“B. J. Palmer” by Luis Antonio Sanguino

Palmer College of Chiropractic
1000 Brady Street
Davenport, Iowa 52803

The bust of B. J. Palmer was created by Luis Antonio Sanguino, a Spanish sculptor with studios in New York and Madrid. He did a model of the bust and sent a picture of it to B. J. for approval. The bust was cast in bronze in his Madrid studio and then sent by boat to the United States. Sanguino was carefully selected from a detailed study of sculptors from works, references and correspondence by the Alumni committee.

B.J. (Bartlett Joshua) Palmer, became the second president of the college in 1906. He held this position until his death in 1961. B. J. was a man of varied interests and accomplishments. In 1921 he became interested in radio from a Rock Island man, Robert Karlowa. B. J. petitioned the federal government for permission to broadcast voice and music and received the call letters "WOC". The station went on the air in 1922 on Brady Street hill. One of its early sports broadcasters was Ronald Reagan. B. J. also wrote some twenty books. He traveled the world extensively, lecturing on philosophy, science and the art of chiropractic.