CONWAY — Arthur R. Mathisen, leader of a small community hospital in Morrisville, Vt., will be the new president of Memorial Hospital, it was announced Thursday, following a vote by Memorial's board of trustees on Wednesday night.
Hospital officials say he will begin his duties in the next several months.
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