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National University of Health Sciences company history timeline

1906

National University of Health Sciences was founded as the "National School of Chiropractic" by John Fitz Allen Howard in 1906 in Davenport, Iowa.

1908

In 1908, the school moved to Chicago, because its founder desired a scientifically more rigorous academic culture.

1919

Doctor Howard retires as president in 1919.

1942

In 1942, the college became a not-for-profit educational and research institution under the corporate laws of Illinois and the United States Department of the Treasury governing tax-exempt institutions.

1952

Absorbs Lindlahr College of Natural Therapeutics and offers degree program in naturopathy (natural therapeutics) until 1952.

1963

In 1963, National relocated its campus to Lombard, Illinois in suburban Chicago where it remains today.

1968

In 1968, the Chiropractic Institute of New York was merged into National.

1972

Before President Nixon opened diplomatic doors to China in 1972, National had already begun acupuncture research and education.

2000

In 2000, it adopted the university structure and changed its name to National University of Health Sciences.

2006

NUHS accepts its first classes in Fall 2006 for the ND, MSAc, and MSOM programs.

2009

First class starts in Fall 2009.

In 2009, the university entered into a partnership with St Petersburg College, a public community college in St Petersburg, Florida, to provide a doctor of chiropractic degree at the St Petersburg College campus.

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Andrew Ng,Ashutosh Saxena,Siddharth Batra
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