Submitted by Gerald Stevens DC, MS, MPH
Chiropractic Health Care Section Awards Chair
The 2009 APHA awards ceremony demonstrated an outstanding year of service and accomplishments for the members of the Chiropractic Health Care (CHC) Section of APHA. It is important for us to recognize the many people who have significantly contributed to the progress that the CHC Section has made over the years.
Mitchell Haas, DC, MA, received the Lifetime Achievement Award, Paul Dougherty, DC, received the Distinguished Service Award, and the Rising Star Award was given to Claire Johnson, DC, MSEd. Special awards for "Advancing Public Health and Chiropractic" were awarded to three chiropractic college presidents who distinguished themselves by leading the way in establishing support for the public health focus in chiropractic. These were: Dr. John Scaringe (President of Southern California University of Health Sciences), Dr. Frank Nicchi (President of New York Chiropractic College) and Dr. Joseph Brimhall (President of the University of Western States (formerly Western States Chiropractic College), and frequent contributors to the Dynamic Chiropractic Public Health column Drs. Rand Baird and Jonathon Egan.
Five Year Membership Awardees included: Susan Boger-Wakeman, MS, PhD; Thomas M. Labrot, DC; Michael James Masters, DC; and David Wickes, DC. Ten Year Membership Awardees included: Michele J. Maiers, DC, MPH; Douglas P. Manfra, DC, MPH; and John Stites, DC. Twenty Year Membership Awardees included: Martin Jeffrey Alpert, MS, DC; Christopher D Goeser, DC, MD; Marjorie L Harbison, DC; and Teri A Prince, DC.
Certificate of Appreciation Awardees included: John Stites, DC, DABCR - Section Chair, Intersectional Council; Alisa Fairweather, MPH – Secretary; Paul Dougherty, DC - Governing Councilor, Chair Elect, Resolutions Chair; Lori Byrd Spencer - Section Councilor; Jonathan Egan, DC, MPH - Membership Chair, Section Councilor; Elaine Cooperstein, DC - Immediate Past Chair, Intersectional Councilor; Dana Lawerence, DC - MMedEd Program chair; Gerald Stevens, DC, MS, MPH - Chiropractic Health Care Section Awards Chair, Section Councilor; Claire Johnson, DC, MSed - Communications Chair; Raheleh Khorsan, MA - Section Web page Coordinator; Bonnie Hillsberg, DC, MHA - Med Action Board Representative; Mitchell Haas, DC, MA - Section Manual Chair, Resolutions Chair; and Kara Burnham, PhD - Section Newsletter Chair.