Pete Bird
Pete, who got his feet wet in journalism as editor of the Pike Hi-Life, went on to major in journalism at Northwestern University, where he ultimately earned a master's degree in newspaper journalism. He moved to Nashville, where he worked for an afternoon daily and married a raven-haired Tennessee girl named Karen Dughman. After working at the "Nashville Banner" for five years, part of that time on Fellowship at Columbia University, Pete changed careers and became a top manager at the Frist Foundation. He has worked at the Foundation for 26 years, the last seven of them as its President. Pete and Karen have two grown children and have been married 29 years.
