Chair of the National Republican Senatorial Committee
In office January 3, 2001 – January 3, 2003
Leader
Trent Lott
Preceded by
Mitch McConnell
Succeeded by
George Allen
United States Senator from Tennessee
In office January 3, 1995 – January 3, 2007
Preceded by
Jim Sasser
Succeeded by
Bob Corker
Personal details
Born
William Harrison Frist
(1952-02-22) February 22, 1952 (age 72) Nashville, Tennessee, U.S.
Political party
Republican
Spouses
Karyn McLaughlin
(m. 1981; div. 2012)
Tracy Roberts
(m. 2015)
Children
3
Parent
Thomas F. Frist Sr. (father)
Education
Princeton University (AB) Harvard University (MD)
Signature
Bill Frist's voice
Bill Frist speaks in support of PEPFAR Recorded May 13, 2003
William Harrison Frist (born February 22, 1952) is an American physician, businessman, conservationist and policymaker who served as a United States Senator from Tennessee from 1995 to 2007. A member of the Republican Party, he also served as Senate Majority Leader from 2003 to 2007. Born in Nashville, Tennessee, Frist studied government and health care policy at Princeton University and earned a Doctor of Medicine degree from Harvard Medical School. He trained as a cardiothoracic transplant surgeon at Massachusetts General Hospital and Stanford University School of Medicine, and later founded the Vanderbilt Transplant Center. In 1994, he defeated incumbent Democratic Senator Jim Sasser.
After serving as Chairman of the National Republican Senatorial Committee, Frist succeeded Tom Daschle as the Senate Majority Leader. Frist helped pass several parts of President George W. Bush's domestic agenda, including the Jobs and Growth Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2003 and the Medicare Modernization Act. Frist left the Senate in 2007, honoring his pledge to serve no more than two terms.
In his post-Senate career, he serves as Chair of the Global Board of The Nature Conservancy.[1] He is also a founding partner of Frist Cressey Ventures,[2] a special partner and chairman of the Executives Council of the health service investment firm Cressey & Company,[3] and co-chair of the Health Project at the Bipartisan Policy Center.[4] He currently hosts the A Second Opinion Podcast[5] on the intersection of policy, medicine, and innovation.
^"Senator Bill Frist Elected Incoming Chair of The Nature Conservancy's Board of Directors". August 16, 2022.
^"Frist Cressey Ventures Team". January 8, 2023.
^"Senator Bill Frist, Special Partner". January 8, 2023.
^"Bill Frist, Senior Fellow, Former Senate Majority Leader, Bipartisan Policy Center". January 8, 2023.
^"A Second Opinion Podcast". asecondopinionpodcast.com/.
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