Section News
Argentina	Trustee Bernardo Levit, who attended the Hawaii Meeting, will host his meeting on 4 December in Buenos Aires during the Asociacion Odontologica Argentina Meeting. Last May, he inducted eight new members into Fellowship
Australasia	Trustee William Winspear, who attended the Hawaii Meeting, announced induction of new members during the next meeting of the Australian Dental Congress to be held in Brisbane, Queensland, in 2001. PFA Student Merit Certificates were awarded to students in all the dental schools in Australia, New Zealand, and Fiji. The 1999 Gordon Rowell Prize for excellence was awarded to Emma Jane Bell of South Australia for her distinguished research into the microdontia of permanent teeth in Down’s syndrome individuals.
Belgium/ Luxembourg	Chair Jose Dahan attended the Hawaii Meeting and reported on the progress they were making with their WEPE Mentorship Program. Chair Jose Dahan
Brazil	Secretary Renato Osvaldo Geromel attended the Hawaii Meeting to give the report for Brazil to the Board.
Canada	Trustee Kevin Roach hosted their Fellowship Induction Breakfast in Halifax, Nova Scotia, during the CDA annual meeting. PFA President Jim Long and past President Michael Cripton assisted in inducting 21 new Fellows into the Academy. Fellow John Diggens, a Vancouver endodontist, became President of the Canadian Dental Association (CDA) at the annual Board of Governors Meeting in Ottawa last September. Dr. Diggens is a past President of the College of Dental Surgeons of British Columbia and of the University of British Columbia Alumni Association. He currently chairs the Board of Green College at UBC, and sits on the Board of Green Institutions at Oxford and at Dallas, Texas. Dr. Diggens teaches at UBC in the department of oral medicine and surgical sciences. Fellow George Sweetnam of Lindsay, Ontario, has been selected to serve as Vice President of the Canadian Dental Association at the Board of Governors Meeting in Ottawa last September. Dr. Sweetnam has served as President of the Ontario Dental Association. Dr. Sweetnam is also active in Swim Canada and his daughter Nancy is a two-time Olympian in swimming and a Commonwealth Gold Medallist. Fellow George Peacock of Saskatoon was awarded Honorary Membership in the CDA at the annual Awards Luncheon in Ottawa last September. This is the CDA’s highest honor, recognizing an individual who has made outstanding contributions to the profession. Dr. Peacock has been the Registrar for the College of Dental Surgeons of Saskatoon for the last quarter of a century and		served as President before that. He is a clinical professor at the University of Saskatoon College of Dentistry. Fellow Daniel Pelland of Montreal was presented with the CDA’s Distinguished Service Award last September in Ottawa at the annual Awards Luncheon. Dr. Pelland serves as Executive Director for the Québec Dental Surgeons Association and has been their past President. Fellow Marcia Boyd of Vancouver received the CDA’s Distinguished Service Award at their annual Awards Luncheon last September in Ottawa. Dr. Boyd worked in the East Arctic with Health Canada and then joined the faculty of UBC, where she currently serves as Associate Academic Dean. Dr. Boyd was the first woman President of the Association of Canadian Faculties of Dentistry and is currently the chief written examiner for the National Dental Examining Board of Canada. She has served as Founding President for the International Association of Dental Research educational research group. In 1998, she was recognized by the College of Dental Surgeons of British Columbia with Honorary Membership. Fellow Charles Daly of St. John’s received the CDA Award of Merit at their Awards Luncheon last September in Ottawa. Dr. Daly has served as President of the Newfoundland Dental Association and as Registrar of the Newfoundland Dental Board. He has served as Chief of Dentistry for the Janeway Child Health Centre and spent some months in Monserrat as a volunteer dentist for CIDA.
Chile	Chair Francisco Omar Campos S. attended the Hawaii Meeting and gave his Section’s report as well as exhibiting their Section’s newsletter, Informativo Pierre Fauchard Academy, Seccion Chile, by Editor David Embry M. The newsletter is inserted into Revista Dental de Chile, the official publication of the Sociedad Odontologica de Chile as well as the Pierre Fauchard Academy Chile Section (following the format of Dental World inside Dental Abstracts). This was an outstanding piece of work by Professor Campos, Editor Embry, and section Secretary/Treasurer Luis Felipe Jimenez S. The Academy is quite proud of the Chile Section’s publication. Dr. Campos reported that the Section project is to serve the aged who have no income to pay for needed dentistry. The cost of such service is assumed by the Fellows themselves. Also, they have initiated a Mentorship Program with two Fellows at the University of Chile School of Dentistry.		Chair Professor Omar Campos
France	International Trustee Pierre Marois reports that Chair Hubert Ouvrard is organizing a scientific program at the American Hospital in Paris, at which time the two Foundation scholarship awards will be presented.
