120 Leadership 1993–1994 WAYNE CADMAN MEECH, DO, FACOFP Roseville, Michigan Born in Detroit, Michigan, in 1937, Dr. Meech devoted a lifetime of service to the members of his native state. He received a bachelor of science degree from the Detroit Institute of Technology in 1959. He left the state for four years to attend the Chicago College of Osteopatic Medicine but returned to intern at Mount Clemens General Hospital (now part of McLaren) from 1963 to 1964. He entered private practice in Roseville, Michigan, where he retired in 2006. Recognizing the importance of maintaining excellence in practice, he became certified by AOBGP in 1973. Dr. Meech maintained a prominent leadership position in the Michigan delegation to the Congress of Delegates for more than four decades. He was the ACOFP President that will be credited in history for carrying out the name change from the American College of General Practitioners in Osteopathic Medicine and Surgery to the American College of Osteopathic Family Physicians. He felt the new name would better represent ACOFP’s membership. While in office, he dramatically changed the view of residency education by introducing and executing a pilot program for Competency Based Evaluation in nine family practice residency programs. He followed this accomplishment by establishing a Task Force on New Curriculum to address the demand for primary care physicians. Dr. Meech also established the Corporate Advisory Council to be a liaison between family physicians and the pharmaceutical industry. Dr. Meech’s dedication to education is manifested by his service as clinical faculty for the Michigan State University College of Osteopathic Medicine and the Des Moines University College of Osteopathic Medicine. He said: “I am convinced the best place to train a general practitioner to become a general practitioner is in the office of a general practitioner.” 1994–1995 JOHN D. ANGELONI, DO, FACOFP Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania Dr. Angeloni was one of the first academic physicians to head ACOFP, following the development of the residency model. Born in 1947, he is a 1970 graduate of Temple University. He serves on the teaching faculty of the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine (PCOM), where he graduated in 1975. Dr. Angeloni also interned at PCOM in 1976 and became certified in family practice in 1981. He was inducted as a fellow in 1986. Dr. Angeloni was a great advocate for students and the ACOFP Preceptorship Program. He served as editor for the Journal of ACOFP from 1988 to 1993 and Osteopathic Family Physician News from 2001 to 2002. Dr. Angeloni’s leadership in the field of academic medicine helped shape ACOFP’s training programs as well as increase their visibility through his many published articles on cancer in the primary care setting. Dr. Angeloni was keenly aware that there were disparities in experience between clinical professors in colleges of osteopathic medicine,
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