ACOFP: OUR CONTINUING HISTORY 113 Leadership 1979–1980 ROBERT G. HAMAN, DO, FACOFP Irving, Texas Dr. Haman was a native of West Virginia and attended West Virginia University and Marshall University from 1944 to 1948. He attended the Kirksville College of Osteopathic Medicine from 1948 to 1952 and went on to intern at Dallas Osteopathic Hospital in Texas. Dr. Haman spent five years on the ACOFP Board of Governors before becoming president. He was presented with the fellow award in 1975. Dr. Haman is best remembered for founding ACOFP’s early continuing education courses, termed Continuous Certification of Medical Education (CCME). Dr. Haman’s revolutionary idea allowed an osteopathic family physician to become certified over time through attendance at designated seminars. It was the predecessor of today’s continuing medical education concept, but the concept as he envisioned it was never adopted. He wrote the following definition of a general practitioner: “A general practitioner is a doctor of osteopathy legally qualified to practice medicine and surgery. The general practitioner does not limit his practice to a particular field of medicine or surgery but serves his patients to the extent that he is able to accept the total continuing responsibility of the family as a whole, as their doctor and medical advisor. The general practitioner may devote particular attention to one or more fields of special practice recognizing the need and using competent consultants who are qualified specialists when the medical or surgical conditions exceed his professional capabilities of training and experience.” Dr. Haman was a champion of certification and having academic departments of family practice with professors of family medicine trained in the CCME model. He became a member of the AOA Board of Trustees and was placed in a position where he had to fight against great odds to achieve recognition of general practice as a specialty. 1980–1982 KIRK H. HERRICK, DO, FACOFP Saginaw, Michigan Born in New Jersey in 1934 and educated at West Virginia Wesleyan College at Buckhannon, Dr. Herrick was a 1959 graduate of the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine. He moved to Saginaw, Michigan, to complete his internship and remained there to practice. He eventually became associate dean of academic affairs at Michigan State College of Osteopathic Medicine and also served as academic dean at the West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine. Dr. Herrick served eight years on the ACOFP Board of Governors before becoming president. 1982–1983 RAYMOND J. SALOOM, DO, FACOFP Grove City, Pennsylvania Dr. Saloom was a 1960 graduate of PCOM and interned at Bashline Memorial Hospital, where he was elected chief of staff in 1972. He joined ACOFP in 1968 and became a fellow in 1974. Dr. Saloom was skilled in finance and had
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