Robert "Bob" Hoehl (December 13, 1941 – November 7, 2010) was a co-founder of the software company

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and a Vermont

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. Born in Brooklyn, NY, Hoehl earned a basketball scholarship to

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, where he graduated in 1963 with a degree in

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. After working at

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as a computer programmer, he founded Burlington Data Processing (BDP) in 1969 with Richard Tarrant. BDP ultimately changed its name to IDX Systems Corporation and became a leading provider of software to the health care industry. GE Healthcare purchased IDX in 2005 for $1.2 billion. Hoehl and his wife Cynthia have supported many Vermont organizations, including Community Health Center of Burlington, Preservation Trust of Vermont, Newman Catholic Center at the

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, Lake Champlain Basin Science Center,

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, and Vermont's

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. The Hoehls also funded the Hoehl Welcome Center at

. Hoehl died at his home in

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in 2010 after a six-week hospitalization. He was married to Cynthia Hoehl (died 2016), who also had engaged in philanthropic work in Vermont.

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