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Graham to be chair emeritus of Graham Holdings

Donald E. Graham, majority owner of Arlington County-based Graham Holdings Co. and former publisher of The Washington Post, announced Thursday he would step down as chairman of Graham Holdings, although he plans to remain on the board as chair emeritus starting in May. Longtime board member Anne Mulcahy, former chair and CEO of Xerox Corp., will become the board’s new chair.

Graham Holdings is a conglomerate holding company that owns educational services company Kaplan, the online magazine Slate, seven television stations and other properties. It previously was known as The Washington Post Co., when the Graham family owned Newsweek and the Post, which was sold to Amazon.com founder Jeff Bezos in 2013 for $250 million. Before becoming publisher, Graham was a Post reporter and held several other news and business positions at the newspaper and at Newsweek, which was sold in 2010. Graham’s mother, Katharine Graham, was publisher of the Post from 1963 to 1991, leading the paper during its Watergate coverage; she became publisher following the death of her husband, Phil Graham, who had been publisher since 1946.

Mulcahy, who has served on Graham Holdings’ board for 15 years, was chair and CEO of Xerox from 2001 to 2010, after having joined the company in 1976 as a field sales representative and climbing the ranks.

“Anne has been on the board of Graham Holdings since 2008,” said Graham President and CEO Timothy J. O’Shaughnessy, Graham’s son-in-law. “She knows the businesses and the culture hands down, and we are fortunate to have her acumen and expertise. With Anne as chair and Don as chairman emeritus, the company and its shareholders are in an enviable position.”

Mulcahy is also lead director of Johnson & Johnson and serves on the board for LPL Financial, as well as sitting on the board for Save the Children. She is an executive in residence at Harvard University. “It has been a privilege to serve on the GHC board, which has so capably been led by Don as chair and Tim as CEO,” she said Thursday. “I am honored to serve as the next chair in support of a great management team and an esteemed board of directors.”

Newsweek ranks U.Va. Medical Center top Va. hospital

Newsweek ranked Charlottesville’s University of Virginia Medical Center as the No. 1 hospital in Virginia in its World’s Best Hospitals 2022 guide, which was released March 2.

“Our team members have faced incredible challenges over the past two years during the COVID-19 pandemic, but they have persevered to provide excellent care for all of our patients,” U.Va. Medical Center CEO Wendy Horton said in a statement. “This award from Newsweek is another sign of all they have accomplished in service of our patients.”

The hospital ranked No. 42 in the U.S. and placed within the top 250 hospitals globally.

“This honor from Newsweek reflects the incredible dedication of our entire team as they provide the most advanced, comprehensive care for patients from across Virginia and beyond,” said Dr. K. Craig Kent, CEO of UVA Health and executive vice president for health affairs at U.Va, in a statement. “This is a well-deserved honor for UVA Health.”

Newsweek’s rankings are based on recommendations from more than 80,000 medical experts in 27 countries, patient experience surveys and medical performance indicators such as quality of care, infection-prevention measures and patient safety.

While UVA Medical Center was the only Virginia hospital to rank within the top 250 globally, several other Virginia hospitals made the U.S. rankings:

  1. VCU Medical Center, Richmond
  2. Inova Fairfax Hospital, Falls Church
  3. Inova Alexandria Hospital, Alexandria
  4. Sentara Williamsburg Regional Medical Center, Williamsburg
  5. Virginia Hospital Center, Arlington
  6. Henrico Doctors’ Hospital, Richmond
  7. Sentara Norfolk General Hospital, Norfolk
  8. Inova Fair Oaks Hospital, Fairfax
  9. Inova Loudoun Hospital, Leesburg
  10. Sentara Princess Anne Hospital, Virginia Beach
  11. Sentara Leigh Hospital, Norfolk
  12. Inova Mount Vernon Hospital, Alexandria
  13. Sentara – Martha Jefferson Hospital, Charlottesville
  14. Carilion Roanoke Memorial Hospital, Roanoke