is survived by his wife, Bette, of Corte Madera; a son, Brad Thompson of Concord; a daughter, Beth Novicky of Port Angeles, Wash.; his mother, Helen Thompson of Cupertino; two sister, June Thompson of San Francisco and Rosemary Matson of Carmel Valley; and two brothers, John Thompson of Long Island and Alan Thompson of Kelso, Wash.
A private family service will be held.
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