108 Leadership He served as president of the Texas Osteopathic Medical Association in 1965 and soon held the honor of president of the Texas Chapter of ACOFP from 1967 to 1968. Dr. Burnett held a prominent position with the AOA Board of Trustees from 1965 to 1970. He was honored twice by ACOFP as Physician of the Year, an accomplishment claimed by no other person. Dr. Burnett was a founding member of the Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine and ACOFP’s Learning Center in Chicago. He was honored in 1984 with the Founder’s Medal. Dr. Burnett was one of few physicians who served as president of both AOA (1984–1985) and ACOFP. He was active in the movement toward recognition of general practice as a specialty. He was a charter ACOFP Fellow and one of the first to be certified. Due to his fervor for medical education, he served as both chair and secretary of American Osteopathic Board of Family Physicians (AOBFP). He was a champion of osteopathic family medicine until his death, and he is memorialized at ACOFP’s headquarters and in the student lounge at Kansas City University College of Osteopathic Medicine. 1968–1969 J.R. FORBES, DO, FACOFP Phoenix, Arizona Born: Nov. 30, 1905; Died: 1988; Education: DMUCOM; Graduated: 1935 (AOA Member). Dr. Forbes was a native of Fort Dodge, Iowa, and a former professional musician. Dr. Forbes earned his DO degree in 1935 from the Still College of Osteopathy (now Des Moines University College of Osteopathic Medicine). He then practiced in Fort Dodge, Iowa, and Sioux City, Iowa, until 1947 when he became employed by AOA as director of the Department of Public and Professional Affairs. Dr. Forbes was a lifelong member of ACOFP and AOA. He was a fellow in ACOFP and received the General Practitioner of the Year Award in 1971. Dr. Forbes also served as editor of the newsletter and was on the American Osteopathic Board of General Practitioners. 1969–1970 J. MANCIL FISH, DO, FACOFP Tulsa, Oklahoma Born: June 18, 1914; Died: June 5, 1997; Education: KCOM; Graduated: 1935 (AOA Member). Born and raised in Kirksville, Missouri, Dr. Fish attended the Kirksville College of Osteopathic Medicine (now A.T. Still University), graduating in 1935. His father was a physician in Tulsa, Oklahoma, so he moved to Tulsa and joined his father in practice. The doctors Fish would practice together until the elder Dr. Fish died in 1955. A board-certified family physician and one of the first to take the general practice certifying exam, Dr. Fish was a lifelong member of ACOFP and AOA. Dr. Fish was the first secretary of the Society of Divisional Secretaries, the predecessor of the Association of Osteopathic State Executive Directors. He was also an associate member of the American Osteopathic College of Radiology.
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