The ASAHP is a not-for-profit national professional association for administrators,
educators, and others who are concerned with critical issues affecting allied health
education. The phrase "allied health" was popularized during the deliberations which led to
the passage of the Allied Health Professions Personnel Training Act in 1967. The passage of
this act brought about a new and radical concept of unifying all the various disciplines
that make up "allied health" into academic programs with single administrative units.
ASAHP was founded in 1967 under the leadership of Darrel Mase, Ph.D., of the University of
Florida. Dr. Mase and thirteen deans of allied health education programs convened at the
University of Kentucky to develop the by-laws of the new association and elected Dr. Mase
its first president. In 1968, ASAHP held its first annual meeting with nearly five hundred
delegates in attendance. Through the efforts of Dr. Mase and others, ASAHP was awarded a
major five-year grant to support its establishment and growth by the W. K. Kellogg
Foundation. Also during that first year a national office for the Association was
established in Washington, D.C.
In November of 1972, ASAHP began publishing the Journal of Allied
Health. Then, seeking to provide a unified voice for allied health, not only for
educational institutions, but also for professional organizations, clinical services and
others, the association changed its name in 1973 to the American Society of Allied Health
Professions.
In 1991, ASAHP members voted to return the organization to its roots by revising its
by-laws and returning to the original name as a means of achieving its mission of enhancing
the effectiveness of education for the allied health professions.
ASAHP Presidents
| 1968 |
Darrel J. Mase
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| 1969 |
J. Warren Perry
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| 1970 |
Joseph Hamburg
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| 1971 |
Robert J. Atwell
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| 1972 |
Aaron L. Andrews
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| 1973 |
Raymond C. Bard
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| 1974 |
Louis A. Reibling
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| 1975 |
J. Rhodes Haverty
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| 1976 |
Thomas C. Barker
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| 1977 |
Ralph H. Boatman
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| 1978 |
Sidney D. Rodenberg
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| 1979 |
Helen K. Hickey
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| 1980 |
Lee Holder
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| 1981 |
A. Duane Addleman
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| 1982 |
Polly A. Fitz
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| 1983 |
Richard R. Gutekunst
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| 1984 |
Polly A. Fitz
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| 1985-1986 |
Edmund J. McTernan
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| 1987-1989 |
Thomas E. Freeland
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| 1989-1990 |
Lawrence Abrams
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| 1990-1991 |
David C. Broski
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| 1991-1994 |
Thomas C. Robinson
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| 1994-1996 |
Judith T. Barr
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| 1996-1998 |
M. Diane Roberts
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| 1999-2000 |
John E. Trufant
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| 2001-2002 |
Stephen L. Wilson
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| 2002-2006 |
David D. Gale
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| 2006-2007 |
David M. Gibson
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| 2007-2009 |
Linda C. Hatzenbuehler
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