July 2006

AHC announces award winners

The Association for the History of Chiropractic’s (AHC) 26th annual Conference on Chiropractic History, held in conjunction with the centennial anniversary homecoming of the National University of Health Sciences, brought about some awards.

The AHC’s annual prize for the best paper was awarded to Jonathan Todd Egan, DC, and his co-authors, Rand Baird, MPH, DC, and Lisa Killinger, DC, for their investigation entitled, “A History of the Chiropractic Section of the American Public Health Association.”

The Association also bestowed its Lee-Homewood Chiropractic Heritage Award on Orval L. Hidde, DC, JD, for his lifetime contributions to the profession and most especially for his role in securing federal recognition of the Council on Chiropractic Education (today’s CCE-USA) from the U.S. Office of Education in 1974.

Also honored at this year’s silver anniversary conference were two of AHC co-founders: Herbert K. Lee, D.C. and James M. Russell, D.C.

In addition to awards, the AHC elected new officers:

Immediate Past President Arthur Lensgraf, DC, will continue to serve on the society’s executive board. Stepping down from the board after many years of dedicated service as board member and officer was P. Reginald Hug, MDiv, DC.

Source: Association for the History of Chiropractic, www.historyofchiropractic.org