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Table of Contents - March/April • 2002
Grant Awards
Foundation Grant Awards
The Humanitarian Award
A Date With Fate
Foundation News
U.S. Dental Policy Update
Section News- International
Awards Reminder
Section News USA
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Foundation News
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Australasia
International Trustee William Winspear had the Foundation scholarship award presented to University of Queensland dental student Sunny Hong by Professor Gregory Seymour, head of the dental school.
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United Kingdom
The King’s College of London Dental Institute presented the Foundation Scholarship Award to student Ronuk Vasant. |
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France  L-R, Drs. Mahe, President Robert, Cousinas, PFA Trustee Pierre Marois, Bouteille, Kuntz, Cherpion, Regard, Maccotta, Micouleau, and Scohy |
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European International Trustee Pierre Marois presented the Foundation’s grant check for the mobile dental clinic of Paris to the Conseil National de l’Ordre des Chirurgiens-Dentistes President Andre Robert and the Conseil’s Trustees. The traveling dental clinic serves the poor and needy of Paris and her suburbs at no charge and is staffed by volunteers. Korea PFA Secretary General of the Korean Section, Dr. Park Il Hae of Seoul presented the Foundation scholarship award to dental student Cho, Ka-Young.  L-R, Professor Kim, Chong-Youl; Secretary General Park, Il-Hae; recipient Cho, Ka-Young; Dean Son, Heung-Kyu; Associate Dean Chai, Jung-Kiu Singapore The Foundation Scholarship Award was presented to student President of the Dental Society Yi Che Wu at the National University of Singapore Faculty of Dentistry Awards’ Day by Dr. Gerald Lim. Deputy President and Provost Professor Chi Tat Chong was the Guest of Honour for the audience of the faculty, staff, students, and parents.  Dr. Gerald Lim presenting Award to recipient Yi Che Wu |
Hong Kong
Secretary Rupert Chan, Secretary of the Faculty of Dentistry at the University of Hong Kong at the Prince Phillip Dental Hospital reports that our Section Chair Dr. Jeffrey Y. S. Tsang presented the Foundation Scholarship award to BDS V dental student Marcus Fung Ho Tak during their Presentation Ceremony of Prizes and Awards last November at the Furama Hotel in Hong Kong. Among the dignitaries attending were Pro-Vice-Chancellor of the University Professor J. A. Spinks, Chairman of the Hospital Board of Governors Andrew K. Y. Leung, Faculty Dean Professor F. C. Smales, Chairman of the Hong Kong Dental Council Fellow Jeffrey Tsang, and Vice President of the Hong Kong Dental Association Richard Walters. Some 120 awards were presented with the PFA scholarship being the first listed in their program.  Recipient Marcus Fung Ho Tak receiving Foundation check from Chair Jeffrey Tsang |
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United States
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California, Northern Section Dean Art Dugoni of the University of the Pacific in San Francisco presented the Foundation Scholarship Award to dental student Jared Buck, class of 2002. Jared demonstrated his leadership skills as sophomore class President as a student advocate in the creation of the Student Academic Council and established a review of the student examination schedules. He served on the Student Interview Committee, the Clinic Advisory Committee, the Student Community Outreach for Public Education and is a member of Delta Sigma Delta Dental Fraternity. He tutors freshmen in fixed Prosthodontics, dental anatomy, and operative dentistry. Dean Dugoni, in making the presentation stated, “Jared Buck is a well-rounded individual who will become an outstanding professional. I truly believe he represents all the outstanding qualities, which the PFA Student Scholarship Program recognizes. He is truly deserving of this honor.”  L-R, UOP’s Jared Buck receiving the Foundation check and certificate from Dean Art Dugoni |
Washington State
Our Foundation Award was listed in the University of Washington Dental Alumni News as being presented to Jason Bourne. Florida Demetrick LeCorn, of the University of Florida College of Dentistry, recipient of the Foundation Scholarship, thanked us for this recognition of his hard work through dental school. He intends to use the funds to cover his Florida State Licensure Exam. “I look forward to one day joining the prestigious Pierre Fauchard Academy and helping another student along the way.” California, Southern Section Past PFA President George Higue and Dr. Robert Barrett presented the Foundation Scholarship Award to USC dental student Rex Yanase last December. Oregon Scholarship recipient Kirk Robertson at the Oregon Health Sciences University thanked the Foundation and Academy for his being awarded this honor. “I can only hope to continue to live up to the standards of the Academy, and hopefully some day become a Fellow.” South Carolina Scholarship recipient Henry Tate Bradford III sent a thank you letter to the Academy for his award. He will be starting an Endodontic Residency Program at the University of Florida this July. |
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Section News
