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Life University’s Ron Kirk, DC, won highest honor at WFC DC 2017

Chiropractic Economics April 7, 2017

April 5, 2017 – Ron Kirk, MA, DC, now adjunct faculty member in the Chiropractic Sciences Division at Life University (LIFE), received the World Federation of Chiropractic’s (WFC) David Chapman Smith Honor Award at the recent DC 2017 biennial conference. The award is the WFC’s highest honor.

Kirk has been a part of the faculty of the College of Chiropractic at LIFE for 38 years.

Kirk is best known for his work organizing the Straighten Up spinal health promotion initiative. In response to receiving the award, he states, “Thank you to the many faculty, students, departments and administrators at LIFE who participated in developing Straighten Up. Team play carries the day!”

You can view Ron Kirk’s Straighten Up exercise videos on Life University’s YouTube page, YouTube.com/LifeatLIFE

Source: Life University

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