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John W. Field
Posted 12/12/06
John W. Field, 91 REHOBOTH BEACH - John W. Field of Rehoboth Beach died Friday, Dec. 8, 2006, in Rehoboth Beach. He was 91. Mr. Field was born in 1915, in Brooklyn, N.Y., son of the late Rev. Herbert …
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John W. Field
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John W. Field, 91
REHOBOTH BEACH - John W. Field of Rehoboth Beach died Friday, Dec. 8, 2006, in Rehoboth Beach. He was 91.
Mr. Field was born in 1915, in Brooklyn, N.Y., son of the late Rev. Herbert Field and Catherine Williamson.
He graduated from Columbia University with an undergraduate degree in civil engineering and a graduate degree in economics. He received an advanced degree in finance from the Wharton School of Business.
Mr. Field served in World War II as an officer in the U.S. Navy.
He was an author, engineer and economist with a distinguished career in the corporate world as a management consultant. His early career was spent as an engineer with Bethlehem Steel and General Motors.
After World War II, Mr. Field became a general management consultant, an associate of Robert Heller & Associates, a partner of Peat Marwick Mitchell & Co., CEO of Medi-Comp, and then president of his own company. As a consultant, he worked at the board level of a dozen Fortune 200 companies and helped with organizational realignment Bowater, Carborundum, Citgo, Convair, the Department of Defense, General Electric, Kaiser Motors, McGraw Hill, New York State, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Navy, Westinghouse and others.
For several years he was a faculty member of the New School for Social Research in New York City and conducted a weekly cable TV show on economics. He wrote a score of magazine articles and produced more than a dozen industry monograms and several books, including "Group Practice Development," a seminal work in the field of medical economics. His development of an economic theory, which he named "Econodynamics," began in the 1970s and resulted in the publication of his major work, "Our Economy: Why It"s Not Working and How to Fix It."
In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by a brother, Herbert; a sister, Catherine; and his first wife, Kathleen Strausbaugh.
He is survived by his wife of 39 years, Linda (Loughton) Field; a daughter, Melissa Field of Atlanta; five children from a previous marriage and their spouses, John H. and Janet Field of Vineland, N.J., Sally and James Sabatino of Wytheville, Va., Stephen and Claire Field of Wallingford, Pa., Sister Jane Field of the Sisters of St. Joseph Convent, Philadelphia, and the Rev. Michael Field of the Queen of Heaven Parish, Cherry Hill, N.J.; eight grandchildren; nine great-grandchildren; four nieces; and three nephews.
Services and burial will be private.
Instead of flowers, the family suggests memorial contributions to Tunnel Cancer Center, 902 Savannah Road, Lewes, DE 19958; or Compassionate Care Hospice, 201B W. DuPont Highway, Millsboro, DE 19966.
Arrangements through Parsell Funeral Homes & Crematorium, Atkins-Lodge Chapel, Lewes.
REHOBOTH BEACH - John W. Field of Rehoboth Beach died Friday, Dec. 8, 2006, in Rehoboth Beach. He was 91.
Mr. Field was born in 1915, in Brooklyn, N.Y., son of the late Rev. Herbert Field and Catherine Williamson.
He graduated from Columbia University with an undergraduate degree in civil engineering and a graduate degree in economics. He received an advanced degree in finance from the Wharton School of Business.
Mr. Field served in World War II as an officer in the U.S. Navy.
He was an author, engineer and economist with a distinguished career in the corporate world as a management consultant. His early career was spent as an engineer with Bethlehem Steel and General Motors.
After World War II, Mr. Field became a general management consultant, an associate of Robert Heller & Associates, a partner of Peat Marwick Mitchell & Co., CEO of Medi-Comp, and then president of his own company. As a consultant, he worked at the board level of a dozen Fortune 200 companies and helped with organizational realignment Bowater, Carborundum, Citgo, Convair, the Department of Defense, General Electric, Kaiser Motors, McGraw Hill, New York State, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Navy, Westinghouse and others.
For several years he was a faculty member of the New School for Social Research in New York City and conducted a weekly cable TV show on economics. He wrote a score of magazine articles and produced more than a dozen industry monograms and several books, including "Group Practice Development," a seminal work in the field of medical economics. His development of an economic theory, which he named "Econodynamics," began in the 1970s and resulted in the publication of his major work, "Our Economy: Why It"s Not Working and How to Fix It."
In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by a brother, Herbert; a sister, Catherine; and his first wife, Kathleen Strausbaugh.
He is survived by his wife of 39 years, Linda (Loughton) Field; a daughter, Melissa Field of Atlanta; five children from a previous marriage and their spouses, John H. and Janet Field of Vineland, N.J., Sally and James Sabatino of Wytheville, Va., Stephen and Claire Field of Wallingford, Pa., Sister Jane Field of the Sisters of St. Joseph Convent, Philadelphia, and the Rev. Michael Field of the Queen of Heaven Parish, Cherry Hill, N.J.; eight grandchildren; nine great-grandchildren; four nieces; and three nephews.
Services and burial will be private.
Instead of flowers, the family suggests memorial contributions to Tunnel Cancer Center, 902 Savannah Road, Lewes, DE 19958; or Compassionate Care Hospice, 201B W. DuPont Highway, Millsboro, DE 19966.
Arrangements through Parsell Funeral Homes & Crematorium, Atkins-Lodge Chapel, Lewes.
