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{{Infobox Person
|name          = Dr. Joseph Janse
|image         = JJanse.png 
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|caption       = Dr. Joseph Janse
|birth_date    = {{birth date|1909|08|19}}
|birth_place   = Middelberg, Netherlands
|death_date    = {{death date|1985|12|18}}
|death_place   = Illinois
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|nationality   = {{USA}}
|known_for     = Founding the [[Council on Chiropractic Education – USA]]; University President
|education     = [[Chiropractic]]
|alma_mater    = [[National College of Chiropractic]]
|employer      =
|occupation    = [[Chiropractic Physician]] College President, Teacher
|years_active  = 1945-1983
|home_town     = Lombard, IL
|title         = [[Physician]], (DC)
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|religion      = Mormon
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'''Joseph Janse''' was born in Middelberg, Netherlands,<ref name=Biedermann> {{Cite book
  | last = Beidermann
  | first = Ronald
  | authorlink = 
  | coauthors = 
  | title = In the Making of a Profession
  | publisher = National College of Chiropractic
  | date = 1995
  | location = Lombard, IL
  | pages = 290
  | url = 
  | doi = 
  | id = 
  | isbn = 0-9615849-2-0 }}</ref>
in 1909. He was the third child of Jan Pieter and Gertrude (De Voogd) Janse. <ref name=Biedermann /> Arriving in the US at age 6, he attended the Weber County, UT public schools, and he received two years of [[Pre-medical]] education at Weber State College by 1930. After three years  in Europe as a missionary, he transferred to University of Utah<ref name=Biedermann />  to complete his pre-medical studies. He entered [[National College of Chiropractic]] in the spring of 1935 and  received both the [[Doctor of Chiropractic|DC]] and [[Doctor of Naturopathy|ND]]  degrees  on June 17, 1938. On June 24, 1938 he married Gloria Julie Schade <ref name=Biedermann /> in [[Utah]] and they had three children.

==Biography==
Upon graduation from National College, he immediately joined their faculty, <ref name=Biedermann /> and taught in the departments of [[Anatomy]] and [[Chiropractic]], continuing through his tenure as President <ref name=Biedermann />.
He was named one of four Deans,  and then in December, 1944, <ref name=Biedermann /> he was elected to the College's Board of Trustees. And in their Minutes of that meeting , he was  elected [[President]] of National College. <ref name=Wardwell1> {{Cite book
  | last = Wardwell
  | first = Walter
  | authorlink = 
  | coauthors = 
  | title = Chiropractic, History and evolution of a profession
  | publisher = Mosby
  | date = 1992
  | location = St. Louis, MO
  | pages = 90
  | url = 
  | doi = 
  | id = 
  | isbn =0-8016-6883-2 }}</ref> <ref name=Biedermann />

Dr. Janse was licensed to practice in eleven States,<ref name=Biedermann /> and qualified  by the Canadian board as well.  He was known as a "fire and brimstone" orator, and was much in demand throughout the profession. <ref name=Biedermann />

*1947 - He spearheaded the formation of the [[Council on Chiropractic Education – USA]], <ref name=Wardwell2> {{Cite book
  | last = Wardwell
  | first = Walter
  | authorlink = 
  | coauthors = 
  | title = Chiropractic, History and evolution of a profession
  | publisher = Mosby
  | date = 1992
  | location = St. Louis, MO
  | pages = 144
  | url = 
  | doi = 
  | id = 
  | isbn =0-8016-6883-2 }}</ref>and served as its Secretary from 1947-1959,<ref name=Biedermann /> and President from 1951-1961 and foreign liaison until 1982, <ref name=Biedermann />the Board took the unprecedented step of naming him "[[President Emeritus]]".<ref name=Biedermann />
*1967 - He was honored to have been selected to deliver  a paper called "The Scientific Basis of Chiropractic" before the U.S. Congressional Ad Hoc Committee on Chiropractic.<ref name=Biedermann />

*1971 - His contributions to the science of Chiropractic were so great <ref name=DCKeating> {{cite journal|last=Keating|first=Joseph|title=Remembering Joe Janse in Pictures: The Early Years|journal=Dynamic Chiropractic|volume=23|page=|number=25|date=Dec 2, 2005|url=http://www.dynamicchiropractic.com/mpacms/dc/article.php?id=50517}}</ref>, that the [[International College of Chiropractors]] elected him to the rank of "Dean" of the "Faculty" of the (Honorary) College; a post he held until his passing in 1985.<ref name=Biedermann />

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