John Bartholomew AAS '60 is owner and operator of the Bartholomew Health Care Group, a network of four senior communities in Western New York. He founded the first of these communities, Crest Manor Living and Rehabilitation Center, over thirty years ago. A veteran of the senior living services sector, John has had particular success in the management of financially troubled facilities. From 1978 to 1981, he served as manager-in-bankruptcy of Flower City Nursing Home, turning the facility around from insolvency to licensure compliance and financial readiness for sale to Park Ridge Hospital (the facility is now Unity Living Center, part of Unity Health System). He also operated Braeview Manor Facility in Cleveland, OH through liquidation. 
 
In 1985, he was named Nursing Home Administrator of the Year by the New York State Chapter of the American College of Health Care Administrators. John credits his wife, Mary, and son, A. John Bartholomew II, with his ability to step outside the centers and give back to the community. John is an active member of the New York State Health Facilities Association, having served as president, vice president, and secretary of its ninth district; he is also a fellow of the American College of Health Care Administrators. In addition to his professional affiliations, John sits on the boards of the Alzheimer's Association - Rochester Chapter, EquiCenter, the Genesee Valley Breeders Association, and Rochester Saints and Sinners, Inc. He is also a member of Genesee Country Museum's Sylvester Hosmer Society and a Rochester Rotary Club Paul Harris Fellow. 
 
A 1960 graduate of RIT, John states that the school's co-op work block system allowed him to pay for tuition all on his own. He chose to attend RIT because it was close to his home and his father proudly taught insurance courses at the university. John credits his RIT education with teaching him how to effectively research and find whatever information he needs. He has remained involved with his alma mater throughout the years, sitting on and chairing numerous committees of the Nathaniel Rochester Society, and participating in the College of Business Alumni Advisory Council (now the Saunders College of Business Alumni Advisory Board). John and his wife, Mary, established two scholarships at RIT: the Bartholomew Annual Scholarship for undergraduate students at the Saunders College of Business who have demonstrated a commitment to their education, and the John and Mary Bartholomew Quality Cup Scholarship, for students studying management. The Bartholomews reside in Palmyra, NY.