India	Secretary T. Samraj reported on their 12th annual PFA Convocation held last September. The event started out with an orthodontics scientific seminar given by Professors D.K. Sabharwal of Ludhiana, Vinod Verma of New Delhi, and T. Samraj of Vellore. About 90 members attended to see Chairman D.K. Sabharwal induct 30 new Fellows into		the Academy. The chief speaker was Vice Chancellor L.S. Chawla of the Baba Farid University of Health Sciences in Ludhiana. Dr. Chawla also presented the Student Certificates of Merit. PFA Section Editor V.P. Jalili distributed the India Section’s Journal of PFA. Dr. Mohini Puri gave the Response, and dinner followed.
Ireland	Chair Robin O’Sullivan attended the Hawaii Meeting to report that his 15 members have nominated three dentists for Fellowship. Fellow Gerald McKenna of Dublin, their Awards Officer, presented Student Merit Certificates to Cork dental school students Chris Lynch and Lutfiya Al-Harthy.		Chair O’Sullivan last July visited the dental school at Irbid, Jordan, to present new textbooks donated by their Section. Their Section also funded a study on the stress of undergraduate dental students in seven European dental schools. Japan
Italy	The new Section Chairman is Dr. Guido Bracchetti.
Japan	Their annual meeting was held last September in Sapporo, Hokkaido, and was arranged by the Hokkaido Branch, one of the seven branches of the Japan PFA. The Section publishes a journal once a year and a newsletter twice annually. They have 184 members, with the average age approaching 70. The aging of the Japan Academy is of some concern to the officers. The Board of Directors are Chairperson Sadao Wakumoto, Vice Chairpersons Benji Fujii and Masanori Kawaguichi, Chairperson-elect Sekio Fukuyo, immediate past Chairperson Katsumi Masuda, and Secretary General Eiichi Katagiri. The Asian Pacific Dental Congress will be held in Tokyo 25–30 May 2000. The Second PFA Asian Section Meeting is planned for this period. The 31st annual Meeting and the Michinosuke Nakayama Memorial Award are scheduled for Saturday, 27 May 2000. Mrs. Michinosuke Nakayama was present at our Hawaii Meeting and President’s Luncheon. She expressed her sorrow for the passing of her friend J. Murray Gavel. She sent a contribution to the J. Murray Gavel Clinical Research Lecture Fund. Dr.		Gavel was a dear friend of the Japan Section and appears in several pictures in the book, The Brief History of the PFA Japanese Section, which is available from the Hakusui Trading Company, Ltd. Mrs. Nakayama and President Long at President’s Luncheon
Portugal	The new Section Chairman is Dr. Gil Alcoforado.

United States	Alabama Chair Clyde Yarborough reported inducting six new members at their meeting during the Alabama State Dental meeting. California, Northern Section Fellow Art Dugoni, Dean of the University of the Pacific Dental School, presented the student award certificate to Class of ’99 dental graduate Greg Vaughn. Dean Art Dugoni presenting Certificate to Greg Vaughn Chair Daniel Castagna attended the Hawaii Meeting and reported that the Section held its annual meeting last September with some 60 in attendance. During their meeting, held at the San Francisco Marriott Hotel in conjunction with the California Dental Association Scientific Sessions, 11 new Fellows were inducted: Drs. Alan Budenz, Howard Chi, Dudley Cheu, Robert Daby, Dennis DeTomasi, Terry Eggleston, Henrik Hansen, William Lundergan, Sloan McDonald, Gerald Pieroni, and Allen Wong. Dr. Herbert Yee received the Section’s Distinguished Service Award. The Section established its own Allied Service Award to recognize non-dentists for their achievements for dentistry. Their first award was presented to the CDA’s Director of Dental Affairs, Judith Babcock. Fellow Dennis Shinbori is their Section’s current Secretary/ Treasurer. Colorado Chair Milan Uremovich hosted their annual meeting last August to honor Dr. Jack Allen with their Section’s Distinguished Service Award. Dr. Jack Allen Georgia Chair Lee Hawkins held their meeting last July during the Georgia Dental Association’s annual meeting in Hilton Head, South Carolina. Twenty-one new Fellows were inducted, including the Dean of the Medical College of Georgia School of Dentistry. Connecticut Chair Howard Mark attended the Hawaii Meeting to report that his Section is alive and well. They held their annual Meeting with 80 in attendance at the