viii CONTENTS CHAPTER 1: THE FOUNDING AND EARLY YEARS What’s in a Name? 2 Incorporation 3 Our Founders and Early Leaders 5 A Young College Receives Recognition 6 The Early Days 7 Signs of Growth 7 The California Merger Challenges a Young College and the Osteopathic Profession 9 The Merger’s Impact on ACOFP 14 Chicago Bound 15 CHAPTER 2: ONWARD AND, EVENTUALLY, UPWARD A Change in Focus 22 General Practitioner of the Year/Family Physician of the Year 24 ACOFP New Osteopathic Family Physician of the Year Award 25 ACOFP Osteopathic Family Physician Educator of the Year Award 25 Conclave of Fellows 27 Fellows Traditions 29 The Road to Family Practice Certification Begins 30 A Detour in the Road Reconciling with the AOA 32 Back on the Road to Family Practice Certification 32 The American Osteopathic Board of General Practitioners Constitution 33 Birth of the General Practice Residency 36 Discrimination: the Driving Force for Expanding Certification 38 CHAPTER 3: INFRASTRUCTURE Osteopathic Medical Colleges 42 Developing State and Regional Societies 44 A Home for ACOFP to Call Its Own 45 Arlington Heights Headquarters: 1990–2022 46 Calmer Waters Allow Smoother Sailing 47 Students Play a Part in ACOFP History 48 A New Home Gets a New Name 49 The Line in the Sand 50 Auxiliary to the ACOFP 52 PREFACE xi by David. J. Park, DO, FAAFP, FACOFP dist. FOREWORD xii by M. Jay Porcelli, DO, FACOFP dist.
RkJQdWJsaXNoZXIy MjI2NjI=