Former Mercy CEO, community leader Patricia Clare Sullivan dies

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Longtime Greater Des Moines community leader Patricia Clare Sullivan, the former president and CEO of Mercy Medical Center-Des Moines, died Monday near Orlando, Fla., where she lived, after a brief illness, Mercy reported. She was 89. A member of the Iowa Women’s Hall of Fame, Sullivan served on the boards of what is now the Greater Des Moines Partnership and Casey’s General Stores, and was active in many community organizations. She retired in 1993 after 15 years as president and CEO at Mercy, which developed the Mercy Clinics system during her tenure. She also helped establish a new Bishop Drumm Retirement Center in Johnston and House of Mercy on Clark Street. The Sullivan Center on the Mercy College campus opened in 2005 to educate future nurses, health professionals and leaders. Plans for a local remembrance of Sullivan are under discussion.