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Chambers named TSU Sorrell College of Business Honorary Alumnus of the Year

   The Sorrell College of Business at Troy State University has honored Rick Chambers of Birmingham, a leading executive in the health-care industry, with its annual Honorary Alumnus of the Year Award.
   Chambers was presented the award recently at a banquet held to culminate the annual spring alumni, parents and friends weekend at TSU. Dr. Tom Ratcliffe, Dean of the Sorrell College of Business, presented Chambers with the award.
   Dr. Ratcliffe explained that Chambers was instrumental in working with the College of Business to develop TSU’s first executive master of business administration degree tailored specifically for a specific firm. TSU began teaching the HealthSouth EMBA via the Internet in 1998.
   "Rick Chambers has worked with the Sorrell College of Business to develop a program that is allowing HealthSouth to grow its next generation of business leaders," Dr. Ratcliffe said. "Together, we have developed a program that’s not only healthcare-specific, but HealthSouth specific."
   The HealthSouth EMBA program currently serves more than 100 students and has produced more than 30 graduates in a little over two years.
   In accepting the award, Chambers said he was impressed with the Sorrell College of Business’ "can-do attitude" and "dedication to academic excellence."
   Chambers currently serves as Senior Vice President of Operations and Administration for Source Medical Solutions, Inc. Prior to joining Source Medical, Mr. Chambers was a Group Vice President of Operations and Administration for the HealthSouth Outpatient Division, Eastern Region.
   Before joining HealthSouth, Chambers served as a hospital administrator for Hospital Management Associates and was President and General Manager of Home Medical Rentals Inc.
   Chambers was also clinical director of The Respiratory Therapy Program, at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, School of Community and Allied Health Resources, where he helped establish the first accredited program for Respiratory Therapy in the State of Alabama.
   Chambers currently serves on the Board of Students in Free Enterprise and is a charter member of Kids Chance Scholarship Committee founded by the Worker’s Compensation section of the Alabama Bar Association.