KENT COUNTY ASSOCIATION OF OSTEOPATHIC PHYSICIANS AND SURGEONS – PRESIDENTS BY YEAR

MOA indicated that a GR group of KCAOP&S was formed in 1928. However, state paperwork (annual reports) indicate that it was Incorporated on 9/11/58. Dr. Norman Keller assisted in the research of Organization Minutes of Meetings and information that showed late 1930s. Grand Rapids Osteopathic Hospital (GROH) was formed and opened in 1942 and was located on Lake Drive (a building still standing/operating currently). An additional hospital formed by DO physicians operated on South Division (1922 South Division). Those institutions eventually merged as a unifying force to create GROH in 1955 when the 1919 Boston Street location was built. A new location for a hospital and health village was built and opened in 2007 when the
new Metro Health Hospital location in Wyoming, MI. In 2017, Metro Health merged with University of Michigan hospitals to create U of M Metro Health.

1938 Harry A. MacNaughton, DO
1940 M.K. Conklin, D.O.
1941 William H. Bethune, DO
1943 Irving H. Walters, DO
1954 D. Cummings, DO
1955 L. V. Tremper, DO
1956 L. V. Tremper, DO
1957 Ed LaChance, DO
1958 Bob Branyon, DO
1959 Lou Monger, DO
1960 Henry Olin, DO
1961 James Procelli, DO
1962 Ray Huldin, DO
1963 Joseph Belsito, DO
1964 John Kalenak, DO
1965 Monroe K. Conklin, DO
1966 Leonard Lewis, Sr., DO
1966 Monroe K. Conklin, DO
1967 Ray E. Hulden, DO
1967 Byron W. Goldberg, DO
1968 Homer M. Heller, DO/Monroe Conklin, DO
1969 John A. Lown, DO
1970 Stan Kunkle, D.O.
1971 James Porcelli, DO
1972 John E.P. Burns, DO
1973 William Wagner, DO
1974 James Coretti, DO
1975 Carl Kubek, DO
1976 John Buggeln, DO
1977 Robert G. Bowman, DO
1978 Norman Keller, DO
1979 Clifford Tengelson, DO
1980 John Budnick, DO
1981 James Growney, DO
1982 W. Lee Irving, DO
1983 Craig Bethune, DO
1984 _____________
1985 W. Lee Irving, DO
1986 Joseph Belsito, DO
1987 Joseph Belsito, DO
1988 Gary Marsiglia, DO
1989 C. Eugene Soechtig, DO
1990 C. Eugene Soechtig, DO
1991 Phil Gaca, DO
1992 Allan Coates, DO
1992 Susan Sevensma, DO
1993 Joseph Sage, DO
1994 Frank Belsito, DO
1995 Richard Goodstein, DO
1996 Lee Begrow, DO
1997 Joanne Grzeszak, DO
1998 Tom Stevenson, DO
1999 _____________
2000 Edward Lee, DO
2001 Daniel J. Olsen, DO
2002 Davis L. Dalton, DO
2003 Jeffrey Stevens, DO
2004 Kristopher Brennar, DO
2005 Ann Auburn, DO
2006 Karlin Sevensma, DO
2007 Ann Auburn, DO
2008 Robin Pedtke, DO
2009 Karlin Sevensma, DO
2010 Ann Auburn, DO
2011 Ann Auburn, DO
2012 Adam Wolfe, DO
2013 Diane Bigham DO
2014 Brad Irving, DO
2015 Jennifer Hemingway, DO
2016 Jennifer Hemingway, DO
2017 Jennifer Hemingway, DO
2018 Adam Wolfe, DO
2019 Adam Wolfe, DO
2020 Adam Wolfe, DO