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BCMS BUILDING
DEDICATION

Fourteen BCMS Presidents and BCMS Real Estate Chairman, Buddy Swift, MD,
BCMS staff pose for a picture. were present to celebrate and congratulate Mr. Fitzer on this very special day.

Bexar County Medical Society Building Named

Stephen C. Fitzer Building

The Bexar County Medical Society the organization faced serious financial chal- from BCMS in 2008.
(BCMS) on Saturday, May 14 held a ceremony lenges, needing reorientation to better serve In 2013, Mr. Fitzer was approached by
honoring former CEO and Executive Director, its members. Because Mr. Fitzer had 20 years BCMS to return and resume his role as CEO
Stephen C. Fitzer, who recently retired. The prior experience as CEO of three different when the position again became available. Mr.
BCMS Board of Directors unanimously voted companies, including Inspectorate America, Fitzer accepted the role. Besides managing the
to name the BCMS headquarters the “Bexar Inc., Professional Service Industries, Inc. and day-to-day operations, Mr. Fitzer was imme-
County Medical Society Stephen C. Fitzer Smith Bucklin and Associates, he was able to diately challenged to find a new home for
Building” after Mr. Fitzer. bring to bear his operational, marketing and BCMS. Over a period of 24 months, Mr.
Mr. Fitzer served the Bexar County Med- financial expertise to the fore to strengthen the Fitzer raised the necessary money, purchased
ical Society for more than 13 years in two dif- organization and put it on solid financial foot- a prime lot on Loop 1604 near NW Military
ferent terms. During his tenure, Mr. Fitzer led ing. In Mr. Fitzer’s first term with BCMS, the Hwy, and constructed an award-winning
the efforts of BCMS to provide its 5,600-plus old BCMS building was sold. That left BCMS building (“Project of the Year” by the Ameri-
physician members with the advocacy and in temporary offices with the intention of con- can Subcontractors Assoc.) and did it all on
tools necessary to meet the healthcare needs structing or buying a new building, one that is budget and on time!
of the citizens of Bexar County. closer to where physician members live and For Mr. Fitzer’s outstanding management
Mr. Fitzer first joined BCMS in 2003 when work. However, Mr. Fitzer chose to retire of the 8th largest county medical society in the

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