The proposed merger of the National Board of Chiropractic Examiners and Federation of Chiropractic Licensing Boards was approved by NBCE delegates and FCLB members at their respective annual meetings, held jointly in Atlanta, Ga., this year. Per the new bylaws, the new entity takes the NBCE name, with FCLB continuing as a department within NBCE. The federation will continue to enjoy Board of Directors representation on what will be a single, expanded board.
| Digital ExclusiveElection of CCE Officers
On Jan. 22, the Council on Chiropractic Education (CCE) elected new officers for the 1994-96 term.
Elected to the CCE Executive Committee are:
President: Carl Cleveland III, DC
Vice President: William Dallas, DC
Sec./Treasurer: John Allenburg, DC
Chairman of Commission on Accreditation: Marino Passero, DC
Immediate Past President: James Winterstein, DC
Officers of the CCE's Commission on Accreditation were elected Jan. 18-20, at the annual meeting in Atlanta.
Chairman: Marino Passero, DC
Vice Chairman: John Hemauer, DC
Secretary: Meredith Gonyea, PhD
Elected to the CCE Board of Directors and its Commission on Accreditation for three year terms:
Meredith Bakke, DC, appointed by Federation of Chiropractic Licensing Boards
John Pecchia, DC, appointed by CCE institutional presidents
John Hemauer, DC, reappointed to a third term to the Commission by the ACA
The remainder of the board of the CCE Commission on Accreditation is composed of:
John Hofmann, DC
Peter Ferguson, DC
Thurston Manning, DC
Charles Sawyer, DC
The CCE, which was incorporated in 1971, continues to set the educational standards for 14 colleges that serve 11,730 students. The CCE board is comprised of 23 voting members, 14 from member institutions and nine from its Commission on Accreditation. CCE offices are located in Des Moines, Iowa.
The CCE is sponsored and financed by the its member colleges, ACA, ICA, and the Federation of Chiropractic Licensing Boards. The CCE budget approved for 1994-5 is $1,019,764.