Leadership change is something that happens constantly, whether it\u2019s due to promotion, health, or other circumstances. At the Department of Veterans Affairs\u2019 Northern Arizona Medical Center<\/a> (formally known as Whipple<\/a> VA Hospital) in Prescott, Arizona, directors have stayed in their position on average, three to five years. The shortest stint was 22 months, the longest was 16 years and two months. Most former directors moved on and retired elsewhere. However, two former directors, Paul N. Schmoll and Virgil I. McIntyre, either returned to or stayed in Prescott following their retirement. Both men are laid to rest at local cemeteries in the Prescott, Arizona area.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Paul Norman Schmoll was born on June 19, 1917 in Dodge, North Dakota to Paul Bejimin and Vera (Gates) Schmoll.[1]<\/sup><\/p>\n\n\n\n In 1938, Paul graduated from the University of North Dakota with a business administration degree. Later, the Schmoll family moved to Minneapolis, Minnesota. Paul worked as an agent for Minneapolis Mutual Life Insurance Company, and then as a budget analyst for Montgomery Ward.[2]<\/sup> It was in Minneapolis that Paul met his wife, Adelaine, a medical technician at the state hospital in Fergus Falls, Minnesota. [3]<\/sup><\/p>\n\n\n\n During World War II, he served in the U.S. Navy as a lieutenant junior grade and was stationed in the Pacific.<\/p>\n\n\n