John Barfoot, D.C., 47th Keeler Recipient

I was born on December 28, 1931, in Union, Mississippi, the second of five children of Fred and Blanche Barefoot.  I lived in Union until 1951, when I left to enter the Texas Chiropractic College.

In my early years, I was active in church, Boy Scouts and athletics.  In Scouting, I attained the rank of Eagle with the Bronze Palm, earned the God and Country Award and was a member of the Order of the Arrow.  The training and self confidence one receives in Scouting is probably the most significant thing in my life that taught me one can achieve the goals he only limits himself to.

Ron Garrett, D.C., 46th Keeler Recipient

Biography not available.

J. M. Russell, D.C., 45th Keeler Recipient

I was born on July 19, 1923 in Orange, New Jersey, the only son of Agnes and James Russell.  I had one older sister Nancy.  At the age of two years, my family moved about twenty miles from Orange to a small rural township called Livingston.

It was in Livingston that I spent my growing up years, attending public schools through grade eight.  Because Livingston was too small a township at that time to support its own high school, we attended West Orange High School, where I graduated in 1942.

On January 3, 1943, at the tender age of eighteen and a half, I was drafted into the U.S. Army and assigned to a 155mm heavy artillery unit.  After basic training at Ft. Lewis, Washington, and Maneuvers in the Mojave Desert, California our unit was shipped to await the invasion of France.  On D-day plus 4 (June 10, 1944) we landed on Utah Beach and were  in continuous combat until war’s end in May 1945.  On November 30, 1945, I was honorably discharged from the service and returned to my family’s residence in Livingston.

Bob Glaze, D.C., 44th Keeler Recipient

I was born in Smith County, Texas, November 20, 1927, and grew up in Tyler, Texas.  I finished high school and entered the U.S. Merchant Marines.  Following my discharge I attended Tyler Junior College and upon graduation enrolled in Sam Houston State University, planning to major in Agriculture but decided to make Chiropractic my life work.

Chiropractic is an important part of my heritage.  My father, Dr. Ben Glaze, was a Chiropractor and his philosophy and belief in the healing qualities of his profession were impressed upon me from my earliest childhood.  This made my choice of a profession a complicated one, as I was at once equally aware of the promise and potential of Chiropractic and also of the many hardships and challenges in store for members of the profession.  Therefore, it was after much thought that I made the decision to enter Texas Chiropractic College in San Antonio, fully aware of the rewards as well as the penalties and of the great company of brave and dedicated doctors who had made this decision before me.  The autobiographies of many of these doctors are included in this book and it is with much humility that I add mine to their number.

Carl Matthews, D.C., 43rd Keeler Recipient

 Biography not available

Douglas E. Ray, D.C., 42nd Keeler Recipient

Born Palo Pinto County, Texas 1925.  Graduated Breckenridge Texas High School 1943. Entered Naval Aviation Cadet Program immediately after graduation.  Commissioned as a Naval Aviator in 1945, assigned to a dive bomber squadron.  Received honorable discharge at the end of World War II.

Entered Texas Chiropractic College January 1946 and was in the first class to complete four school years of chiropractic education, completing undergraduate work in January 1949.  Was licensed to practice in Texas that same year and established a practice in San Antonio where he has remained throughout his professional career.

Stephanie Mary McCubbin, D.C., 41st Keeler Recpient

Dr. Stephanie McCubbin was born in Ware, Massachusetts, April 2, 1915. Her parents were Andrew and Henrietta Godek who had immigrated to the United States from Poland.  She graduated from the Norwich Academy and pursued higher education in junior college and also attended college in Poland while visiting relatives there.  It was at this time in her life that Hitler invaded Poland and altered Stephanie’s plans.

She became interested in chiropractic care after seeing the dramatic results obtained by a local chiropractor on her mother who suffered from migraine headaches.  She was further impressed by results obtained by chiropractic treatment on her sister in Florida who suffered from back complaints and headaches.

