2011 Gala Honoree

Dr. Russell E. Sawyer, Jr. will be honored this year at the
2011 Stars Among Us Gala.  This award honors those who have given freely of their services, time, effort, support and funds for the benefit of Northwestern and the natural health care professions.

Upon graduating from Northwestern College of Chiropractic in 1962, Dr. Sawyer moved to Nebraska to set up practice. He stayed there for the next 30 plus years before retiring. During those years, he remained in contact with Northwestern and was actively involved in the chiropractic community. Nationally, Dr. Sawyer served as Secretary, Vice President and President of the Council of Delegates of the American Chiropractic Association and then elected as Vice President and President of the ACA.  

Dr. Sawyer was also elected as a Fellow of the international College of Chiropractors and is a member of the Knights of the Chiropractic Roundtable.

Dr. Sawyer was presented with NWCC's Distinguished Alumnus Award in 1988, served on Northwestern's Board of Trustees from 1985-1997 and was elected  Trustee Emeritus in 1997. 

"All my successes in life - whether social, business or personal wealth - 100 percent of that comes from my chiropractic practice and thus from my education at Northwestern," Dr. Sawyer explains. "I've always given back to that source."

Dr. Sawyer encourages other alumni to give back to the University. "I've had, at various times, the opportunity to speak to graduating classes. One thing I want to impart to them is that they don't work for money. They work for people and the money will come. There is no amount of money you'd take for the feeling you get when you've treated a patient, when their body is healed. It's the everyday contact with people that is so nice."

Thank you Dr. Russ and Jane Sawyer!