East Tennessee State University is getting a big gift to jump start a leadership academy and scholarship fund at the school’s College of Business and Technology. The $150,000 gift comes from Scott Andrew, the co-owner of Tennessee Hills Distillery and the CEO of it’s parent company, Rugged American Spirits, and his father, Dewey Andrew… a longtime entrepreneur who has provided financial support to several North Carolina schools including his alma maters Elon College and the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill. Dewey Andrew also played professional basketball overseas after playing at Elon, where he worked as an associate professor and assistant basketball coach before getting into the beer distributing business in western North Carolina. He has also helped found a bank and serves on multiple business, industry and non-profit boards. The Andrews’ have made a three-year endowment commitment.