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.
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)