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Lee W. Bewley, PhD, FACHE, is a retired Army of-
ficer, associate professor of healthcare management, and
a board-certified healthcare executive. He is a faculty
member in the Walker School of Business at Webster
University in St. Louis. He has served as the program
director of the Army-Baylor University MHA/MBA program and as
an adjunct faculty member at the University of Texas at San Antonio,
Trinity University and University of the Incarnate Word.
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