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• BLUE-COLLAR BEGINNINGS
• STARTING HEALTHSOUTH
• A NEW BUSINESS VENTURE
• ROCK 'N ROLL LIFESTYLE
• SCANDAL AT HEALTHSOUTH
• SOURCES FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

Former chairman and chief executive officer, HealthSouth Corporation

Nationality: American.

Born: 1952, in Selma, Alabama.

Education: University of Alabama at Birmingham, BA, 1974.

Family: Son of Gerald Scrushy (cash register salesman) and Grace (nurse); married Leslie (third wife); children: eight.

Career: Lifemark Corporation, 1979–1984, vice president; HealthSouth Corporation, 1984–2003, chairman and chief executive officer.

Awards: Honorary doctorate from Troy...