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Sumner Murray Redstone (né Rothstein; May 27, 1923 – August 11, 2020) was an American billionaire businessman and media magnate.He was the founder and chairman of the second incarnation of Viacom, chairman of CBS Corporation (both companies merged in 2019, a year before Redstone's death), and the majority owner and chairman of the National Amusements theater chain.
Construction began in 1848, in Hopkinsville, Kentucky, on The Western Kentucky Lunatic Asylum, which began admitting patients in 1854. Later renamed Western State Hospital, the facility currently operates as an inpatient center for the treatment of mental illness. It is on the National Register of Historic Places.
Ballad Health is a chain of hospitals headquartered in Johnson City, Tennessee. [2] It includes facilities in Tennessee and Virginia. Some of its locations are also urgent care centers and primary care locations. [3] They operate a blood bank, named Marsh Regional Blood Center. [4]
In 1876, it was called Eastern Kentucky Lunatic Asylum. On January 2, 1912, the General Assembly, Commonwealth of Kentucky, officially renamed the facility Eastern State Hospital. During the 1960s there was a growth of the community mental health system throughout Kentucky until there was a center in most counties.
In 1962, $3,000,000 was allowed by the state to construct more modern facilities on LaGrange Road. Many of these are still standing. In 1986, a new modern administration facility was completed on property adjacent to the 1960s buildings.
In 1968, Dr. D.P. Culp was appointed president of ETSU, and his stated major goal was to establish a medical school. [3] Other early supporters included U.S. representative Jimmy Quillen, State Representative P.L. Robinson, ETSU Dean of Health John Lamb, Johnson City attorney Mark Hicks, then Speaker of the House Ned McWherter, newspaper publisher Carl Jones, State Senator Marshall Nave, State ...
Fort Loudoun Medical Center (Lenoir City) operated by Covenant Health; Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center (Knoxville) operated by Covenant Health; Franklin Woods Community Hospital (Johnson City) Gateway Medical Center (Clarksville) Gibson General Hospital (Trenton) Hancock County Hospital (Sneedville) Hardin County Medical Center (Savannah)
By 1954, when his son Sumner left his job to work for the company, Redstone owned three drive-in theaters and had hired his son Edward to help with the business. [8] On August 28, 1959, Northeast was reincorporated as National Amusements, Inc. to consolidate the family's ownership interests and make it easier to obtain financing. [10] [11]