I i AY WARD, Calif. October 22, 2010 ■ Till: FIRST AND ONLY PRESIDENT OF LlFE CHIROPRACTIC College West, Gerard W. Cliim, D.C., announced TODAY THAT, AFTER THIRTY YEARS AS PRESIDENT OF THE College, in; will he stepping down to pursue other AREAS OF INTEREST AND NEED IN THE CHIROPRACTIC PROFESSION. "It has been a wonderful journey," remarked Dr. Clum in making this announcement to alumni, faculty, staff, students and friends gathered for the College's annual homecoming events. "I have been BLESSF.D TO HAVE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO PARTICIPATE IN THE CHIROPRACTIC PROFESSION AT THIS LEVEL OVER THESE past three decades" cl.um noted, "tlie c1rowtii, maturation and impact of the profession and the college during this time have isi:en remarkable". During his tenure as president of Life Chiropractic College West, the institution, which enjoys an enrollment from 32 states and 22 countries, grew from being housed in a facility leased from the San Lorenzo Unified School District to its present $30 million state-of-the-art location on 11.5 acres with 210,000 square feet of classroom, laboratory, office, library, administrative and clinical facilities on Industrial Boulevard near Highway 92 in Hayward. Clum began his academic life on the faculty of Palmer College of Chiropractic, Davenport, Iowa in the early 1970s. In 1975, he wasa founding faculty memberof Life Chiropractic College, Marietta, Georgia which later became Life University. This institution went on to become the largest chiropractic educational program in the world. In 1981, he accepted the presidency of Pacific States Chiropractic College which had been founded several years earlier by long-time Hayward chiropractor Dr. George E. Anderson. Later in 1981, under Clum's leadership the institution transitioned from Pacific States to Life West. Now thirty years later, with over 4,000 alumni practicing throughout the world from the city of Alameda to the nation of Zimbabwe, Life Chiropractic College West is a well-respected institution in the profession and Clum has moved on to be one of the senior statesmen of his field. In Hayward, the College and Clum have supported programs such as the Family Emergency Shelter Coalition (FESCO). The College was one of the first organizations beyond the founding faith-based community of FESCO to see the need for the organization and to lend its resources in time, talent and funding in response to family homelessness in the Hayward community. For most of the twenty-five year history of FESCO, Dr. Clum has served a member of the agency's board of directors. He has also been a member of the Hayward Rotary club. In October 2000, he was named the Volunteer Business Leader of the Year in Hayward and, in 2001, he was recognized as the Hayward Chamber of Commerce, Businessperson of the Year for 2000. Dr. Chun's tenure as president will conclude on January 28, 2011. Following Clum's public announcement of his retirement. Dr. Carl Dieter, chair of the College's Board of Regents announced the appointment of Brian Kelly, D.C. of Auckland, New Zealand as the second president in the College's history (see accompanying release), mi
