Dr. Noerenberg is an owner/manager/practitioner of a family health care practice. He is a member of the American Chiropractic Association, Illinois Chiropractic Association, Illinois Prairie State Chiropractic Association, and Elgin Jaycees, among other organizations. Editor Adams said the selection of Dr. Noerenberg was based not only on his illustrious career, but also for his "long record of achievements and awards for community services."
New Chairman of Chiro Sciences at Parker
Kent L. Boyer, DC, has been appointed chairman for the Parker College of Chiropractic's Center for Chiropractic Sciences. He'll begin his new duties April 1st.
Prior to accepting the position, Dr. Boyer served as assistant professor of chiropractic studies at New York Chiropractic College and was assistant professor of chiropractic science at Parker from 1989-1991. A 1987 Palmer graduate, Dr. Boyer also has a MS in health care administration from the University of Osteopathic Medicine and Health Sciences, and is an MS candidate in public administration at City University in Seattle, Washington.
Dr. Boyer is author of Topographical and Motion Palpation of the Axial Skeleton, and How to Succeed in Chiropractic College, among other texts.
Palmer West Campuses find New Home
"Do You Know the Way to San Jose?"The Palmer College of Chiropractic West (PCCW) campuses in Sunnyvale and Santa Clara will merge and relocate in the summer of 1993 to a new campus at 90 East Tasman, San Jose, California. PCCW President Dr. Peter Martin announced the move and said, "Palmer West is deserving of a home that is truly our own."
Dr. Martin explained that the new building offers better classrooms, more efficient labs, and an improved overall layout.
PCC Establishes First Community Outreach Satellite Clinic
With the help of the local Salvation Army and the Quad-city community, Palmer Davenport plans to open its first Community Outreach satellite clinic this spring. The clinic will be located in a converted apartment building in Davenport purchased by the Salvation Army. There will be faculty offices, a waiting room, three adjusting rooms, a student lounge, an x-ray room, and a lab. The clinic will serve the needs of all the community members, even those without the means to pay for treatment. Dr. Jeanne Black, Community Outreach Director, said, "We have developed a program where anyone is welcome without charge -- the homeless and elderly, and those who just can't afford health care."
Eventually, the clinic will be open four days-a-week, five hours per day, and will increase the number of externs able to participate in the Community Outreach Program by 80 per month. Palmer hopes to hire an additional faculty clinician to take over Dr. Black's current duties, and a chiropractic technologist to oversee the secretarial duties, x-rays, and lab.
PCC Honors Library Archivist
Glenda Wiese, library archivist at Palmer College, will receive the 1993 Murray Gottlieb Prize from the Medical Library Association, for her paper, "Blacks in Chiropractic Education." The prize is awarded to the best unpublished paper written by a health sciences librarian on the history of health sciences.
Ms. Wiese said she chose the topic because she knew little research had been done on the subject. "I found the history of blacks in medical education and the history of blacks in chiropractic education are very similar. Chiropractic was about 20 years behind in accepting and actively recruiting black students." She found that Palmer College was the first chiropractic college with a minority recruiter.
The award will be presented at the annual Medical Library Association convention in Chicago May 19th.
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