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This year’s PFA Gold Medal recipient has been selected and approved by the Board to be presented to Dr. Rex Ingraham of Glendale, California, USC Professor-emeritus. Dr. Ingraham has led a long and distinguished career in our profession. Originally from Grand Junction, Colorado, he attended Mesa College and Western State College in Colorado, but then transferred to USC to complete his B.S. and D.D.S. degrees before the War. At USC, he became Instructor in Operative Dentistry during the War and rose through the ranks to become a USC Professor in Operative Dentistry in 1946, a Distinguished Professor in Restorative Dentistry in 1967, and Professor-emeritus in 1983.

Dr. Ingraham is on the staff of Presbyterian Hospital and Olmsted Memorial Hospital as well as Consultant for the Long Beach Veterans Hospital, while maintaining a private practice in Encino.

His list of awards is distinguished and notable, starting with his 1941 membership in Omicron Kappa Upsilon, 1941 Medal of Recognition from the American Dental Club of Paris, and USC’s La Touche Award. He became an ACD Fellow in 1951 and an Honorary Alumnus of Northwestern University School of Dentistry in 1957. 1964 was a banner year for recognition with Le Chevalier au Grande Ordre du Vieux Moulin Neston of France, the Award of Outstanding Contributions to Dental Science from the St. Louis Dental Society, the Award of Merit from the Metropolitan Denver Dental Society, the Thomas Hinman Award, and ICD Fellowship. He received the USC General Alumni Award of Merit in 1975 and by the next year was inducted into the USC Hall of Fame.

In 1977, he was presented the Torch of Learning Award from Hebrew University of Jerusalem. The next year, he was awarded Honorary Fellowship in the Academy of General Dentistry. By 1979, PFA recognized him with their annual Honor Award from the Southern California Section. In 1980, Dr. Ingraham earned the Thomas B. Hinman Award (Georgia) and the Callahan Memorial Commission Award (Ohio).

He has also served on the California Board of Dental Examiners (1941) and on the Idaho Board of Examiners (1971)

In 1983, at age 69, he was honored with ADI International Dentist of the Year Award. Now in 2006 he will be receiving PFA’s highest award, the PFA Gold Medal.

Dr. Rex Ingraham’s list of school and professional activities covers pages of copy, as does his publications and lectures with presentations given internationally and across the United States. There have been few current dentists who have not been touched by Dr. Ingraham’s genius. We even used his Restorative Dentistry textbook at Loyola University in your Editor’s generation of dentists.

He and his wife Lucille have had two sons. They have been active in the Glendale Congregational Church, the YMCA and the Boy Scouts of America.

The Awards Committee and the PFA Board have ratified the selections to present the PFA Distinguished Service Award to past PFA Presidents H. Raymond Klein (1991-1992) and Carl G. Lundgren (1993-1994).

Dr. Raymond Klein of Jacksonville, Florida, earned his degrees of B.S., D.D.S., and Pedodontics from Indiana University. He practiced pediatric dentistry in Lafayette, Indiana, for a couple of years before moving to Jacksonville, Florida, in 1965. Besides all the usual memberships, he also is a Fellow in ACD, ICD, PFA, and active in FDI. He currently holds the position of Vice President in ACD.

This year, he has retired as Chairman of the PFA Hall of Fame Committee, which he served on for the last 10 years. His continued contribution to PFA and many dental organizations has been outstanding. Ray has served as President of the Florida Dental Health Foundation (1998-2001), Chairman of the FDHF Capitol Campaign Committee (1997-2001), President of the American Academy of Dentistry Foundation (1998-1999), 5th District Trustee for the ADA (1993-1997), President for the American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry (1993-1994), PFA President, President of the Florida Dental Association (1990-1991), President of Florida Section for ACD (1986-1987), President for the Southeastern Society of Pediatric Dentistry (1985-1986), President of the Northeast Florida Dental Association (1983-1984), President of the Indiana University Pediatric Dentistry Alumni Association (1981-1982), President of the Jacksonville Dental Society (1979-1980), President for the Florida Academy of Pediatric Dentistry (1974-1976), President for the Florida Society of Dentistry for Children (1973-1974), and President for the Academy of Dentistry of Jacksonville (1972-1973). But to reach the level of Presidency in each and every organization, much work and dedication went into serving his profession. And what are not mentioned in his list of successes are the many offers he turned down, such as becoming a candidate for ADA President.

Adding to that outstanding career of professional service is the many-faceted side of Dr. Klein’s community service: lifetime Honorary Member for the Florida Sheriff’s Boy’s Ranch (1979), Florida

Dr. H. Raymond Klein

Governor Lawton Chiles State of Florida Proclamation for Outstanding Community Service (1993), and the prestigious Paul Harris Fellow Award of Rotary International (1982), to name a few. Add to that his service as Chairman of the St. Andrew’s Day School Board (2004), Vestry Member for the St. John Episcopal Church (1980-1984), President of the Arlington Rotary Club (1988), President for the Jacksonville Boy’s Home (1989), and staff member for the St. Vincent Hospital, the Hope Haven Hospital, the Baptists Hospital, and the University Hospital.