Thomas O. Davis, D.C., 40th Keeler Recipient

My first introduction to chiropractic was in 1918. Dr. Clyde Keeler, a young chiropractor, came to Terrell, Texas, to practice with a Dr. Brown, who had established an office in Terrell.  My father, the late Thomas O. Davis, Sr. , who had a lengthy illness, regained his health as a result of treatments given by Dr. Keeler.

A few years later, Dr. D. M. Shepard established an office in Terrell and at that time I was ill.  Dr. Shepard adjusted me in May 1922, and I soon regained my health.  During the course of these treatments, Dr. Shepard suggested that I might enjoy being a chiropractor.  The idea took root.  After teaching school in Kaufman County for four years, I entered the Texas Chiropractic College and graduated in 1926.  In preparation for teaching and my profession I attended the University of Texas and Southwest Texas Teachers College in San Marcos, Texas.

Jack Thornton, D.C., 39th Keeler Recipient

 Awarded in 1972, Dr. Thornton's Keeler Biography is not available.

S. M. Elliott, D.C., 38th Keeler Recipient

Dr. S. M. Elliott, a two year Navy veteran, was born in Wild Cherry, Arkansas, June 24, 1926, receiving his formal education in Paducah, Kentucky, and his pre-professional education at Paducah Junior College and San Antonio College.  He received his Doctor of Chiropractic degree from Texas Chiropractic College in San Antonio and Logan Basic College of Chiropractic in St. Louis, Missouri, where he interned.

A member of the American Chiropractic Association and the Texas State Chiropractic Association, he served nine consecutive years in office.  He served as District #11 secretary one year, vice president two years, president two years, State secretary two years, state president-elect one year and president one year.  During his three years tenure as Department Head of the Labor and Industrial Relations Department, great strides in insurance, labor and attorney liaison relations were advanced; developing many programs started during his term as president, in which the state association’s insurance manual was published and seminars conducted with labor, insurance officials, and trial lawyers.  He has been a member and chairman of numerous other committees.  Having served on the Public Health Committee since 1964, he has worked vigorously in the Houston area netting the profession many staunch chiropractic supporters in the Legislature.  He also chaired this committee for statewide political achievement.

April 1970, Governor Preston smith appointed him to the Board of Chiropractic Examiners to fill the unexpressed term of the late Dr. C. T. Harkey, starting in the chairs in 1972 as secretary.  In 1964 Dr. Elliott was selected Texas Young Chiropractor of the year.  He is the Keeler Plaque recipient for 1971.

1980

The Keeler Award for 1980 was awarded to Ron Garrett, D.C.

Tom W. Rice is named the forty-seventh President of the Texas Chiropractic Association.

1979

The Keeler Award for 1979 was awarded to Ron Garrett, D.C.

Charles F. Downing is named the forty-sixth President of the Texas Chiropractic Association.

1978

 The Keeler Award for 1978 was awarded to James Russell, D.C.

Robert G. Verhetsel is named the forty-fifth President of the Texas Chiropractic Association.

1977

• AMA reluctantly makes 3 policy changes subsequent to the Wilk antitrust lawsuit.
• The first would allow the referral of patients between chiropractors and medical doctors; 
• secondly they would allow specialists within both professions to consult with each other concerning a particular patient; 
• and the third they would allow medical doctors to engage in any teaching for which they are qualified, meaning they could be employed as teachers in chiropractic colleges.

1976

• In 1976, Chester Wilk and four other chiropractors sued the AMA and others for violations of the Sherman Antitrust Act.

1975

The Keeler Award for 1975 was awarded to Douglas Ray, D.C.

Bill W. Timberlake is named the forty-second President of the Texas Chiropractic Association.

1974

• The Chiropractic act of Louisiana is the last state chiropractic act passed.

1973

The Keeler Award for 1973 was awarded to T. O. Davis, D.C.

Bob D. Glaze is named the fortieth President of the Texas Chiropractic Association.

1972

The Keeler Award for 1972 was awarded to Jack Thornton, D.C.

Herbie McMennamy is named the thirty-ninth, and the first female, President of the Texas Chiropractic Association.

1971

The Keeler Award for 1971 was awarded to S. M. Elliott, D.C.

Roy M. Beller is named the thirty-eighth President of the Texas Chiropractic Association.