Pete DeBusk
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Autry O.V. Pete DeBusk is the owner and chairman of DeRoyal Industries located in Knoxville, Tennessee
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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 and regional sales manager. In 1973 DeBusk patented his first medical product, an orthopedic boot, and founded DeRoyal Industries.
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.
Knoxville, Tennessee
Founded in 1786, Knoxville is the third-largest city in the U.S. state of Tennessee, U.S.A., behind Memphis and Nashville, and is the county seat of Knox County. It is the largest city in East Tennessee, and the second-largest city in the Appalachia region...
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DeBusk was born and raised in Rose Hill, Virginia
Rose Hill, Lee County, Virginia
Rose Hill is a census-designated place in Lee County, Virginia, United States. The population was 714 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Rose Hill is located at ....
, where he graduated from Thomas Walker High School. After graduating from Lincoln Memorial University
Lincoln Memorial University
Lincoln Memorial University is a private four-year co-educational liberal arts college located in Harrogate, Tennessee.LMU's campus borders on Cumberland Gap National Historical Park....
, DeBusk began his career in 1965 as a pharmaceutical salesman and regional sales manager. In 1973 DeBusk patented his first medical product, an orthopedic boot, and founded DeRoyal Industries.
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.