For 14 years, he and fellow chiropractors advocated for licensure with the Massachusetts Chiropractic Society and they were eventually successful when then-Governor John Volpe signed a bill into law in 1967. Dr. Kiernan practiced in his clinic in Lawrence, Massachusetts from 1967 until his retirement in 1997.
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Leonard Feldman, D.C. was inducted into the Palmer Academy of Fellows in 2019 during Homecoming.
![Three men in suits holding a Fellows certificate](https://www.palmer.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/leonard-feldman-thumbnail.jpg)
The new Bruce & Bethel Hagen Student Union is possible thanks to the generous $1 million donation by Bruce C. Hagen, D.C. and his wife Bethel.
![The Bruce and Bethel Hagen family at the opening.](https://www.palmer.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/bruce-bethel-student-union-thumbnail.jpg)
Dr. Smith set up shop in Rock Island, Illinois, but his chiropractic experience extends beyond the 55 years he spent in practice. There are his thirty-plus mission trips to countries like Ethiopia and Russia. Not to mention 40 years as a faculty member at Palmer, spending most of his time in technique classes.
![Willard Smith, D.C. (Main, ‘60)](https://www.palmer.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/willard-smith-thumbnail.jpg)
A Palmer College graduate transformed Mary Pat’s life. Now, as a grateful patient, she wants to support students who will go out and positively change the lives of people like her.
![Palmer College's Giving Day, Awaken the Wyvern, at palmer.edu/givingday](https://www.palmer.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/giving-day-thumbnail.jpg)