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  1950 - Sam Mills, D.C.
Burlington

Developed chiropractic treatment for infantile paralysis.
Served as Co-Chairman of KCA X-Ray Committee, 1966.
Taught educational seminars for the KCA.

1951 - C. C. Arnett, D.C.
Belleville

Served 4 years on the Kansas State Board of Healing Arts, 1963-1967.
Served as KCA Legislative Chairman, 1951.
Served on KCA Board of Directors, 1944-1945.
Served as KCA Vice President, 1950.

1952 - E. O. Morris, D.C.
Chanute

Served 2 terms as KCA President, 1953-1954.
Served 2 terms as KCA Vice President, 1947-1948.
Served 4 years on the KCA Board of Directors, 1944-1945, 1957-1958.
Appointed to the first KCA Insurance Committee, 1953.

1953 - L. L. Hollingsworth, D.C.
Wichita

Served 2 terms as KCA President, 1955-1956.
Served 2 terms as KCA Vice President, 1953-1954.
Helped form the Kansas Chiropractic Society which eventually led to
greater emphasis being placed on chiropractic education and research, 1957.

1954 - Carl Sutherland, D.C.
Neodesha

Served 2 terms as KCA President, 1957-1958.
Served 6 years on the KCA Board of Directors, 1951-1956.
Served as KCA Legislative Chairman.

1955 - John D. Coursen, D.C.
Manhattan

Served 2 terms as KCA President, 1959-1960.
Served 5 years on the KCA Board of Directors, 1957-1958, 1963-1965.
Leader in effort to unite KCA and the Kansas Chiropractic Society in the early sixties.

1956 - Eldred Browne, D.C.
Kansas City


Served in the Kansas House of Representatives, 1955-1958.
KCA legislative leader and key advisor.
Believed to have been the first African American-DC legislator.
Instrumental in the passage of the Kansas Healing Arts Act
which created the Board of Healing Arts, 1957.
Authored and introduced the definition of chiropractic (K.S.A.65-2871)
under which Kansas chiropractors practice today, 1957.
As a result of his efforts, the Kansas chiropractic scope of practice was changed from “hands only” to a scope that includes diagnosis, X-ray, physiotherapy and nutrition.

1957 - Joe Samskey, D.C.
Kansas City

Appointed by Governor Docking to serve on the original Kansas
State Board of Healing Arts, 1957-1961.
Served as Chairman of the board's chiropractic division.

1958 - J. F. Fallot, D.C., Ph.C.
Wichita

First doctor of chiropractic to be arrested for violating the Kansas
Medical Practice Act, 1910
Only doctor to serve as KCA President in 4 different decades,
1917-1918; 1926; 1931; 1940-1941
Longest length of service as KCA President, 6 years
Served 6 years on the KCA Board of Directors, 1912, 1914, 1919, 1921, 1924, 1928
Served 1 term as KCA Vice President, 1927
Served 1 term as KCA Secretary, 1930
Founder of Kansas State Chiropractic College, 1944
Award of Merit from the National Chiropractic Assn. (ACA), 1953
Honorary Ph.C. degree from Logan College of Chiropractic, 1956
KCA Past President's Award named in his honor, 1997

1959 - H. W. Craig, D.C.
Lawrence

Served as KCA President, 1950
Served as KCA Vice President, 1948
Served 22 years on the KCA Board of Directors, 1930, 1935-1947, 1950-1956, 1959
Longest length of service as KCA Director
Served as KCA Lobbyist
Served on first KCA Insurance Committee
KCA Director's Service Award named in his honor, 1997

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