The Association for the History of Chiropractic held its 29th annual meeting in St. Louis, Missouri, May 22-23, 2010. The winner of this year's prestigious Lee-Homewood Award was Dr. Kerwin Winkler. This is the highest honor the Association bestows.
The criterion is a living person who has made a distinguished career contribution of lasting significance toward the advancement of chiropractic in the scientific and academic communities, and the public acceptance of the profession. The award was presented by Dr. William Holmberg.
The Best Paper award went to Drs. Stephane Provencher and Joseph Unger for their paper, "Sacro Occipital Research Society, International: the Major's Legacy." The award for the best student paper went to Mr. Jacob Spraker for a paper on the 1940s polio epidemic in Wytheville, Virginia
Dr. Kenneth Padgett of New York was elected president of the Association; new board members are Dr. Michael Flynn of Louisiana and Dr. Steven Troyanovich of Illinois.
Dr. P. Reginald Hug presented the AHC with a donation from the ACA and Dr. J. Richard Burns followed with a donation from the ICA.
The purpose of the AHC is the scholarly dissemination of chiropractic history through its conferences and journal, <i>Chiropractic History.</i> Information on membership may be obtained from the executive director at AHC1895@gmail.com. Next year's conference is being planned for Spring 2011 on the East Coast.
Source: Association for the History of Chiropractic
