January 11, 2005, ST. LOUIS – The Barnes-Jewish Hospital board of directors appointed seven new members to the Barnes-Jewish Hospital Foundation board, effective January 1, 2005.

New Foundation board members include: S. Bryan Cook, chairman and CEO of First National Bank of St. Louis; Joel D. Cooper, M.D., Evarts A. Graham Professor of Surgery at Washington University School of Medicine and member of the Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery; Peter A. Edison, chairman and CEO of Bakers Footwear Group, Inc.; Douglas O. Kirberg, president of Kirberg Roofing, Inc.; Robert D. Millstone, former president and CEO of Millstone Bangert, Inc., and vice president and secretary of the Millstone Foundation; Kenneth E. Steinback, chairman and CEO of Computer Sales, Inc.; Edith L. Wolff, president of Wolff Construction Company.

"We are delighted to welcome such an impressive group of community leaders to the Foundation board," says W. Frank Elston, CFRE, FAHP, Foundation vice president. "It''s also with great pleasure to announce that 13 members will continue their service for another term. I look forward to working with all our board members in the coming year to raise funds, which will support the hospital in fulfilling its mission to take exceptional care of people."

The hospital board reappointed the following Foundation board members: Andrew B. Craig III, John P. Dubinsky, Susan K. Goldberg, Keith B. Guller, William F. Holekamp, Celia L. Hosler, Franklin A. Jacobs, Edward J. Koplar, Donn H. Lipton, E. Stephens Rand, Herbert E. Rosenbaum, M.D., Norma E. Stern and Harvey N. Wallace.

The mission of Barnes-Jewish Hospital Foundation is to help relieve pain and suffering by providing financial support to enable the hospital to fulfill its purpose. The Foundation raises, manages and disburses the necessary funds to Barnes-Jewish Hospital, which U.S. News & World Report consistently ranks as one of America''s best hospitals.