of Dr. H. Garrett Thompson
Eighth President of Logan University
Friday, the second of May
two thousand and twenty-five
Ten-Thirty in the morning
Logan University
William D. Purser, DC Center
Chesterfield, Missouri
Order of Ceremony
Processional
St. Louis Caledonian Pipe Band
Presiding Master of Ceremony
Kristina Petrocco-Napuli, DC, MS, DHPE, FICC, FACC,
Vice President of the College of Chiropractic
National Anthem
Logan University student, Holly Roberts
Invocation
Gena Kadar, DC, MS, EdL, CNS,
Dean of the College of Nutrition & School of Mental Health
Sonoran University of Health Sciences
Welcome Address
Don Altman, DDS, DHSc, EdD,
Logan University Board of Trustees Chair
Greetings & Well-Wishes
Government Representative, John Simmons, DC, Missouri State Representative
Logan Staff Council Representative, Josh Hutchison, PhD
Logan Leadership Council Representative,
Jeffrey Kamper, DC, MHPE
Logan Faculty Senate Representative,
Jessica Russell, DAT, MS, ATC, CSCS
Logan Student Representative, Holly Roberts
Logan Alumni Representative, Arlan Fuhr, DC, FACC
Introduction of the New President
John Scaringe, DC, EdD, President and CEO of Southern California University of Health Sciences
Presentation of the Chain of Office
& Installation of the President
Don Altman, DDS, DHSc, EdD
Inaugural Address
Logan University President, H. Garrett Thompson, DC, PhD
Benediction
Gena Kadar, DC, MS, EdL, CNS
Closing Remarks
Kristina Petrocco-Napuli, DC, MS, DHPE, FICC, FACC
Recessional
St. Louis Caledonian Pipe Band
Thank you for attending today’s ceremony. A special welcome is extended to the following university presidents and chancellors in attendance today:
Dr. Brian Seiz - University of Health Sciences and Pharmacy
Dr. Carl Cleveland III - Cleveland University
Dr. Deb Bushway - Northwestern Health Sciences University
Dr. Sandra Hughes - Texas Chiropractic College
Dr. Michael Mestan - Northeast College of Health Sciences
Dr. Dennis Marchiori - Palmer College of Chiropractic
Dr. John Scaringe - Southern California University of Health Sciences
H. Garrett Thompson, DC, PhD
Dr. H. Garrett Thompson brings more than 20 years of experience in academic and strategic leadership to the role of President and has been recognized as one of the “Top 100 Leaders in Education.”
Dr. Thompson earned his bachelor’s degree in biology from Reed College and his PhD in biochemistry from Loma Linda University. While serving as an assistant professor at Southern California University of Health Sciences (SCUHS), Dr. Thompson graduated magna cum laude with his Doctor of Chiropractic degree. He was called back to academia and served as the department chair, and later, as the director of student learning outcomes at SCUHS.
In 2013, Dr. Thompson joined Sonoran University, where he has served in a variety of different roles, including Professor and Dean of Instruction, as well as his most recent position of Vice President of Academic Affairs and chief academic officer.
Over the course of his career, Dr. Thompson has volunteered with the Academy of Integrative Health and Medicine, the Council on Naturopathic Medical Education and the American Holistic Health Association. He most recently completed the Wharton Executive Education program for Executive Presence and Influence: Persuasive Leadership Development.
Throughout his career. Dr. Thompson has been recognized for classroom instruction, pre-clinical teaching and excellence in scholarship. He has authored more than 40 research papers, studies and poster presentations and has presented on the topics of preparing for accreditation and cultivating excellence to nutritional therapies and enhancing provider self-care practices to achieve health behavior change in patients.
Logan University Board of Trustees Chair of the Board
Donald S. Altman, DDS, DHSc, EdD Trustees
Kathy A. Boulet, DC, Dipl. Acup (ABCA), FICC
Paul D. Eberline, DC
Amy Gill
Patrick A. Ivey, PhD
Jade Dominique James, MD, MPH
Karen R. Manitsas, DHPE, MS, MPA, PA-C
Stephen C. Marini, DC, PhD
Harry J. Maue, CFE, MBA, JD, LLM, PhD
Tara C. McConkey, CFA
Jan A. Roberts, DC
Rick L. Stevens, FACHE
Xaivier Tipler, DC
Sam Wang, DC
Kurt W. Wood, DC
Steven C. Roberts, JD, LLM, FICC Trustee Emeritus
Julia D. Bartlett, DC Advisory Council
History of Logan University
Named for its president and founder, Hugh B. Logan, DC, Logan opened in 1935 under the name Logan Basic College of Chiropractic. Its first class of seven men and women enrolled that fall and would go on to graduate in 1939.
Between 1958 and 1964, Logan merged with the Carver College of Chiropractic from Oklahoma City and the Missouri Chiropractic College. Following these merges, Logan changed its name to Logan College of Chiropractic.
In 1973, Logan acquired its current residence - 112 acre wooded hilltop and buildings that once housed Maryknoll Seminary – in Chesterfield, Missouri. In 2007, MSNBC named Logan one of “America’s Most Beautiful Campuses.”
In 2013, Logan College of Chiropractic became Logan University to recognize the expanding College of Health Sciences.
Logan is accredited by the Higher Learning Commission of the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools, as well as the Council on Chiropractic Education, and continues to augment academic offerings to meet current health care demands.
Presidential History
Dr. Hugh B. Logan, 1936–1944
Dr. Vinton F. Logan, 1944–1961
Dr. William Coggins, 1961–1979
Dr. Milton T. Morter, Jr., 1979–1980
Dr. Beatrice B. Hagen, 1980–1992
Dr. George A. Goodman, 1992–2013
Dr. J. Clay McDonald, 2013–2025
Land Acknowledgement
Logan University acknowledges that we gather today on the ancestral lands of the Osage Nation, Quapaw Nation, Kaskaskia Tribe and Kickapoo Tribe who were removed unjustly, and that we in this community are the beneficiaries of that removal. We honor them as we live, work and study here at Logan University and thank them for their stewardship of this land.
