William Featheringill

He was a graduate of Ramsay High School and a cum laude graduate of Vanderbilt University with a degree in mechanical engineering. After his Navy duty, he continued his education at Columbia University, receiving his law degree in 1969 and his M.B.A in 1970. He then began his career in Birmingham in health care and health-care related industries and was instrumental in the development of Medical Towers, Brookwood Hospital and Medical Center East. In 1973, he co-founded Private Capital Corporation in Birmingham. he established and grew a number of successful companies, primarily in the areas of healthcare, biotechnology, information technology and management systems. Included among those are Complete Health, then the largest HMO in Alabama, now part of United Healthcare, and Macess Corporation, now part of SunGard Data Systems. Most recently, he served as chairman of SuccessEHS, Inc. and Momentum Business Solutions, Inc. and was a director of Southern Research Institute. Formerly, he served on the boards of Altec Industries, Inc., BioCryst Pharmaceuticals and Citation Corporation. A member of the Vanderbilt University Board of Trust, he formerly served as chairman of the athletic committee of the Board and on the executive committee of the Board. In the Birmingham community, he was a member of the Samford University Board of Overseers, the Executive Committee of the Campaign for UAB, the Board of Directors of the Birmingham Museum of Art, the Birmingham Rotary Club, and chairman of the board of The Featheringill Foundation. Survived by his wife Carolyn Burgess Featheringill; daughter Elizabeth Featheringill Pharo and son-in-law Andrew Bernard Ernest Pharo -http://obits.al.com/obituaries/birmingham/obituary.aspx?pid=161639234#fbLoggedOut