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California, Northern Section

Fellow Dr. Lawrence M. LeVine of San Rafael, a 1962 graduate of the University of Illinois College of Dentistry, was named Vice Chairman of the Northern California Section of the American College of Dentists.

UOP Dugoni School of Dentistry Dean Arthur Dugoni, a PFA Fellow, was listed in the March issue of the ADA News as having contributed several thousand dollars to the ADA Foundation, along with several other PFA Fellows from around the country. Dean Dugoni also contributed to the ADA Disaster Response Tribute along with other Fellows and the South Carolina PFA Section.

California, Southern Section

Their Annual Spring Luncheon honoring Dr. Cherilyn Sheets as well as their selected candidates for Teachers of the Year and Students of the Year was held on Sunday, 30 April, at the Sheraton Park Hotel with cocktails at 11:30 and lunch at noon. New Fellows were also inducted into PFA membership.

Fellow Stephen Flanders of Whittier is a third-generation dentist who is celebrating the 101st year of his dental practice within a five-block area of Whittier. His grandfather, George Flanders, graduated in the first USC dental class and started his general dentistry practice in Whittier, a former Quaker settlement, just east of Los Angeles in 1905. His father, Maxwell Flanders joined the practice after graduating from USC in 1933. And Stephen Flanders started with him after graduating from UOP in 1965. This mutual relationship was a wonderful mentorship as the practice changed from generation to generation.

Illinois

Section Chair Chris Baboulas co-hosted their annual Luncheon Meeting with ICD and ACD last February at McCormick Place in Chicago during the annual Chicago Dental Society MidWinter Meeting. In attendance were dignitaries like the ADA President Richard Haught and PFA Officers Secretary General Richard Kozal, Foundation Treasurer (and past PFA President) William Kort,

Secretary General Richard Kozal and Chair Chris Baboulas

Editor James Brophy, and Assistant Secretary Judy Kozal along with the ICD and ACD Registrars and their officers.

Chair Chris Baboulas presented their 2006 Distinguished Service Award to Dr. Robert Unger, past Illinois State Dental Society President. Dr. Baboulas also recognized the Foundation scholarship recipients at the Luncheon.

Dorothy and Robert Unger at the PFA Awards Luncheon

Louisiana

Fellow and former PFA Chair Frank Martello of New Orleans was presented the Louisiana Dental Association’s Distinguished Service Award in Baton Rouge at their 126th Annual Session last March. This is the highest award bestowed by LDA and is given to an individual who has exemplified the highest standards of professional conduct in dentistry, to organized dentistry, and to their community. Dr. Martello, a graduate of LSU’s School of Dentistry, has a general practice in New Orleans and serves on the staff of Touro Hospital. He has also served as President of the New Orleans Dental Association (1993) and is a Board member on the Louisiana State Dental Board of Dentistry (1995). He is a Fellow in PFA, ICD, ACD, and AGD. He had also received the National Service Award (1998) for his dedication as Director for the Department of Dentistry for the United Cerebral Palsy of New Orleans.

Dr. Frank Martello

Massachusett

Chair Norman Becker of Revere was honored by the Massachusetts Dental Society at their Yankee Dental Congress in Boston last February. Dr. Becker was presented with the James W. Etherington Award for his numerous contributions in the field of dentistry. As a member of MDS for 60 years, he has served as a Trustee to the House of Delegates and has filled many capacities in establishing the Yankee Dental Congress as the fifth-largest dental meeting in the country. Dr. Becker has just recently retired as Editor of the Journal of the Massachusetts Dental Society after 25 years, a term that saw him become President of the American Association of Dental Editors, and in 2002 received the ADA’s Distinguished Editor Award. He is a Fellow in PFA, ACD, ICD, and AGD.

Dr. Norman Becker

New York

Fellow Stephen B. Gold of Setauket has been elected Vice President of the New York State Dental Association (NYSDA), which has a membership of 13,000 dentists. Dr. Gold, a pedodontist, will then serve as the NYSDA President in 2008. He is past President of the Suffolk County Dental Society and serves on their Executive Committee and Board of Delegates. He was an ADA Delegate from 1988 to 1996 and ADA Alternate Delegate in 2005. Currently, he is Director of the Department of Dentistry on the medical Board for St. Charles Hospital where he earned their Theodore Roosevelt Award for Meritorious Service. He is a Clinical Professor in pedodontics at Stony Brook School of Dental Medicine. He is a Fellow in PFA, ICD, and ACD.

