Pete DeBusk

Autry O.V. Pete DeBusk is the owner and chairman of DeRoyal Industries located in Knoxville, Tennessee.[1]

DeBusk was born and raised in Rose Hill, Virginia, where he graduated from Thomas Walker High School. After graduating from Lincoln Memorial University, DeBusk began his career in 1965 as a pharmaceutical salesman[2] and regional sales manager.[3] In 1973 DeBusk patented his first medical product, an orthopedic boot, and founded DeRoyal Industries.[4][5]

DeBusk self-published a book in 2013, "The Rabbit's Got the Gun: The Deroyal Industries Story," which recounts his business career.

As the chairman of the Lincoln Memorial University Board of Trustees and a member of MedPAC Commission, DeBusk co-founded the Lincoln Memorial University DeBusk College of Osteopathic Medicine in 2007.[6][7] The Lincoln Memorial University- John J. Duncan, Jr. School of Law, also co-founded by Debusk, was subsequently denied provisional accreditation by the American Bar Association. However, in the Fall of 2015, the law school received provisional accreditation from the American Bar Association. [8]

References
  1. Official WebsiteDeRoyal Executives
  2. Katie Porterfield, DeRoyal Treatment Archived 2010-06-29 at the Wayback Machine, Business TN, April 2008
  3. Spoke Public Records
  4. Genera Energy"Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2010-11-23. Retrieved 2010-11-29.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  5. BusinessTN"Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2010-06-29. Retrieved 2010-11-29.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  6. All Business, A D&B CompanyPublication:Business Wire June 3, 2003
  7. Lincoln Memorial University Official WebsiteAbout LMU-DCOM Archived 2010-11-26 at the Wayback Machine 2010
  8. http://www.knoxnews.com/news/2012/jan/19/judge-denies-lmus-request-to-force-aba-removal/#comments
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