114 Leadership become financially secure from other business ventures. His personal financial independence coupled with his love for ACOFP would prove vital during the break with Allied Appraisals in 1977. Dr. Saloom served much of his tenure on the board in the office of secretary/treasurer. During this period of ACOFP’s financial stress, Dr. Saloom contributed many hours of his time and much personal wealth toward the rebuilding of ACOFP. Dr. Saloom’s skill with financial management kept ACOFP from certain financial disasters. In gratitude, ACOFP remembers him to this day with a memorial lecture in his name at the opening session during the annual spring convention. Dr. Saloom was among the first to be certified, and he served on the federal government’s Professional Standards Review Committee in 1973. He was the only osteopathic physician to ever serve on the committee. He was honored as the ACOFP General Practitioner of the Year in 1984 and was tragically killed a year later in an automobile collision. His peers agree that his success in many arenas — legislative, administrative, and financial — was legendary. 1983–1984 GERALD J. RODERICK, DO, FACOFP Missouri Dr. Roderick was born Dec. 22, 1924, in Upton, Missouri. The ninth of 12 children, he graduated from Houston High School in Texas County, Missouri, in 1943. He joined the U.S. Navy after graduation, serving as a pharmacist’s mate in the Pacific Theater during World War II. After discharge , he attended the University of Missouri–Columbia, earning a bachelor’s degree in chemistry and biology and a master’s degree in education. Dr. Roderick taught high school chemistry and biology in Mountain Grove, Missouri, and in Montgomery City, Missouri, where he also served as principal. In 1954, the family moved to Kansas City, where Dr. Roderick started his medical education at the Kansas City University College of Osteopathic Medicine. While attending school, he worked on the Missouri Pacific Railroad to support his wife and four children. He graduated in 1958 and began his internship at Osteopathic Hospital and Conley Maternity Hospital (both part of University Hospital now). After completing his internship in 1959, Dr. Roderick established a solo general practice in Claycomo, Missouri, maintaining hospital and office practice, making house calls, and providing obstetric services. He was also active in community activities, including the Lion’s Club, the Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW), the American Legion, and local Clay County politics. Dr. Roderick was an active member of AOA, ACOFP, Missouri Chapter of ACOFP, and Missouri Association of Osteopathic Physicians and Surgeons. Dr. Roderick became involved in Missouri politics and was elected to three terms in the Missouri House of Representatives from 1972 to 1978. While there, he sponsored the bill to have organ donors designated on driver licenses. He retired from the Missouri House in 1978 to return to practice with his daughter, Sherri, an osteopathic physician. Dr. Roderick served on numerous committees, including the Insurance Committee and the Political Action Committee. For more than 20 years, he served diligently on boards of ACOFP
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