Foxwoods Convention Center last May and honored Dr. Adolph Bushell of Hartford. Dr. Bushell has been serving the dental profession in many ways, particularly by sending dental supplies to Sri Lanka, the Dominican Republic, Jamaica, Haiti, Colombia, and Peru, as well as many clinics in Connecticut. Nine new Fellows were also inducted at this meeting, increasing the Section’s rolls to 115 members. Dr. Howard Mark has been asked to become Director of the Mentorship Program at the University of Connecticut School of Dental Medicine and is melding the PFA Fellows into this project. Fellow Gregory Egnaczyk of Shelton is co-chairing the Connecticut State Dental Association’s Oral Health 2000 Committee with Dr. Howard Mark; they will develop a mouthguard program for children. Delaware At the Hawaii Meeting, Chair Alan Stewart reported holding their induction and awards ceremony during the Delaware Dental Society Session in Wilmington. He inducted 10 new Fellows and presented their Distinguished Service Award to Dr. George Zurko. Chair Alan Stewart Florida Chair Thomas Hart attended the Hawaii Meeting and reported participating in the Mentorship Program, jointly sponsored by the University of Florida College of Dentistry, the UF Alumni Association, the Florida Dental Association, ICD, and ACD. New Fellows Drs. Linda Trotter, Betty Klement, Albert Bauknecht, Phil Levine, Don Erbes, Susan Dietrich, Cynthia Brown, Edmund Parnes, Cesar Sabates, Dalia Garcia, Michael Eggnatz, Idalia Lastra, Paul Grumbach, Paul Miller, Nick Dundee, Bryan Marshall, Rose Rosanelli, Keith Riley, Gerald Kluft, Larry Morgan, and Bill Truax were inducted last June. Idaho Chair Dwight Romriell was installed by Utah Chair Gary Lowder at their second annual PFA Breakfast last June during the Idaho State Dental Convention in Sun Valley. Eight new Fellows were inducted and a Recognition Award was presented to Dr. John Davis for his 50 years of dental service to his community. The Idaho Section is composed of past and the present Idaho Dental Association Presidents and officers as well as past ADA Trustees. Past Chair Frederick Hansing received the retiring Section Chair award for his tenure in establishing the new Idaho Section. Illinois Chair James Shelton hosted their annual breakfast during the Midwinter Meeting of the Chicago Dental Society. The program’s speaker was Dr. John Kenny, lecturing on forensic dentistry. The Distinguished Service Award was presented to Dr. Richard Perry. L-R: Chair James Shelton, Fellow John Zapp, past President William Kort Iowa Chair Steve Hedlund held their annual Meeting last May. Kentucky Chair Karl Lange reported participating for the second year in the Kentucky Special Olympics/Special Smiles Summer Games last June. PFA Fellows volunteered to give oral hygiene instructions, perform screenings, and place sealants for 300 to 400 handicapped athletes. Louisiana Chair Frank Martello presented their Distinguished Service Award to past Section Chairman Robert Hesse. Maine The new Chair for Maine is Dr. Roger Kay. Maryland Chair Ben Swanson, PFA Historian, hosted their annual meeting at the Baltimore Country Club.		Massachusetts Fellow Norm Becker advised us of the passing of past PFA President J. Murray Gavel on 12 August of this year. Services were held for him on 16 August and 19 August. His Section donated a memoriam in his honor to the J. Murray Gavel research Center at Tufts University in Boston Michigan Chair Virginia Merchant inducted eight new Fellows this year. The Section holds its meetings during the Michigan Dental Association’s Annual Session and during the Detroit District Dental Review. The Section’s major project is its Mentorship Program with the University of Detroit-Mercy. The Distinguished Service Award was presented to Marc Brown, Executive Director of the Detroit District Dental Society for the past 25 years. Minnesota Chair Michael Schafhauser and International Trustee Michael Perpich hosted their annual meeting last April. Mississippi Chairs Barbara Mauldin and Bill Buchanan held their meeting with ACD and ICD last June in Destin, Florida, during the annual session of the Mississippi State Dental Association. Montana A new Section is being organized here. If anyone has suggestions, please contact the Central Office. Nebraska Chair Richard Tempero is retiring and turning over the Section to Dr. Paul Tamisiea. Ohio Chair Alfred Uveges hosted 