First Female Dean Named at PCC

Dr. Maxine McMullen, named dean of Chiropractic Sciences at Palmer College of Chiropractic (PCC), becomes the first female dean in the history of the college. Dr. McMullen, a professor in the Diagnosis department, is a 1971 graduate of Palmer and has been a faculty member since 1972. A native of Auckland, New Zealand, she received her RN degree with a minor in maternity nursing and a postgraduate certificate in surgical nursing from the Auckland Hospital Board in 1965. Her teaching interests include chiropractic technique and diagnosis, primarily of pediatrics, obstetrics, and gynecology.

In a move to subsidize its economic development, New York Chiropractic College (NYCC) in conjunction with the Seneca County Industrial Development Agency (IDA) signed a $19.5 million tax-exempt bond issue. The bond issue was underwritten by Smith, Barney, Harris, Upham & Co., and received a Standard & Poor's rating of AA+. The issue was oversubscribed and closed October 17, 1991.

NYCC President Kenneth Padgett characterized the success of the bond issue as symbolic of the support and confidence of the county's financial community.

Alex Kidaloski, executive director of the IDA said: "This enters us into a partnership mutually concerned with improving the economic base of Seneca County, and we are especially pleased to provide the college with the unlimited options and flexibility which this bond issue provides."

A three-year course of study for DCs leading to certification and diplomate status with the ICA's Council on Applied Chiropractic Sciences (CACS) was kicked off in New York January 11-12. Nearly 100 DCs from six states gathered to inaugurate the post-graduate program.

The program is jointly sponsored by CACS, the New York Chiropractic Council, and Life Chiropractic College West.

Dr. Gerard Clum, president of Life West said the program would provide the practicing DC with "an opportunity to acquire greater skills and competencies in a wide range of evaluative, diagnostic, assessment, rehabilitative and adjustive procedures."

The International Academy of Homeopathy and the Toronto Homeopathic Clinic recently started a two-and-a-half year homeopathic practitioner program. The classes are held at York University on the Glendon College campus. The first lectures were held January 18 and 19.

The program is divided into 400 hours of homeopathic instruction and 730 hours of science focusing on environmental medicine. For more information contact: Dianne Kral, executive assistant at (416) 481-8816.

The board of directors at the International Thermographic Society (ITS) recently passed a resolution offering a student membership status for those students enrolled in health profession colleges. The membership would encourage students interested in thermographic diagnosis imaging to learn about the appropriateness, necessity, and accuracy of thermographic studies as they are needed for diagnosis or case management. The $35 fee would entitle the student to attend one seminar a year sponsored by the ITS with no further registration fee necessary. For more information contact: R.G. Habighorst, D.C., D.A.B.C.T., ITS Board of Directors, 226 Main Street, Menasha, WI 54952.

The 67th annual Convocation of the American College of Chiropractors (ACC) was held at the New York Chiropractic College (NYCC) commencement ceremonies on December 8, 1991 at Long Island University.

NYCC trustees Dr. Richard E. Carnival, president of ACC, and Dr. Arnold M. Goldschmidt, secretary/treasurer of ACC, presented ACC fellowships to Dr. Gil Allen, Dr. James W. Parker, and Dr. Wayne Wolfson. They also conferred an honorary degree, Doctor of Humane Letters (Honoris Causa) upon Mr. George Souhan, a member of the Board of Trustees at NYCC and a local leader in business and politics. Membership of the ACC is composed of the most eminent chiropractors, educators, and scientific investigators in the U.S. concerned with encouraging the research and advancement of chiropractic.