Robert Spence has spent most of his life as a health administrator but also as a Medic and Operating Room Technician during the height of the Vietnam War. In 1967, Robert was drafted into the US Army. For over a year during 1969-1970, Robert served his country in the 3rd Surgical Hospital in the Mekong Delta in Vietnam. When he returned from the war, he obtained his Bachelor’s Degree and a Master’s in Health Administration from the State University of New York at Stony Brook in 1974. He has worked as an OR Tech at St. John’s Hospital in Smithtown, New York as well as a Health Administrator in the Department of Corrections, a hospital administrator in the Clinton Correction Facility during the 1980’s as well as a regional health administrator.