CAMPUS NEWS
Students Named Intern of the Month at Sherman Health Center
In Memoriam: William Ralph Boone, Ph.D., D.C.
Katy Hughes (January 2011) is a March 2011 graduate from Boiling Springs, PA. She is buying a practice in nearby Carlisle, PA, and hopes to have her practice up and running this summer.
It is with deep sadness that we report the death of Dr. W. Ralph Boone, ’90, former director of research at Sherman College of Chiropractic. He died unexpectedly November 21, 2010, at his residence.
Micah Dunn (December 2010) of Mechanicsburg, PA, will graduate in June. He plans to return to his hometown and join practice with his mother, Pam Dunn, D.C.
“Dr. Boone made a significant impact in the chiropractic profession, particularly at Sherman College,” said Sherman president Jon Schwartzbauer, D.C. “Among his notable contributions to the college were his dedication to research focused on the vertebral subluxation and his passion for bringing together research and philosophy through our International Research and Philosophy Symposium. He loved Sherman College so much. I remember Ralph always commenting on how he thought we had the most beautiful campus of all the chiropractic colleges he had visited.”
Philip R. Jordan (November 2010) is from Aiken, SC. Following graduation in June, he plans to open a private practice. Keith R. Ebner (October 2010) is a March 2011 graduate from Greer, SC. He plans to open a local practice. Brandon Tester (September 2010) is from Hurley, VA. Following graduation in June, he plans to open his own practice in Tennessee.
Hughes
Ebner Palmer
Tester
Dunn
Jordan
Meghan Luttrell Palmer (August 2010) is a December 2010 graduate who now practices in Rogersville, TN.
Boone attained many accomplishments during his lifetime and contributed much to the chiropractic profession along the way. He served as director of research at Sherman from 2004-2009, having retired in August of that year. But that was not Boone’s only service to the college. From 1980 to 1990 he was director of research and computer resources and a professor. His other contributions to the chiropractic profession included his service as president of Southern California College of Chiropractic (1990-94), the editor of the Journal of Vertebral Subluxation Research (1996-2000), acting head of school of the New Zealand College of Chiropractic in Auckland, (1998-2000) and also director of research there, and director of research for the Association of Network Care (2002-2004). Additionally he served as president of an accrediting agency for the profession, the Straight Chiropractic Academic Standards Association (SCASA). Boone also assisted
in developing the Straight Chiropractic Clinical Guidelines. He was instrumental in the development and success of the International Research and Philosophy Symposium (IRAPS) now held annually on the Sherman campus and worked tirelessly to advocate the importance of relevant chiropractic research. “The profession is faced with an ethical imperative to shift its research focus to the vertebral subluxation,” Boone once said. “Engagement in relevant research is essential if the body of knowledge is to increase.” Boone served as a Sherman College Regent for many years, until his retirement, and he was instrumental in securing a grant from the South Carolina Chiropractic Association to study the effects of chiropractic care on local public safety personnel. He was awarded many honors, including being named Chiropractor of the Year by Sherman in 1992, and Faculty Member of the Year in 1989. He also received the award for best research paper at IRAPS 2005. A native of Virginia, he graduated from the College of William and Mary with a B.S. in biology in 1966, the University of Richmond, M.S. in biology in 1968, Ph.D. in biology from the University of South Carolina, in 1974, and the doctor of chiropractic degree from Sherman College in 1990. Boone is survived by his wife, Bonnie Susan (Boswell) Boone; a son, Christopher Charles Boone, and his wife Marijana of Portland, OR; a daughter, Catherine Lanier Boone of Spartanburg, SC; and the mother of Christopher and Catherine, Mary Lou Chipley-Boone of Spartanburg.
STRAIGHT FROM SHERMAN
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