ACOFP: OUR CONTINUING HISTORY 33 Onward and, Eventually, Upward THE AMERICAN OSTEOPATHIC BOARD OF GENERAL PRACTITIONERS CONSTITUTION The American Osteopathic Board of Family Physicians was established in 1972 as the American Osteopathic Board of General Practitioners upon approval of its constitution and bylaws by the AOA Board of Trustees. The board’s name was changed in 1993. The certificate language has changed along with the board name. Certificates prior to July 1993 were titled “general practice.” From July 1993 until July 1999, they were titled “family practice,” and after July 1999, they were titled “family practice and osteopathic manipulative treatment.” This board’s function is to recognize AOA-eligible practicing family physicians for examination to become certified by the American Osteopathic Board in Family Practice and Osteopathic Manipulative Treatment. The examination measures the knowledge, skills, and abilities required of a family physician in order to make competent judgments in the care of patients. The areas of knowledge include, but First physicians certified in General Practice T. Robert Sharp, DO, FACOFP*, Mesquite, Texas 1 J.R. Forbes, DO, FACOFP*, Phoenix, Arizona 2 Eli H. Stark, DO, FACOFP*, North Bellmore, New York 3 Gerald J. Roderick, DO, FACOFP*, Kansas City, Missouri 4 M.T. Pritchard, DO, FACOFP*, West Plains, Missouri 5 J. Mancil Fish, DO, FACOFP*, Tulsa, Oklahoma 6 James Rowland, DO, FACOFP*, Kansas City, Missouri 7 William J. Mauer, DO, FACOFP*, Deerfield, Illinois 8 Mary Burnett, DO, FACOFP*, Dallas, Texas 9 Jean LeRoque, DO, FACOFP, Des Moines, Iowa 10 John P. Sevastos, DO, FACOFP, Cleveland, Ohio 11 Donald Lee McCabe, DO, FACOFP, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 12 Robert W. England, DO, FACOFP, Huntingdon Valley, Pennsylvania 13 Vernon J. Sloan, DO, FACOFP, Quasqueton, Iowa 14 John H. Burnett, DO, FACOFP, Dallas, Texas 15 James Gazdagh, DO, FACOFP, Maybee, Michigan 16 Lester A. Nowlin, DO, FACOFP, Phoenix, Arizona 17 *Nine of these 17 newly certified general practitioners would become the founding members of the American Osteopathic Board of Practitioners. The accrediting board known as the AOBFP from the 1970s.
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