125 participants at their annual Breakfast Meeting in Columbus, and inducted 15 new Fellows. Dr. David Rummel was honored with their Distinguished Service Award. The Ohio PFA Divisional Chairs are E. Karl Schneider for the Northeast, Daniel Strickland for the Northwest, Ronald Clowson for Central, and Joseph Crowley for the Southern. Rhode Island Chair M. Christine Benoit attended the Hawaii Meeting to report on her Section. They held their annual Awards and Induction Meeting last May in Warwick. International Trustee Robert Friedman attended to induct nine new Fellows and present the Section’s Distinguished Service Award to Dr. Raymond George, Sr. Also in attendance were past PFA President James Kershaw, past Section Chair Aaron Shatkin, ADA Trustee Ronald Chaput, and ADA Trustee-elect Edwin Mehlman. Fellow George Carrellas of Newport passed from our membership last May and will be missed. South Carolina Chair Charles Youmans and International Trustee Gordan Stine inducted nine new Fellows last August at their meeting at the Medical University of South Carolina College of Dental Medicine in Charleston. The Section’s Distinguished Service Award was presented to Dr. Carl Wessinger of Clinton. South Dakota International Trustee Michael Perpich attended their annual meeting last May and gave a presentation on PFA. Chair Robin Hattervig attended the Hawaii Meeting and reported to the Board on their activities. Tennessee Chairman Thomas D. Pryse, a Knoxville orthodontist, was presented with the Dr. Jack Wells Memorial Dedication to Dentistry Award by the Tennessee Dental Association. The presentation was made at the opening of the TDA’s 132nd annual Session on 14 May in Nashville. Dr. Pryse has been in practice for 49 years. He has served as Chief of Orthodontics for the U.S. Air Force and as President for the Second District Dental Society and for the TDA. He received the TDA Fellowship Award in 1978. Besides his many memberships, he currently serves as District 6 ICD Regent. Dr. Thomas Pryse The Dr. Jack Wells Award is presented to outstanding Tennessee dentists. The first such award was bestowed on Frank Bowyer, a PFA Fellow and past ADA President, in 1983. Utah Chair Gary Lowder attended the Hawaii Meeting and reported holding their annual breakfast meeting to induct four new Fellows. The Section’s annual scholarship award was presented to University of Utah freshman dental student Boyd Simkins who then transfers to Creighton University Dental School for his remaining three years. Trustee Gary Lowder Fellow Charles Cragun will become the new Section Chair at their annual meeting on 4 March 2000, succeeding Gary Lowder, who was elected to International Trustee at the Hawaii Meeting. Vermont Recently appointed Chair Jeff McKechnie has had to resign due to ill health. Virginia Chair Raymond Meade reported inducting five new Fellows in to the Academy at their annual meeting this September during the Virginia Dental Association’s session. Their program was presented by dental student Cindy Dang, the winner of the Medical College of Virginia Dental School table clinics. The Section contributed funds to the Medical College of Virginia’s mobile dental clinic. Dr. William Bennett of Williamsburg was installed as the new Section Chair. Washington, D.C. Chair Ashur Chavoor is initiating a Mentorship Program in his section at Howard University and initiating a membership drive. West Virginia Chair James Overberger hosted their annual meeting last April at the Health Sciences Center. Their Distinguished Service Award was presented to Dr. Richard Smith. Their Student Award went to Thomas Butler. Wisconsin Chair Glenn Maihofer’s Section has had an excellent Mentorship Program for the last 5 years, in concert with the Marquette School of Dentistry and the Wisconsin Dental Society. PFA Fellow John Moser is the serving on the WDA Mentorship Advisory Group. Their voluntary program is 100% subscribed with freshmen and juniors having a dentist mentor. Their Distinguished Service Award was presented this May to Dr. Fred Tidstrom, who has been mentoring students in his practice for 50 years. Wyoming Chair Scott Houfek held their annual Breakfast Meeting last June with ACD, ADI, and ICD. They presented their Distinguished Service Award to Dr. Charlie Meyer of Cheyenne. Their Section boasts a membership of 40 Fellows.	9
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