November 2002

Palmer Chancellor Crawford to Retire,
Florida Campus Opened

Davenport, IA – The Palmer Board of Trustees has accepted Michael E. Crawford’s request to retire, effective July 1, 2003. Crawford has served as chancellor of the Palmer Chiropractic University System since 1991.

“Having been with Palmer the last decade has been an exciting and rewarding time,” said Crawford. “Palmer’s future prospects are bright.”

Crawford, who had extensive experience as an educational administrator for multi-campus institutions before joining Palmer, was hired when Palmer College of Chiropractic in Davenport, Iowa, and Palmer College of Chiropractic West in San Jose, California, were brought together under a single Board of Trustees in 1991.

While declining to speculate on possible Board directives regarding organizational structure for the three campuses once he retires, Crawford said he had “no doubt” there will continue to be a connected and integrated system of colleges. “My retirement in no way signals that the Board is changing its commitment to expanding a unified Palmer Chiropractic speaking with a single voice through the Palmer Chiropractic University System,” Crawford said.

Personal plans after July 1 for him and his wife, Ginger, include remaining in the Quad-Cities for the immediate future, close to their family.

Palmer College also opened a new campus in Port Orange, Florida this month, dubbed Palmer College of Chiropractic Florida (PCCF). The first day of classes was October 7, with 45 students registered.

Classes are being held in the Allen Green Civic Center until construction is completed on the first phase of the permanent campus, expected to be finished in fall 2003. Ultimately, the campus will cover 25 acres in the Port Orange City Center, including a clinic, student union/learning resource center, outdoor gathering spaces and an educational facility tailored to chiropractic curriculum. Enrollment is expected to eventually reach 500 students.

The first faculty members for PCCF are Harry Harrison, DC who will assist in the anatomy labs and teach clinical chiropractic science; V. Ravikumar, M. Pharm., Ph.D will lead the teaching-learning collaboration in basic sciences; and David Seaman, DC will help integrate the basic sciences with the clinical components of chiropractic practice.

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