John Dulany deButts (April 10, 1915 – December 18, 1986) was an American businessman.

[1][2][3] After graduating from high school, he enrolled in the Virginia Military Institute in Lexington, where he studied electrical engineering.

[1][2][3] He objected to the United States federal government's antitrust efforts to break up AT&T.

[2][3] In 1984, he was dismayed by the decision to break up the Bell System's twenty-three operating companies.

[3] In 1976, deButts received the Golden Plate Award of the American Academy of Achievement.