Timothy Mark Donoho (25 September 1955 – 24 August 2022) was an American entrepreneur, author, and philanthropist. He was the founder of Advantage Dental Health Plans which would eventually be acquired by

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and in this capacity served as the Chairman of the National Association of Dental Plans. He was also the publisher of ''Prime Years News Magazine'', which was Florida's largest

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magazine.

Biography

Donoho was born in

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and resided in the

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area. After leaving the

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in 1977 he joined Pyramid Life Insurance where he rose to the role of National Director of Marketing. In 1984 he left to form Advantage Dental Health Plans.

Business ventures

Donoho founded Advantage Dental Health Plans in 1984. The company was a

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PPO and was sold in 1996 to Safeguard who were later acquired by

. In his capacity as CEO of Advantage Dental he served as chairman of the board of directors of the National Association of Dental Plans (NADP). In his memoir Donoho related how as chairman he lobbied on behalf of the NADP and they donated $500 each to 10 Senators and House members and was able to secure insertion of the exact language the NADP desired for the

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. He said this experience influenced his view of the independence of government from that point on.

Film the Bible

In 1999 Donoho founded Film the Bible, a not-for-profit ministry with the intention of raising 660 million dollars to dramatize the entirety of the Bible as CGI technology matured. For this project he received endorsements from

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JC Watts,

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, and

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Philanthropy

After the

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Donoho chartered a plane, filled it with relief supplies and delivered it to the capital of

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. He served on the South Florida board of trustees for the

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Bibliography

* ''Arguing With God'' (2008) * ''My Utmost: A Memoir'' (2015)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Donoho, Tim 1955 births 2022 deaths 20th-century American male writers American magazine writers American businesspeople Columbia College (Missouri) alumni American Christian writers Writers from St. Louis