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    Interview with Villis Vikmanis
    (University of Minnesota, 2013-06-21) Tobbell, Dominique A.; Vikmanis, Villis
    Villis Vikmanis begins his interview with an overview of his education and career. He then reviews in more detail his work for the State, including all of the following: his work in the Budget Division and with Richard Fitzsimons; family practitioners in Minnesota; state funding for the Mayo Medical School; the Legislature's provision of funds for building in the Health Sciences at the University; the power of rural legislators in the State; the need for rural primary care physicians; and his work as coordinator of Executive Affairs in Governor Albert Quie's office. Mr. Vikmanis then discusses all of the following topics in relation to his work at the University: consulting on the University's Cost Containment Taskforce; cost concerns for the Hospital; his work on the Board of Governors for the Hospital from 1984 to 1998; relations between University Hospital and affiliated hospitals; his responsibility for space allocation; lobbying the Legislature; Neal Vanselow's tenure as vice president of the AHC; the leadership of Cherie Perlmutter, Robert Anderson, and William Brody; problems with the ALG program; and the decision to sell the hospital to Fairview. He concludes by reviewing additional key figures in the history of the AHC.