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History of
Pima Medical Institute
Founded in 1972 inTucson, Arizona
In January of 1972,
Richard Luebke, Sr.
(fondly known as
Senior) and his wife
JoAnn, a dynamic
husband and wife
team, started Pima
County Medical and
Business Institute.
They rented a 1,600
square-foot space in
a strip mall in Tucson,
Arizona where the institute’s first programs included:
Hotel Front Desk
Hotel Management
General Secretary
Medical Receptionist
Nursing Assistant/Orderly
The most popular program was the Nursing Assistant/
Orderly program (at a tuition cost of $350) and it wasn’t
long before Senior was inundated with requests to
educate Nursing Aides. He began increasing the medical
side of the institute and eventually decided to focus
solely on medical programs. He renamed the school
Pima Medical Institute.
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