Atlantic School of Osteopathy

It moved to Buffalo, New York in 1904 and in 1905 merged into the American School of Osteopathy in Kirksville, Missouri, which is now known as A.T.

[1][2] In 1898, Dr. Schuyler C. Mathews and Dr. Virgil A. Hook recruited several influential philanthropists, formed an organization, and then received a charter for the Atlantic School of Osteopathy on February 21, 1899.

[3] The first presidents of the school were "Dr. V. A. Hook, Mr. J. C. Bell, and Dr. [John] W. Banning" and the first term began in February 1899.

[4] Dr. William Smith, a Scottish physician, briefly served as president in 1900.

The school was originally located in the Simon Long Building in Wilkes-Barre until the school purchased and remodeled the Central Methodist Episcopal Church in that same city.