Memories Shared at Founder’s Day Celebration Help Document the History of Northwestern Health Sciences University

BLOOMINGTON, Minn. – Alumni of Northwestern Health Sciences University gathered on campus the evening of June 2, 2009, to celebrate Founder’s Day. Alumni who attended the University in the 1940s, 1950s, and 1960s shared recollections, anecdotes, and Northwestern memorabilia, and spent part of the evening helping to identify the era, location and people in historical photos.

Guests also viewed a multi-media biography of the University’s founder and first President, John B. Wolfe, DC, and the early days of Northwestern College of Chiropractic (NWCC), founded in 1941.

The program was presented by Dr. Wolfe’s son, John Wolfe, DC, JD, who is the University’s compliance officer.

Dr. Wolfe is assisting in the process of documenting the history of the institution, with the hopes that new information can be added to the work of former president John Allenburg, DC, who has been writing a history of the institution, expanding on the work of NWCC alumnus David Hinz, DC, class of ’87, who published a brief history of NWCC in 1987. Eventually, a history of the University in book form will be published.

Northwestern Health Sciences University offers a wide array of choices in natural health care education including chiropractic, Oriental medicine, acupuncture, therapeutic massage and human biology. The University has nearly 900 students on a 25-acre campus in Bloomington, Minnesota.