Patricia C. Frist | |
Birth Name: | Patricia Champion |
Birth Date: | 28 September 1939 |
Birth Place: | Ridgely, Tennessee, US |
Death Place: | Nashville, Tennessee, US |
Occupation: | Businesswoman, philanthropist |
Children: | Thomas F. Frist, III William R. Frist Patricia Frist Elcan |
Relatives: | Thomas F. Frist, Sr. (father-in-law) Bill Frist (brother-in-law) Charles A. Elcan (son-in-law) |
Patricia Champion Frist (September 28, 1939 – January 5, 2021)[1] was an American businesswoman and philanthropist from Tennessee.
Patricia Champion Frist was born as Patricia Champion in Ridgely, Tennessee in 1939.[2] She was the daughter of Ogden (Harrington) and Garland Ryals Champion.[3]
Frist served as the President of Frist Capital, an investment firm.[4] She served on the Board of Directors of SunTrust Bank from 2000 to 2010.[5] [6]
She served on the board of trustees of the Frist Foundation.[7] Additionally, she served on the boards of directors of the Friends of Warner Park.[8] She also served as an honorary trustee of the Harpeth Hall School.[9]
The Patricia Champion Frist Hall on the campus of Vanderbilt University in Nashville was renamed in her honor in 1998; it houses the School of Nursing.[10]
She was a large donor to the Republican Party. In 1997, she donated US$100,000 to the Republican National Committee.[11]
She was married to Thomas F. Frist, Jr., a billionaire who co-founded the Hospital Corporation of America. They resided in Belle Meade, Tennessee. They had two sons, Thomas F. Frist, III and William R. Frist, and a daughter, Patricia Frist Elcan, who is married to investor Charles A. Elcan.