The Society Of Chiropractic Orthospinology

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)