106 Leadership 1958–1959 W. CLEMENS “TINY” ANDREEN, DO, FACOFP Born: Sept. 28, 1910; Died: March 31, 1996; Education: Des Moines University College of Osteopathic Medicine (DMUCOM); Graduated: 1935 (AOA Member). A giant of a man, Dr. Andreen preferred to go by his boyhood nickname of “Tiny” and is referred to by that name in many of the recollections of the early founders. He would eventually be responsible for hiring Jack Hank. 1959–1961 RICHARD O. BRENNAN, DO, FACOFP Houston, Texas Born: 1906; Died: 1983; Education: Kansas City University College of Osteopathic Medicine (KCUCOM); Graduated: 1936 (AOA Member). Richard Brennan, DO, FACOFP, has the distinction of being one of only four physicians who served two or more consecutive terms as ACOFP president. (Dr. Wesley Barrett, the first president, served three terms; Dr. Brennan served two terms; Dr. Kirk Herrick served two terms; and, during the COVID-19 pandemic, Dr. Nicole Bixler served two terms.) Dr. Brennan was a native of Maple Hill, Kansas, and earned a graduate degree in pharmacy in 1928 from the Missouri College of Pharmacy in Brunswick, Missouri. Dr. Brennan went on to earn a DO degree at the Kansas City University College of Osteopathic Medicine in 1936. He served his internship at Bush Hospital in Harper, Kansas, and earned an MD degree from the now defunct Kansas City University of Physicians and Surgeons. Dr. Brennan completed a urology residency in Philadelphia and a urology preceptorship in Kansas City, Missouri. He taught urology, proctology, and toxicology at KCUCOM before moving to Houston, where he founded the Brennan Preventative Medicine Center. 1961–1962 GEORGE ELANJIAN, DO, FACOFP Born: Feb. 2, 1912; Died: Nov. 24, 1995; Education: Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine (PCOM); Graduated: 1944 (AOA Member). 1962–1963 O. KEITH PAULEY, DO, FACOFP Seattle, Washington Born: April 16, 1916; Education: Kirksville College of Osteopathic Medicine (KCOM); Graduated: 1941 (AOA Member). Many of ACOFP’s early leaders attended the Kirksville College of Osteopathic Medicine in Kirksville, MO. KCOM is part of A.T. Still University, which was founded in 1892 by Andrew Taylor Still, MD, DO, and was the first college of osteopathic medical education.
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