Obituary: Robert Gumbiner, HMO Pioneer and Philanthropist
January 26, 2009 | Read Time: 1 minute
Robert Gumbiner, a physician who founded an early nonprofit health-maintenance organization and later used his fortune to start the Museum of Latin American Art, in Long Beach, Calif., died of cancer last week, reports the Los Angeles Times. He was 85.
In a 2007 interview with the Los Angeles Times, Dr. Gumbiner spoke about the connection between his creation of FHP International, the health organization he founded in 1962, and his museum, which he started in 1996. “I know something about building things,” he said. “In my former career, I built 55 medical centers and four hospitals in nine states.”
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