February 2003

Foot Levelers honors four for excellence

Foot Levelers recognized four individuals at the Parker Seminars in Las Vegas for long-standing excellence in chiropractic.

“These awards are a once-in-a-lifetime recognition of outstanding contribution and dedication to different aspects of the chiropractic profession,” said Kent S. Greenawalt, president and CEO. “The recipients of these awards have dedicated years of service to chiropractic.”

The awards included:

• The Golden Achievement Award for Philosophy – Dr. Patrick Gentempo, Jr., DC, president and co-founder of the Chiropractic Leadership Alliance. Gentempo was recognized for “his relentless pursuit of chiropractic excellence and the ability to transfer what’s inside him into his audience.”

• The Golden Achievement Award for Clinical Excellence – Dr. Dick A. Versendaal, DC, the creator of CRA (Contact Reflex Analysis). Versendaal earned this award for “working tirelessly for forty years teaching others and helping thousands of patients worldwide.”

• The Golden Achievement Award for the Advancement of Chiropractic through Publishing Excellence – Joseph D. Doyle, Jr., publisher of Chiropractic Economics. Doyle received the award for ‘helping chiropractic one chiropractor at a time from the business side of the profession.”

• Dr. Monte Greenawalt Chiropractic Excellence Award – Dr. Terry Yochum, DC, DACBR “who has served the chiropractic profession notably with the utmost integrity for many years.” Yochum’s Essentials of Skeletal Radiology, book is used worldwide by chiropractic and medical students alike.

“These awards are 24K gold-plated – and although they are very valuable, the people who received them are priceless,” Greenawalt said of the award recipients.

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