Each year the OCA chooses a leader in the field to deliver a seminal talk reflecting on learnings in the field of cranial osteopathy.

1958 Perrin T. Wilson DO+
1959 Thomas L. Northup DO+
1960 Irvin M. Korr PHD+
1961 Paul E. Kimberly DO FAAO FCA+
1962 Angus G. Cathie DO+
1963 Viola M. Frymann DO FAAO FCA+
1964 Alvera Miller DO+
1965 Rollin E. Becker DO FCA+
1966 Reginald Platt DO FAAO+
1967 Harold I. Magoun Sr. DO FAAO+
1968 Thomas F. Schooley DO FAAO FCA+
1969 Edith E. Dovesmith DO FAAO+
1970 Rebecca C. Lippincott DO+
1971 Kenneth E. Little DO FAAO FCA+
1972 Rachel H. Woods DO FAAO FCA+
1973 Howard A. Lippincott DO+(Read by Viola Frymann DO FAAO FCA+)
1974 Anne L. Wales DO FCA+
1975 Herbert C. Miller DO FAAO FCA+
1976 Viola M. Frymann DO FAAO FCA+ (Substituting for Paul E. Kimberly DO FAAO FCA+)
1977 A. P. Warthman DO+
1978 Robert E. Kappler DO FAAO FCA+
1979 Robert C. Fulford DO FCA+
1980 John H. Harakal DO FAAO FCA+
1981 Edna M. Lay DO FAAO FCA+
1982 Paula L. Eschtruth DO FCA
1983 Paul E. Kimberly DO FAAO FCA+
1984 Edgar S. Miller DO FAAO+
1985 Stephen D. Blood DO FAAO FCA+
1986 Stephen M. Davidson DO
1987 Eliott S. Blackman DO FCA
1988 Gerald J. Cooper DO FAAO FCA+
1989 Louis Hasbrouck DO FCA+
1990 Fred L. Mitchell Jr. DO FAAO FCA
1991 Alan R. Becker DO FAAO FCA+
1992 Anthony G. Chila DO FAAO FCA+
1993 Anne L. Wales DO FCA+
1994 Donald E. Woods DO FAAO FCA+
1995 Viola M. Frymann DO FAAO FCA+
1996 Harold I. Magoun Jr. DO FAAO FCA+
1997 A.T. Still MD (a.k.a. Harold I. Magoun Jr. DO FAAO FCA)+
1998 Margaret A. Sorrel DO FCA
1999 Richard A. Feely DO FAAO FCA
2000 Ernest F. Bernhardi Jr. DO FCA+
2001 Rachel Brooks MD FCA
2002 James S. Jealous DO+ (Read by Michael P. Burruano DO FCA)
2003 Michael P. Burruano DO FCA
2004 Michael D. Lockwood DO FCA
2005 Louis Hasbrouck DO FCA+
2006 Daniel B. Moore DO
2007 Harold D. Goodman DO
2008 Eliott S. Blackman DO FCA
2009 Herbert C. Miller DO FAAO FCA+
2010 Andrew M. Goldman DO FCA
2011 Kenneth E. Graham DO
2012 Donald V. Hankinson DO FCA
2013 R. Paul Lee DO FAAO FCA
2014 Bonnie M. Gintis DO FCA
2015 Hugh M. Ettlinger DO FAAO FCA
2016 Daniel Ronsmans Dipl Osteo (Belgium)
2017 Jane E. Carreiro DO
2018 Mark E. Rosen DO FCA
2019 Eric J. Dolgin DO FCA
2020 Douglas E. Vick DO
2022 Zinaida Pelkey DO FCA

+ Denotes Deceased