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title: COUNCIL - FBT - Secondary - Hallmark University Dean Rush Bio
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- Hallmark University Vice-Chairman affiliation
- Air Force pilot path into aviation business leadership including Fairchild Dornier
- Seminary then 15 years as executive pastor
- Executive director of Faith Breakthroughs - Christ into home and workplace
summary: >
  Secondary public biography of Dean Rush from Hallmark University, useful to
  cross-check and enrich the recovered faithbreakthroughs.org leadership page.
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date: "2026-03-30"
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> **Provenance note:** Captured from Hallmark University faculty page (live fetch 2026-08-31). Not Faith Breakthroughs site content; keep as secondary corroboration. Marriage-year wording differs from the GoDaddy leadership page.

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# Dean Rush — Hallmark University

**Role listed:** Vice-Chairman

Dean Rush is proud to be affiliated with Hallmark University. He learned to fly as a teenager, spent 11 years as a pilot in the U.S. Air Force, and then founded a number of aviation businesses. He has worked with American Airlines, Signature Flight Support, and retired as president of Fairchild Dornier, an aircraft manufacturing company.

Mr. Rush obtained his undergraduate degree in psychology from DePauw University and then later received a master’s degree in public administration from Golden Gate University, and a master’s degree in religious studies from Liberty University. Following seminary, he spent 15 years as an executive pastor.

Presently Dean serves as the executive director of Faith Breakthroughs, a non-profit, whose objective is to get Christ into the home and workplace. His current position also involves working with organizations throughout the country about using biblical principles in business.

Dean and his wife, Vickie, have been married for over 51 years and have 2 children and 4 grandchildren.