Dr. Beatty was born near Monument, Colorado on December 11, 1897. He served in the Army during World War I. In 1922, he graduated from the Carver Chiropractic College in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. When Dr. Willard Carver organized his school in Denver, he brought Dr. Beatty to Denver to be the faculty dean, as well as the director of the technique and clinic departments. In 1924, Dr. Beatty became the President of the school. During the mid-thirties, he directed the transition of the school into a professionally owned, non-profit institution and on January 1, 1935, the school was reorganized into the University of Natural Healing Arts. He was very involved with the Colorado Chiropractic Association, worked as a member of many committees, and even lectured at many annual conventions. He was regarded as an authority in chiropractic technique. He developed his own methods of soft tissue and skeletal adjusting and he designed equipment that would facilitate the implementation of his techniques. He wrote a number of educational articles and, in 1939, he authored the text Anatomical Adjustive Technique. For several years he was an educational consultant to the National Chiropractic Association which was a forerunner of the American Chiropractic Association. In the early 1950’s, he initiated discussions with the University of Denver about establishing an academic affiliation between the University of Natural Healing Arts and the University of Denver. He remained President of the University of Healing Arts until his death in Denver on March 4, 1951. When Dr. A. E. Homewood published his book, The Neurodynamics of the Vertebral Subluxation, he wrote that he had “had the privilege of studying under one of the outstanding chiropractic educators, the late Dr. H. G. Beatty of Denver, Colorado”.

Dr. Bishop was born in Hannibal, Missouri on July ·181 1900. He graduated from the Colorado Chiropractic University in January1 1928. On January 11, 1928, he began private practice in Denver, Colorado. On January t 1930, he moved to La Junta; Colorado and set up his practice there. In 1932, many of the members of the Colorado Chiropractic Association got together and convinced him to run for the state legislature. In November, 1932, he was elected to a two-year term as a state representative. As a result, he moved back to Denver and began another practice. In 1933, he introduced a bill that would establish a chiropractic practice act. There was a hard fight over this bill since the medical community was very much opposed to its passage; but, in the end, the bill did get passed. In 1934, he returned to La Junta. At the request of some Denver doctors, he later returned to Denver to practice and he also taught at the University of Natural Healing Arts. In 1944, he was elected for a four-year term to the state senate. He was re-elected in 1948. In 1952, he ran for Lieutenant Governor but was not elected. He was re-elected to the senate in 1954 and 1958. In 1954, he introduced a bill which provided for the licensing and regulation of the profession, related to the utilization of electrotherapy by chiropractors, and created a chiropractic state board of examiners. As a senator, he served as Chairman of the Senate committees of Business Affairs and Interstate Cooperation. He worked for the establishment of a state crime laboratory, as well as the public defender program. In 1964, problems with his health forced him to quit politics. In 1971, problems with his health forced him to quit his practice. In 1987, an annual CCA award was named in his honor. Dr. Bishop died in Denver, Colorado on May 20, 1980.

Dr. Carver was born. in ·Maysville, Iowa on July 14, 1866. He was an attorney who received his law degree from Drake University. Fifteen years of practicing law had led him to study anatomy and physiology. One of his legal clients was D. D. Palmer whom he had originally met in What Cheer, Iowa. As such, Dr. Carver was one of the first to learn about chiropractic. Initially he was only an observer of the new profession. and his involvement was limited to legal and legislative endeavors. Later, he decided to -become more involved in the profession itself. Apparently, he had a much closer friendship with D. D. Palmer than he did with B. J. Palmer. After D. D. transferred ownership of his school to his son, Dr. Carver enrolled in the Charles Ray Parker School of Chiropractic in Ottumwa, Iowa and graduated on June 12, 1906. He developed the “Carver Technique” and, in 1909, he published the first edition of his book Carver’s Chiropractic Analysis. ln al, he would write and publish 18 books. In the seventeen years following bis graduation in 1906, he opened four chiropractic schools across the country and one of these remained open until 1958. One of the schools was the Carver Chiropractic University which began classes in Denver, Colorado on September 24, 1923 with Dr. Carver as the President. The school was reorganized on January 23, 1925 into the Colorado Chiropractic University. At one time, Dr. Carver’s definition of chiropractic was adopted by Steadman’s Medical Dictionary and Taber’s Cyclopedic Dictionary. ln his book Chiropractic History: Lost, Strayed, or Stolen, historian Russell Gibbons wrote “if B. J. was ‘The Developer’, then Carver styled himself as ‘Th Constructor’ of chiropractic.” Dr. Carver died in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma on December 23, 1943.

Dr. Elliott was born in Conway Springs, Kansas on February 15, 1887. He was a second cousin to Mabel Heath Palmer, the wife of B. J. Palmer. As a farm boy, he had injured his back while lifting hay and he was treated at the Palmer School of Chiropractic. In 1909, he enrolled in that same school and became a close friend to B. J. In 1911 he, graduated and moved to Los Angeles to go into private practice. During a trip to Los Angeles, B. J. convinced Dr. Elliott to return to the school and become a member of the staff. He was the first business manger of the Palmer School of Chiropractic; also served as registrar, faculty member, and ,later became Vice President of the School. Between 1919 and 1935, he served four terms as a state representative to the Iowa state legislature and he introduced and secured passage of the chiropractic practice act. He was manager of two radio stations; W.O.C. in Davenport and W.H.O. in Des Moines. He was President of the Central Broadcasting Company and the second President of the National Association of Broadcasters. During the early twenties, he worked with Dr. Dossa Evins in the development of the first neurocalometer. In 1937, he moved to Denver to go into private practice. He spent twenty-seven years on the Board of Directors of the Colorado Chiropractic Association. He was -the President of the Association from 1948 to 1949 and the Executive Secretary/Treasurer of the Association from 1965 to 1974. He was named Chiropractor of the Year by the Association in 1966 and 1974. In the early 1980’s, an annual CCA award was named in his honor. He was also. listed as a distinguished pioneer in the inaugural edition of-Who’s Who in Chiropractic: International. Dr. Elliott died in Denver, Colorado on August 13, 1976.

Dr. Walter Irving Runnells was born December 11, 1882, in Wheatland, Illinois. He attended the Universal Chiropractic College, which was formed by faculty of the Palmer School that rebelled against B.J. Palmer and opened their own school down Brady Hill in Davenport, Iowa. He graduated in 1911. On May 4, 1911, he married Mary Thompson of Greeley, Colorado, who also attended and graduated from Universal College. After graduation, they practiced in Baker, Oregon for two years, but then returned to Greeley. “W.I.” as most knew him, became very involved in state and local chiropractic associations. He held several offices, including President of the Weld County Chiropractic Society. Dr. Runnells also participated with Neil Bishop and others in formulating the legislation for chiropractic licensure in 1933. He served as President of the Colorado Chiropractic Association, and in the President’s Message within the CCA’s, the Colochirogram of 1940, warned chiropractors to have enough faith in the “vital human need of their method to gain economic support against the established allopathic health services.” Dr. Runnells loved to do research, conducting a number of studies, and authoring several papers. He was also very active in the Greeley community and helped to form the Optimist Club. His hobbies included gardening and playing the violin, which he learned to play on his own. Dr. W. I. Runnells practiced for over 60 years in Greeley before his death in 1976.