Jack O. Bovender, Jr. is the former Chairman and CEO of Hospital Corporation of America from 2002 to 2009.
Bovender was born in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. He attended high school in King, North Carolina.[1]
Bovender graduated from Duke University in 1967, with an A.B. in psychology and in 1969 with an A.M. in healthcare administration.
He then began his career in hospital administation as a U.S. Navy lietenant stationed at the Naval Medical Center Portsmouth. He continued to work in the health care industry until his retirement in 2009 from Hospital Corporation of America.[2]
Bovender currently teaches at Duke's Fuqua School of Business and he is a member of Lambda Chi Alpha Fraternity.[3]
Bovender and his wife, Barbara, donated $25 million to Duke in 2011.[4]