George Halvorson an American healthcare executive who served as Kaiser Permanente chairman and CEO from 2002?2013 before retiring from the CEO role on July 1, 2013. The Kaiser Permanente board of directors elected Bernard Tyson to the CEO role upon Halvorson's retirement as he is now retired as the chairman of the board of directors of Kaiser Permanante. Halvorson now is the Chair of the First 5 Commission for the State of California. Governor Brown appointed Halvorson to a four year term as Chair. The Commission uses money raised from tobacco taxes to provide support and education to children in California from birth to five years old. Halvorson also is the chair and CEO of the Institute for InterGroup Understanding. The Institute works on issues of racism, prejudice, discrimination and InterGroup stress and conflict. Halvorson has published nine books on health care reform, with the most recent being Ending Racial, Ethnic and Cultural Disparities in American Health Care. Halvorson was chair of the health governors at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. He was also Chair of The International Federation of Health Plans. 

February 28th, 1947 in Minnesota (Age 77)