Editing Quest Diagnostics (section)

=== 1996–2000 ===
On December 31, 1996, Quest Diagnostics became an independent company as a [[Corporate spin-off|spin-off]] from [[Corning Incorporated|Corning]].<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1996/11/28/business/corning-to-spin-off-2-subsidiaries-to-shareholders.html |title=Corning to Spin Off 2 Subsidiaries to Shareholders |agency=Reuters|access-date=October 31, 2018 |work=The New York Times|date=November 28, 1996 }}</ref> [[Kenneth W. Freeman]] was appointed as [[CEO]] during this transition.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://bucknellian.net/81788/news/kenneth-w-freeman-college-management-named-25-million-donation/ |title=Kenneth W. Freeman college of management named after $25 million donation |work=The Bucknellian |last=Nicolai |first=Kathryn|access-date=October 31, 2018 |date=February 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.bu.edu/today/2010/kenneth-w-freeman-named-dean-of-smg/ |title=Kenneth W. Freeman Named Dean of SMG |work=BU Today |publisher=Boston University|access-date=October 31, 2018}}</ref> Over the next year, Quest acquired a clinical laboratory division of [[Branford, Connecticut]]–based Diagnostic Medical Laboratory, Inc. (DML).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://phx.corporate-ir.net/phoenix.zhtml?c=82068&p=irol-newsArticle&ID=199488&highlight= |title=Quest Diagnostics Acquires Assets Of Diagnostics Medical Laboratory Inc. |publisher=Quest Diagnostics |access-date=February 15, 2012}}</ref> Two years later in 1999, Quest added [[GlaxoSmithKline|SmithKline Beecham]] Clinical Laboratories to their subsidiaries;<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://seekingalpha.com/article/371261-investors-should-wait-out-quest-and-labcorp |title=Investors Should Wait Out Quest And LabCorp |last=Nouri |first=Paul |date=February 16, 2012 |work=Seeking Alpha|access-date=October 31, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |url=https://hbr.org/2016/02/a-guide-to-being-compassionate-during-layoffs |title=A Guide to Being Compassionate During Layoffs |date=February 25, 2016 |work=Harvard Business Review|access-date=October 31, 2018}}</ref> which includes a joint venture ownership with CompuNet Clinical Laboratory.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.bizjournals.com/dayton/news/2014/10/20/compunet-names-new-ceo.html |title=Compunet names new CEO |website=Dayton Business Journal |date=October 20, 2014|access-date=October 31, 2018}}</ref> The purchase of SmithKline Beecham also included the lab's medical sample transport airline {{Airline codes|<!--no iata-->|LBQ|LABQUEST}} originally founded in 1988.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://arstechnica.com/cars/2020/04/a-look-at-the-airline-that-flies-covid-19-samples-around-the-country/ |work=[[Ars Technica]] |first=Eric |last=Tegler |title=Appearing nightly, the Quest Diagnostics Air Force |date=April 29, 2020}}</ref>

In 1997, Quest and [[Banner Health]] formed a joint venture creating the Arizona based Sonora Quest laboratory, a business unit of Laboratory Sciences of Arizona.<Ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.sonoraquest.com/newsroom/posts/sonora-quest-laboratories-celebrates-20th-anniversary/ | title=Sonora Quest Laboratories Celebrates 20th Anniversary &#124; Newsroom }}</ref> This entity represents the operations of Quest Diagnostics in the Arizona regional market.