January 28, 2004, ST. LOUIS -- The Barnes-Jewish Hospital board of directors named Robert C. Isaacs the new chairman of the Barnes-Jewish Hospital Foundation board of directors for a three-year-term beginning January 1, 2004. Isaacs succeeds Alvin J. Siteman as chairman.

Isaacs has been involved with the former Barnes Hospital and Barnes-Jewish Hospital for more than three decades and was a Charter Member of the Foundation board when it was created in 1996.

He currently serves as co-chair of the Major Gifts Division of the Alvin J. Siteman Cancer Center Capital Campaign and is a member of the Financial Affairs and Gift Development Committees of the Foundation board. Isaacs is also former chairman of the Foundation''s Planned Giving Committee.

In addition to his valuable service as a successful fund-raising volunteer, he and his wife, Karen, are Benefactor Members of the Hospital''s Cornerstone Society—the highest donor level in the Foundation and Charter Members of the Legacy Circle. The Isaacs received the Fellows Award in 1999 for their generosity.

"We are delighted that Mr. Isaacs has accepted the chairmanship of the Foundation board," said C. Ray Holman, Barnes-Jewish Hospital board chairman. "His years of dedicated leadership and support of the hospital and Foundation provide outstanding background for him to lead the Foundation to new heights in the future."

Isaacs retired in 1999 as president and chief operating officer of The Fuller Brush Company and as president of Trebla Chemical Company. In 2001, he retired as senior vice-president and chief operating officer of CPAC, Inc.

For more information please contact Tracee Champa at (314) 286-0670.