Dr. Stephen B. Gold

Utah

Chairman Richard O. Petty hosted their PFA Annual Breakfast Meeting last February in conjunction with the Utah Dental Association’s Annual Convention. In attendance were the 14th ADA District Trustee Joel Glover, past PFA President Gary Lowder, and many officers of the Utah Dental Association. Dr. Mark Cowley gave the Invocation for the some 48 guests. Dr. Tom Hilton of the Oregon Health and Science University gave a presentation to invite dentists to join in a program called PRECEDENT (Practice-based Research Collaborative in Evidence-based Dentistry).

Drs. Gary Lowder and Richard Petty conducted the induction for two new Fellows in membership, Drs. Paul Baugh and Robert Capener. Their Distinguished Service Award was presented to Dr. Richard Engar for his many years of service to the Utah Dental Association and as attorney of the Utah Professional Liability Company (PIE).

Dr. Lowder, a PFA Foundation Officer, presented a video of a Foundation Grant recipient project in Mexico. He urged the Fellows to seek opportunities for such service and to apply for Foundation grants to implement their projects.

ADA Trustee Joel Glover spoke about the evolution of the UNLV School of Dentistry, the pros and cons of such a venture relating to a similar effort taking shape in Utah.

Wisconsin

PFA Vice President James Englander and Editor James Brophy held a Publications Committee Meeting in Milwaukee last January and toured the new University of Marquette School of Dentistry. The school houses a dental museum sponsored by the Englander dental family.

Museum Curator Peter Jacobson is also a historian for the Milwaukee Civil War Round Table and was written up in the February 1st edition of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.

PFA Vice President James Englander and Editor James Brophy standing in front of one section of the Marquette Dental Museum

The Milwaukee Civil War Round Table is the second oldest in the country. The oldest is the Chicago Civil War Round Table of which Fellow Gordon Damman, a Civil War Medical historian, and Editor Brophy of Illinois are members.

PFA Vice President James Englander in one of the new classrooms of the Marquette University School of Dentistry

Washington State

Fellow Dan G. Middaugh was elected President of the Washington State Dental Association. But there is more to this health care leader than dental politics. He earned his first degree from the University of Minnesota College of Education and then entered the University of Minnesota School of Dentistry. In 1963, Dan became one of the first four faculty members to be recruited by the Faculty of Dentistry at the University of British Columbia, where he helped build the new curriculum from the ground up and in the design of the new facility. By 1967, the University of Washington Center for Research in Oral Biology recruited him to develop appropriate local scientific review systems and to design the new building to expand the space in the School of Dentistry. He was appointed Assistant Dean in the school and designed the D-Wing, allowing for an increase in class size. In 1972, Dr. Middaugh became the Assistant Dean for Continuing Education under whose guidance the UW Continuing Dental education Program became one of the most respected in the country. He became the first President (1991) of the American Association of Continuing Dental Education.

Dr. Middaugh worked with the Washington Academy of General Dentistry and served on their Board, eventually becoming their President. In 2003, he was elected President of the Seattle-King County Dental Society. He is a Fellow in PFA, ICD, and ACD. He established on his own the Dan G. Middaugh Student Award for Professional Service, which grants a $1000 student award to each of the class Presidents and to the Student Council President while establishing a $100,000 endowment to continue these awards to continue to support developing leadership skills that will be important in the future of our profession. He has twice been the recipient of the WSDA Presidents Award (1995 and 2001) and of the Dean’s Club Honorary Lifetime Membership Award (2004).

In memory of the passing of another dental legend, PFA reports the loss of Fellow Johnny Johnson last October. Dr. Johnson, a graduate of the University of Washington School of Dentistry in the 1950s, served on their UW Dental Alumni Association for some 50 years, serving as President from 1967 to 1968. He was recognized for his achievements with their Distinguished Alumnus Award. He founded the UW School of Dentistry Dean’s Club and was elected its first President of the Dean’s Club Board of Trustees in 1983. He was later honored with their Dean’s Club Honorary Lifetime Membership Award. They also established the Johnny N. Johnson Student leadership Award to provide a scholarship for outstanding dental students active in leadership roles. Dr. Johnson served on the faculty (1990-2005) in the Department of Oral Medicine. He pioneered the field of serving people with disabilities and special needs. Through his efforts, he initiated a student rotation through the United Cerebral Palsy Dental Clinic of King-Snohomish. He was honored for his dedication with the United Cerebral Palsy Association Volunteer of the Year Award and the ADA Access Award. He helped establish the United Cerebral Palsy Dental Clinic in 1962, the first of its kind in the country. And Dr. Johnson participated in its dental treatment for 43 years up to the time of his passing. This year, the new clinic facility will be moved to Lake City and renamed the Johnny N. Johnson Dental Clinic. Dr. Johnson has served as President of the Washington State Dental Association and as President of the Seattle-King County Dental Society. He was a Fellow in PFA, ICD, and ACD.