ACOFP: OUR CONTINUING HISTORY 125 Leadership He honed new financial management practices, formalized an ACOFP Washington, D.C., office, expanded circulation of the ACOFP publication, and continued to refine the intensive review course and in-service exams. He created the office of State Society Relations, and increased visits of ACOFP leaders to all the osteopathic college campuses to advocate for family practice. Dr. Pogorelec linked 41 internships to osteopathic residencies and increased match statistics in those programs as a result. He renewed dialogue with other specialty colleges and AOA. Dr. Pogorelec produced the first Guide to Selecting an Osteopathic Family Practice Residency Program, which profiled 104 residencies. Under his leadership, Dr. Pogorelec called for a comprehensive revision of the ACOFP Constitution and Bylaws. He imparted his passion for service to all he came in contact with and motivated many to achieve great things. He believed if someone dreamed the impossible then at least the improbable would happen, and his legacy is a testament to that philosophy. 2001–2002 LOUIS J. RADNOTHY, DO, FACOFP, FAAFP Umatilla, Florida Dr. Radnothy, the 48th ACOFP president, was born in 1932 in Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania. He graduated from Geneva College in his hometown in 1953 with a bachelor of science. He then attended the Des Moines University College of Osteopathic Medicine, receiving his DO degree in 1957. His internship was completed at Garden City Hospital in Garden City, Michigan, in 1958. Dr. Radnothy enjoyed the area well enough to set up practice in Livonia, Michigan, where he practiced for 25 years. In 1983, he threw away his snow shovel to migrate south to Umatilla, Florida, where he continues to practice in a small-town family practice. Dr. Radnothy became certified by both AOA and AAFP, and he is a fellow in both organizations. Dr. Radnothy was named the 2000 Family Physician of the Year. Whenever there is revolutionary change in an organization, there must be time for equalization and stabilization, and Dr. Radnothy provided that stabilizing and unifying force to pull ACOFP together as a family. A deeply devout and compassionate leader, he made the hard decisions necessary to keep ACOFP in budget while not sacrificing member services. Dr. Radnothy had the difficult task of maintaining membership after the first major dues increase in almost two decades. Sound fiscal management saw membership actually increase. Dr. Radnothy established task forces to draft position statements on the Human Genome Project and stem cell research. He also established the Task Force on Procedural Medicine and started meetings on campuses with student chapter officers and ACOFP leaders. Dr. Radnothy supervised the drafting of the ACOFP Code of Ethics and upgraded the website. Under his leadership, Osteopathic Family Physician News developed a one-year editorial calendar. One key leadership task Dr. Radnothy tackled was to review and revise the process for officer and board nominations. This restructuring took into account the role of the state societies and established a screening process for all applicants. Dr. Radnothy believed that an important
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