Clinic Founder
Dr.
Austen Inn-Young Chan, at the age of 68, passed away on March 25, 2009, in
Seattle, WA, from multiple organ failure. He fought for a courageous seven years, battling prostate cancer, kidney
failure, pulmonary fibrosis, and heart failure. He did not lose his battle to sickness. He won and is free of pain and in the presence of Christ and God.
Born
to Kan-Twin and Far-Rwe Chan on September 1, 1940 in Canton China, Austen left
China for Hong Kong to attend high school at the age of 15. In high school, he was an avid athlete and
helped win the high school volleyball championship. After graduating from high school, he received a scholarship to
attend medical school in Taiwan. He
opted to come to the United States and attended Yuba College and Oregon State
University and chose the most challenging subject, physics. After graduating with his BS, he returned to
Hong Kong and met his wife, Nora. They
were later married on July 17, 1967. He
then returned to the US and received his MS in physics from San Jose State
University and his PhD in physics from Brigham Young University. He went on to teach at Logan State
University as an assistant professor in the physics department. His career continued at Hanford Nuclear
Power Plant in Richland, WA. Because
his wife developed severe back problems, he decided to return to school and
attended Palmer Chiropractic College in San Jose, CA and obtained his Doctorate
degree in Chiropractic in 1984.
As
a chiropractor, Austen was loved by his patients. They would sometimes travel hours to see Austen. He founded Back and Neck Pain Centers, which
grew to seven locations in the Seattle area. He enjoyed being a radiation shielding specialist for the State of
Washington. As a successful
businessman, he sat on the Board of Trustees for Palmer University and on the
Board of Directors for AEA Bank in Seattle, WA. He also was a founder of Creditnet.com and Enetchina.com.
Austen
was also a man that was led by his faith. He joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints in 1963 and
remained an active member. He was a
high councilman and high priest and enjoyed sharing his beliefs.
Austen
cherished his wife and four children. He
enjoyed being involved in their sports, schooling, and activities. He was very proud that two of his sons
became chiropractors, another son became an orthodontist, and his daughter
graduated with a degree in computer information systems.
He
was the first in his extended family to reach the United States in 1961. Now there are over 100 relatives that have
been able to immigrate to the United States, the most recent being in 2004.