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.
![A couple in formal wear in front of blue background.](https://www.palmer.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/william-mary-kiernan-thumbnail.jpg)
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. Bruhl was one of the first doctors of chiropractic to provide care in Kenya. His first adjustment was done in front of an audience, because they’d never seen an adjustment done before. His first patient was a 16-year-old girl who suffered from frequent headaches following a fall from a motorcycle.
![Warren Bruhl, D.C. (West, ‘86) adjusting a client.](https://www.palmer.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/warren-bruhl-thumbnail.jpg)
Dr. Benet-Canut, and a small group of others, started the first chiropractic program within an official university in Mexico.
![Enrique Benet-Canut, D.C., CCSP (Main, ’66)](https://www.palmer.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/benet-canut-thumbnail.jpg)