Dr. Cleveland Sr. presided for over six decades as a chiropractic administrator and educator, serving the Kansas City Campus from 1922 to 1950 and the Los Angeles Campus from 1951 to 1982.

Dr. Carl S. Cleveland Jr. served as chief executive officer of Cleveland Chiropractic College of Kansas City from 1950 to 1982 and president of Cleveland Chiropractic College of Los Angeles from 1982 to January 1992. For over 25 years, Dr. Mildred G. Cleveland, Dr. Cleveland Jr.’s wife, served the Kansas City Campus as administrator, instructor and director of the Children’s Clinic. In 1992, the two Cleveland Chiropractic Colleges joined together to form a multicampus system and Dr. Carl S. Cleveland III assumed presidency of the system.