From left are Gerard Clum, DC, Claire Johnson, DC, MSEd, and Foot Levelers’ President and CEO, Kent S. Greenawalt.

Claire Johnson, DC, MSEd, received the Golden Achievement Award for Chiropractic Research. Johnson is a clinical professor at the Southern California University of Health Science; and she is the editor of the National University of Health Sciences’ Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics, Journal of Chiropractic Medicine, and Journal of Chiropractic Humanities. She is currently the chair of the Chiropractic Research Journal Editors’ Council.

Gerard Clum, DC, president of Life Chiropractic College West, received the Golden Achievement Award for Chiropractic Philosophy. Clum, who has been the college’s president for more than 24 years, has also served on the boards of the Association of Chiropractic Colleges, International Chiropractors Association, Council on Chiropractic Education, Foundation for Chiropractic Progress, and World Federation of Chiropractic.

“The impact to the profession that these individuals have made, both individually and collectively, is immeasurable,” Greenawalt says. “It is a privilege to recognize the wealth of talent that they embody.”

Jeffrey Solomon, DC, DACBSP

Solomon, who has focused on sports chiropractic since being a student athlete, is the current president of the American Chiropractic Association Council on Sports Injuries and Physical Fitness.

A veteran chiropractor for more than 20 years, Solomon will chair a 22-member board responsible for the development of the FCA’s policy on such issues as public education, benefit programs, and access to care.

“While at the reins of the FCA, I plan to continue to push the importance of chiropractic as a mainstream profession and not as an alternative form of health care,” Solomon says.

“Everyone has a dentist that maintains oral hygiene. Everyone should have a chiropractor to maintain the body and keep it in top physical condition.”

Soloman is also past president of the Miami-Dade County Chiropractic Society.

He also serves as a consultant to various government, education, and sports organizations.

“We are grateful for the financial support from the Carolyn Foundation,” says Tolu Oyelowo, DC, associate professor and chair of Northwestern’s Diversity Commission. “We are also grateful for the dedication of the outstanding Northwestern faculty and the leadership demonstrated by Northwestern students, who served as mentors to the program participants.”

The academy’s purposes are to build relationships with minority communities, to offer life-changing experiences for students who may have very few role models in the sciences, and to enhance the cultural competency at Northwestern.