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| Italy Chairman Guido Bracchetti inducted nine new Fellows at their meeting last Fall. Dr. Bracchetti is planning a grant application with the Italian Academy of Prosthetic Dentistry (AIOP), the most prestigious and serious dental academy in Italy. United Kingdom The British edition of September’s Dental Practice highlighted PFA Fellow Linda Greenwall’s new book Bleaching Techniques in Restorative Dentistry. Dr. Greenwall is a third generation dentist with family roots back to South African dentistry. Linda is also Associate Editor of Rest & Aesth in Independent Dentistry. Past UK Chair Raj Raja Rayan, after being stuck in Belfast after the September 11th tragedies sent this wire, “Your sorrow and anger is shared by ALL of us in the free and democratic world. “We grieve most deeply. This is beyond comprehension and we look to you for leadership in halting this madness in our free and beautiful world. We stand together with the people of the United States of America.” Belize/Guatemala Section Chairman Bertram Moldauer hosted their Induction Ceremony for new members at the Hotel Camino Real in Guatemala City. The new Fellows are already organizing their first scientific meeting. Dr. Ivan Moldauer, son of Chair Bertram Moldauer, has planned a surgical mission to the jungles of Guatemala in early May. Francisco Marroquin University School of Dentistry will supply the materials. |
Netherlands Chair Peter Crielars, Vice Chair Annette Dony-Nabbe, Secretary Jan van Bentum, Treasurer Nelleke Balkema-Brouwer, Dam Backer, and the Fellows of the Section personally signed a letter at their Fall Meeting in Domburg in Zeeland expressing their feelings of compassion and condolences to the people of the United States. The letter finished, “The disaster in New York and the succeeding events in the United States give rise to deep sorrow and regret. We shall stand together!! God bless America.” Canada International Trustee Kevin Roach has extended an invitation to the PFA Fellows to attend the Centennial celebration of the Canadian Dental Association hosting a joint convention with les Journees dentaires internationals du Quebec in Montreal from May 25 through May 29. Their 100th Anniversary Gala Dinner will be held on May 26. A bound commemorative issue of The Canadian Dental Association: 1902-2002, A Century of Service, by Ralph Crawford will be distributed at the dinner. Fellow Denis Forest of Montreal has received CDA’s Distinguished Service Award. He is a member of the Order of Dentists of Quebec (ODQ) and Editor of the Journal dentaire du Quebec, ODQ Director of Communications and Director of the Journees dentaires intenationales du Quebec. Dr. Forest is a Professor at the University of Montreal Faculty of Dentistry and is a recognized leader in dental radiology. Fellow Peter Fendrich of London, Ontario, has received CDA’s Award of Merit. Dr. Fendrich serves as Chairman of the Canadian Collaboration on Clinical Practice Guidelines in Dentistry, which establishes such for the dental profession. He is an adjunct Professor of Medicine and Dentistry at the University of Western Ontario. He also maintains a private practice in London, Ontario. Dr. Fendrich is past President of the Ontario Dental Association and the CDA Board of Governors. |
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| Uruguay Section Chair Roy Cooper hosted a conference on the History of Dentistry given by Dr. Pablo Escudero focusing on Pierre Fauchard.  PFA Uruguay Section Fellows |
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| California, Southern Section Dean Art Dugoni of UOP received the Pacific Coast Society of Orthodontics Award of Merit recognizing his outstanding contributions to the society and to orthodontics at their 65th Annual Session held in Hawaii last year. Dr. Dugoni received his Certificate in Orthodontics in 1963 from the University of Washington. Foundation Treasurer George Higue, past PFA President (1974), serves on the USC dental school Alumni Board and is currently President-elect. He was General Chairman of their 94th annual Alumni-Student Day. The program contained an entire page written for the occasion. Iowa Chairman Steven Hedlund reports that the annual PFA McLeran-Montgomery Education Award was presented Kevin Rencher, a senior dental student at the University of Iowa, at the Fall PFA Luncheon in Iowa City. This Award is funded by a generous grant from past PFA President C. F. Larry Barrett and his wife Lois.  L-R, Past Dean John Montgomery, Kevin Rencher, and past PFA President Larry Barrett - |
South Carolina PFA President-elect Gordan Stine, special assistant to the Dean of the College of Dental Medicine, was awarded the Order of the Silver Crescent by State Governor James Hodges. This was well reported in the MUSC magazine. The article also mentioned that Dr. Stine had received the State’s highest civilian award, the Order of the Palmetto, three times from three different Governors. Virginia Chair William Bennett reported adding seven new Fellows to their rolls: Drs. Alonzo Bell of Alexandria, Barry Green of Newport News, Robert Hall, Jr. of Winchester, James Krochmal of Norfolk, Frank Portell of Falls Church, William Redwine of Richmond, and Neil Small of Fairfax. Their Section recognizes three dental students each year for their excellence. This year’s Research Award of $250 was presented to Jennifer Mark. Their Virginia Section Award of $1000 was presented to Kathleen Seiler. And their Academic Excellence Award of $1500 went to Joseph Errera. They also contribute $1000 to the Dean for use in supporting the School’s mobile dental clinic. Dr. Richard Barnes of Hampton has been selected as Chairman to serve for the next two years. As a candidate for Chairman-elect, the nominating committee selected Dr. Kirk Norbo of Falls Church. The Virginia Section dues are $30 per annum. Washington State Fellow Paul B. Robertson has retired as Dean of the University of Washington School of Dentistry. He had joined the dental school as Dean in 1992 after serving for 20 years in administrative positions at the University of Alabama, at the University of Texas Dental Branch, at the Connecticut School of Dental Medicine, at the University of California at San Francisco, then at the University of British Columbia, and finally at the University of Washington, where he served in many roles including Dean of the dental school. |
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Table of Contents - March/April • 2002
Grant Awards
Foundation Grant Awards
The Humanitarian Award
A Date With Fate
Foundation News
U.S. Dental Policy Update
Section News- International
Awards Reminder
Section News USA
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