Kenneth W. Padgett, DC, former president and chancellor of New York Chiropractic College, was delighted to receive the Paul M. Tullio Award for Distinguished Service to the National Board of Chiropractic Examiners (NBCE) by President Dr. Theodore Scott, NBCE president, and NBCE Treasurer Dr. Donna Craft at the NBCE Annual Business Meeting and Delegates Luncheon in Marco Island, Fla. The award recognizes leaders in chiropractic whose contributions in testing, licensing and legislative issues benefit the chiropractic profession.
Honored to have earned an award named after his friend, Dr. Paul Tullio, Dr. Padgett remarked, "My years of service to this profession arises out my love for it," adding, "I really enjoyed my time at the NBCE and was glad I could contribute."
Dr. Padgett has demonstrated leadership throughout his career: president and chancellor of NYCC, president of the Association of Chiropractic Colleges, president of the American Chiropractic Association, and president of the Association for Chiropractic History. In 2000, he received both the ACA Chiropractor of the Year award and the FCLB George Arvidson Award for Meritorious Service to Chiropractic, and was the recipient of the ACA Meritorious Service Awards to Humanity and Chiropractic several years running.
Source: New York Chiropractic College
When I graduated from chiropractic college in 1981 and started practice, I heard it all, and very little was positive. “You are a quack; you do not know what a subluxation is; you couldn’t get into a real health care program, so you chose the one that is slightly above a mail-order degree; you have no proof that chiropractic works; Are you really licensed?”, and so much more.
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