ADVISORY BOARD Cecil Laney, D.C. (Retired) 4950 Windwood Circle Birmingham, AL 35242 Phone: 205-991-5290
			Curriculum Vitae Personal Born 7/15/1921 in Anniston, AL Education Alabama Public Schools Palmer School of Chiropractic, Davenport, Iowa, graduated 1949 Military Served aboard American submarines in WWII Received the Presidential Citation for Heroism in Action Practice Practiced Chiropractic for 37 years in three Alabama cities: Anniston, Birmingham, Homewood retired in 1986 Professional Postgraduate Training Attended dozens of week-end seminars on every conceivable Chiropractic subject. Attended 13 classes conducted by Dr. John F. Grostic, starting in 1951. Attended National Upper Cervical Chiropractic Association classes conducted by Dr. Ralph Gregory. Completed post-graduate course in Roentgenology conducted by Texas Chiropractic College. Became board eligible for DACBR. Professional Activities Held seminars or lectured in Alabama, Georgia, South Carolina, Mississippi, Wyoming, California, Michigan, Connecticut, Hawaii, Oregon, Florida and Japan. Conducted or assisted in seminars in at least four Chiropractic Colleges. Regular lecturer at the Society of Chiropractic Orthospinology classes, and currently serving on its Board of Advisors. Specialized Activities Started researching instrument cervical adjusting in 1954 Created the "single axis method" which permits the use of instruments to deliver force down the Grostic vector Invented the hand-held, solenoid powered cervical adjusting instrument and shipped them to over 40 states and a few foreign countries Built a table-mounted cervical adjusting instrument with stylus rotating torque Built a hand-held adjuster with a leveraged action , creating "torque equivalent" Most recently, built a new table-mounted adjuster, "The Torque Cervical Instrument", and gave Life University all rights to it Professional Financial Endeavors Member of the "Inner Golden Circle" of contributors to Life University Was the top financial contributor to Life University in 1998 Established a "Cecil D. Laney Endowment Fund" for Life University that is expected to grow to a multi-million dollar fund for the Chiropractic profession A major contributor to Louella Harris’s National Awareness Campaign for Upper Cervical Care Have in the past donated to the National Upper Cervical Research Association (NUCCRA) Life University Involvement Member of Life University Board of Friends Served as advisor to President Dr. Sid E. Williams Member of Life University extended faculty Worked on various problems in the Life Research Department Currently teaching certain faculty members the functions of the Torque Specific Cervical Instrument Honored at 1999 Life Homecoming as an Early Chiropractic Pioneer and among the ones who were arrested for practicing Chiropractic Other Professional Highlights Member of the International Chiropractic Association and the Alabama State Chiropractic Association Served one term as I.C.A. Assemblyman from Alabama Served one term as the Alabama State Board of Chiropractic Examiners. Was elected Chiropractor of the Year in 1975 by the Alabama State Chiropractic Association.
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