Alumni and friends establish scholarship in honor of Louis Gapenski
Louis Gapenski, Ph.D., received a special surprise April 6 when he learned that alumni and friends of the UF department of health services research, management and policy had created the Gapenski Healthcare Finance Scholarship Fund. The scholarship fund recognizes Gapenski’s dedication and service to the field of healthcare finance and will provide financial support for students in the department of health services research, management and policy who are pursuing an interest in healthcare finance.
A professor in the department since 1988, Gapenski wrote the definitive textbook on healthcare finance and is the author of a popular American College of Healthcare Executives self-study program in healthcare finance. His books are used nationally and internationally, having been translated into nine languages. Gapenski and his wife Jane have also been generous financial supporters of the college, establishing professorship and scholarship funds in the department.
“When we endow this scholarship, we honor Lou Gapenski,” said David Hammer, master’s in business administration/master’s in health administration ’87, who helped raise money for the fund. “We also continue his devotion to preparing our future colleagues to lead in ways that maintain a sound financial position for our healthcare delivery system.”