John D. Oswald Scholarship Fund

John Oswald graduated from Goshen College in 1964 with a degree in business.  He pursued a career in health care, which he was passionate about.  A visionary and gifted strategic planner, he was dedicated to making wellness work.  In the areas of health promotion and wellness, John

• Initiated the first hospital-based wellness program in the United States and franchised the program to more than 20 health care facilities across the country;
• Managed state-of-the-art preventive medicine and early detection clinics for stress/coronary heart disease for national and international clients;
• Consulted with Fortune 500 companies on stress management programs and redesigning of organizational cultures;
• Redesigned corporate stress management programs, guaranteeing a return of 2:1 on the investment in wellness;
• And developed the first smoke-free hospital workplace in Colorado, among many other accomplishments.

John served in leadership positions with healthcare-related organizations and committees both while employed at medical centers and as he operated his own businesses.  He was also involved with community development and charitable organizations.

When he died in February of 1993, John was a part of the administrative team at Swedish Hospital in Denver.  After John’s death his aunt, Mary E. Oswald, (not to be confused with his mother Mary Oswald) wanted to start building a scholarship in John’s name.  She has worked at setting up this scholarship for over a period of 5 years.  Mary E. was born in 1921 and retired after also spending her life in health care, dealing with medical records administration.