116 Leadership osteopathic manipulative medicine in addition to family practice. Dr. Wolf’s tenure was also occupied with dealing with significant developments regarding the geriatric subspecialty certification. (See “The Line in the Sand,” in Chapter 3, page 50.) The theme for Dr. Wolf’s presidency was “Continuing to Search for Excellence.” 1986–1987 DONALD BOXMAN, DO, FACOFP Lewisburg, West Virginia Born: 1930; Education: KCUCOM; Graduated: 1955. Dr. Boxman is credited with computerization of the ACOFP office. He was charged with acquiring word processing and additional equipment to interface with Data Aid Services, a private company hired to maintain ACOFP’s membership records. Previously, only paper copies of records were available, and this new innovation would allow flexibility in data management. Dr. Boxman was successful in working with an outside accounting firm in Chicago to establish an in-house annual audit. Dr. Boxman was the first president to establish an association with a permanent legal counsel and retain that counsel for the membership. The first task of that legal counsel was to form the ACOFP Education and Research Foundation. Dr. Boxman was faced with the difficult decision of moving the publication of our journal from the publishers of Osteopathic Medical News to the publishers of the Journal of Osteopathic Medicine. The move occupied most of the year and resulted in a financially beneficial arrangement. 1987–1988 RAY E. PIPER, DO, FACOFP Denver, Colorado Dr. Piper was the first African American to serve as ACOFP President. Born in Marshall, Missouri, on July 26, 1932, he was educated in Marshall and Sedalia, Missouri, graduating in 1950. He went to the University of Denver for a premedical education, graduating in 1953. Dr. Piper worked on a master’s degree in physiology at that same institution before entering the Kansas City University College of Osteopathic Medicine. He received his DO degree in 1960. Dr. Piper returned to Denver and the Rocky Mountain Osteopathic Hospital to complete a rotating internship and entered practice in Denver in 1961. He became a life member of AOA, ACOFP, and Colorado Society of Osteopathic Medicine. Dr. Piper was involved in the selection of the site where the central ACOFP office stood for many years. He started the first family practice residency in Colorado and remained a strong advocate for osteopathic education. He was active in community and state organizations, serving as vice president of the Colorado Board of Medical Examiners. Dr. Piper’s lifetime service to ACOFP was recognized in 1982 with presentation of the Physician of the Year Award.
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