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{{Infobox association
| Name               = American College of Chiropractors
| Logo               = ACC.png
| Logosize           = <!-- Only in exceptional case , for example 81px -->
| Foundation         = Sept. 24, 1924
| Location           = Wash. DC, USA
| Country            = {{USA}}
| President          = Dr. Tom Ventimiglia <ref name="Best"/>{{USA}}
| Website            = none
}}
The '''American College of Chiropractors''' was chartered  in Washington, DC, on Sept 24, 1924  as a not for profit corporation. Its charter calls for "''perpetual existence''", and the official address is in Washington, DC. The purpose was to have a ''"transcendent influence on the future of chiropractic"''.  The college does not allow commercialization of Chiropractic, and it only accepts the best and brightest, and claim to be composed of a number of America's pre-eminent Chiropractors.  
==History==
The American College of Chiropractors (ACC), a New York-based honors society<ref name=JACA">{{cite journal
 | last = Hug
 | first =Reginald P.
 | title = 100 Years of Organized Chiropractic in America
 | journal = JACA
 | publisher = [[American Chiropractic Association]]
 | url = http://www.acatoday.org/print.cfm?CID=1302
 | accessdate = 3/2012}}</ref>, emphasized that since chiropractors study basic science subjects more from a mechanical—rather than a chemical—viewpoint, and since they adjust the cause of disease rather than the effect of it, only another chiropractor could evaluate their competency. With this argument, ACC attempted to ward off the threat of composite boards of examiners and also to counteract basic science legislation that began emerging in l925.

==Membership==
Any DC who is a graduate of an accredited Chiropractic college may apply, and provide details of his/her scientific accomplishments, professional and academic training, and the positions they hold clinically, socially, officially, and in their communities as responsible citizens.  On such verifiable, notarized evidence submitted, they may then be elected or denied admittance to Fellowship  in the College. <br>

===Distinguished "Fellows"===
inter alia:
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*Dr. Gil Allen
*Dr. Benjamin Bartolotto
*Dr. Richard Brassard
*Dr. Richard C. Brown
*Dr. Barry Burak
*Dr. A.G. Buxton (Chancellor)
*Dr. Ann M. (Gowdy) Carpenter
*Dr. Richard Carnival  (Past-President) <ref>Editorial Staff: "ACC Confers Fellowships at NYCC Graduation", Dynamic Chiropractic, Vol. 10, Issue 04, February 14, 1992 [http://www.chiroweb.com/mpacms/dc/article.php?id=43092]</ref><ref>Editorial Staff: "NYCC Hosts 68th Annual ACC Convocation", Dynamic Chiropractic,  Vol. 10, Issue 21, October 9, 1992 [http://www.chiroweb.com/mpacms/dc/article.php?id=43533]</ref>
*Dr. Frank Cartica
*Dr. Patrick M Casey
*Dr. Matthew C. Coté
*Dr. Robert Crocker, Jr.
*Dr. [[John Danchik]]
*Dr. John L. De Cicco
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*Dr. Thomas R. DeVita
*Dr. Stephen Eble
*Dr. Karen Erickson
*Dr. Arnold M. Goldschmidt
*Dr. Lloyd Henby
*Dr. Ali Jafari
*Dr. Edwin G. Kribs
*Dr. Kenneth J. Laux
*Dr. Frank S. Lizzio
*Dr. Richard Loia
*Dr. Fabrizio Mancini
*Dr. Frank G.  Moore (Frank Goodwin), 1856-1933
*Dr. Michael O’Connor
*Dr. [[B.J. Palmer]]
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*Dr. [[James W. Parker]]
*Dr. [[Phillip T. Santiago]]
*Dr. David Seaman
*Dr. Neil Stern
*Dr. Scott Surasky
*Dr. Wayne Wolfson
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==Doctor of Humane Letters (Honoris Causa)- Degrees Awarded==
The FACC apparently from time to time has awarded a  honorary degrees,during the commencement exercises at the [[New York Chiropractic College]]<br>
recipients have included:

*Dr. Robert Daley, PhD, A member of the Board of Trustees at NYCC
*Mr. Louis DiLorenzo, Esq., General Counsel for NYCC
*Mr. Horace Elliot, Educator, and exec. VP of the [[National Board of Chiropractic Examiners]] (NBCE)
*Mr. John Peccia, A member of the Board of the D'Youville College, with a Department of Chiropractic
*Mr. George Souhan, A member of the Board of Trustees at NYCC

==Admission requirements==
*Nomination  by an existing Fellow.
*Graduate from a Chiropractic College that the ACC designates as a "Class A" institution.
*Licensed to practice at least ten years * in the US or Canada.
(*unless otherwise engaged in Chiropractic  research, scientific work, roentgenology or teaching.)

==Support==
The College is supported entirely by endowments, gifts and fees.

==Officers==
C/o Dr. Tom Ventimiglia <ref name="Best">{{Cite web
| title = Non Profit Organization: American College of Chiropractors, Levittown, New York
| url = http://non-profit-organizations.findthebest.com/detail/1564646/American-College-of-Chiropractors
| dateformat = mdy
| accessdate = 8/2011}}</ref>, President
<br>
70 Division Ave<br>
Levittown, New York 11756<br>
US<br>

*Vice-President: Frank Lizzo, DC
*Treasurer: Serge Nerli, DC

==References==
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==See also==
[[File:American College History.pdf ]]
[[Category:National Organizations]]
[[Category:Honorary societies]]