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Lincoln Memorial University is a private, non-profit institution owned and controlled by a self-perpetuating Board of Trustees. Board members are elected on the basis of commitment to the programs and purposes of Lincoln Memorial University. Board members receive no remuneration from but work on behalf of the University. The Board establishes the broad guidelines of philosophy and institutional purpose and names the President to carry out their guidelines.

O. V. (Pete) DeBusk, Chairman
Sam A. Mars, Jr., First Vice-Chairman
Gary J. Burchett, Second Vice-Chairman
James Jordan, Third Vice-Chairman
Sam A. Mars, III, Secretary

Art Brill - Martinsville, IN
Gary J. Burchett - Harrogate, TN
George Day - Harrogate, TN
Brian DeBusk - Knoxville, TN
O.V. DeBusk - Powell, TN
Frederick S. Fields - San Francisco, CA
Robert Finley - Chicago, IL
Richard Gillespie - Knoxville, TN
Kenneth Jones - Richmond, VA
James Jordan - Lauderdale By The Sea, FL
Terry Lee - Harrogate, TN
Pete Maples - Sevierville, TN
Sam A. Mars, III - Harrogate, TN
Sam A. Mars, Jr. - Middlesboro, KY
Alan Neely - New Tazewell, TN
Dorothy Neely - Tazewell, TN
Edwin Robertson - Harrogate, TN
John E. Sergent, Alumni Representative - Knoxville, TN
Jay Shoffner - Middlesboro, KY
Joseph C. Smiddy - Wise, VA
Joseph F. Smiddy - Kingsport, TN
Paul Grayson Smith, Jr. - Cleveland, TN
Robert H. Watson - Knoxville, TN
Jerry W. Zillion - Germantown, MD

Edward Hayes, Trustee Emeritus - Oak Lawn, IL
Samuel Spencer, Trustee Emeritus - Lakeland, FL