His professional honors and awards fill a couple of pages, with the most distinguished being the Leon Schwartz Lifetime Service Award (1997), the Distinguished Service Award (1985), the Dentist of the Year Award (1984), and the President’s Award (1991) from the Florida Dental Association, ACD’s Geis Fellow Award (2000), and Honorary Memberships in the Hinman Dental Society (1998), the Alabama Dental Association (1997), the Mississippi Dental Association (1997), and the Georgia Dental Association (1995).

Dr. Ray Klein married Renee, a hygienist graduate from Temple University, and somehow found the time to have three children.

What an outstanding career! What an outstanding man for all times and activities! What a lovely and understanding wife!

In alphabetical order only and not to be otherwise ranked, the other Distinguished Service Award is to be presented to Dr, Carl G. Lundgren of Rolling Hills Estates in California. Carl was born in Provo, Utah, but earned an undergraduate degree from Compton College (California), where he was Class President, Student Council President, and two-time Letterman. He then attended USC to receive his DDS degree, followed by a two-year term as Lt. (JG) in the USNR Dental Corps with service in Guam and San Diego.

Dr. Carl Lundgren

Upon returning to Los Angeles, Dr. Lundgren served as an Intern in the Los Angeles County General Hospital. Upon completion of his Internship, he opened a private practice in Hawthorne (California) until 1974, and then moved his practice to Lawndale (California) where he practiced until retiring in 2002.

Dr. Lundgren served as a USC Clinical Associate Professor in the Gnathology Department from 1971 to 1977.

He is a lifetime ADA Member from 1950 and has served as Alternate Delegate to the ADA House (1977). He has also served on many positions in the California Dental Association including their House of Delegates (1973-1980). Dr. Lundgren has served as President and as Editor for the Western Los Angeles Dental Society, and appeared on television on behalf of Dentistry for the 1977 Jerry Lewis Telethon and the1978 NBC Health Fair.

Dr. Lundgren has spent many years in the service of dental writing as Editor for the Western Dental Society (1979-1981); the Academy of General Dentistry earning the Best Newsletter Citation (1984), the Most Improved Newsletter Citation (1985), and the Best Editorial Awards in 1986 and 1987; Editor for the Southern California Academy of General Dentistry (1982-1987); ICD District 13 Editor (1983-1988). He won the Best Editorial Award for the California Dental Association and the 1980 Golden Stylus Award in 1980. That was the same year he attended Michigan State University and the California Dental Association Seminar for Editorial Writing, followed the next year with the ADA Editor’s Seminar. Dr. Lundgren has many articles published on dentistry in newspapers, the CDA Journal, the Western Los Angeles Dental Society Newsletter, and in the Southern California Academy of General Dentistry Newsletter.

Dr. Lundgren was a dental spokesman since 1976 for the Western Los Angeles Dental Society (1976-1980), which included speaking at over 12 service clubs; he was the 1977 CDA Faculty spokesman for the USC training program, and he lectured on dental delivery systems at the 1978 component general membership meeting. Dr. Lundgren followed that with a 1979 Mini-spokesman Course Training Session for the Western Dental Society, and was the Moderator leading an all-day workshop on dental insurance for the Western Dental Society

Dr. Carl Lundgren holds Fellowships in the AGD, ICD, ADI, ACD, and PFA. In these organizations, he earned the 1987 Master for AGD, was U.S. Section President for ICD in 2002 (as well as Regent, 1994-2000); he was PFA International President (1993-1994), and their Foundation President (2002-2005).

In his community, Dr. Carl is in the Kiwanis (Legion of Honor) for 45 years of membership and served as their 1957 President. He was the Founder and was Chairman for the Hawthorne Parade for 26 years (1953-1980). He served as President (1953) of the Hawthorne Toastmasters Club. He served on the Hawthorne YMCA Board of Governors (1951-1960) serving as their 1957 Chairman. He served on the Hawthorne Chamber of Commerce (1950-1988) and was their 1966-1967 President. He donated a quarter of a century to the Southwest Children’s Dental Clinic and five years to the Boy Scouts of America. He also was Publicity Chairman (1975-1980) for the Hawthorne Community Fair. Dr. Lundgren co-directed the Southern California Counties dental participation in the 1978 NBC Health Fair, which screened over 30,000 patients at 100 sites in 6 southern California Counties. He currently serves on the Board of Directors for the Friends of the Cabrillo Marine Aquarium of San Pedro (California), which has been judged to be nation’s outstanding small aquarium by the American Zoo and Aquarium Society. This fits into his personal love for swimming (college letterman) and scuba diving.

Carl is married to an outstanding woman in Marge Lundgren with four married children and seven grandchildren. Marge can be seen even today helping out at many PFA functions. But many do not realize that Marge is a UCLA lifetime credentialed teacher of business office administration.

Carl and the Lundgren family can certainly be proud of their outstanding list of achievements. Carl leaves big footprints to follow.

The Awards Luncheon Banquet cost will be $45 (the same as last year), and the Sunday night dinner will remain at $75. Due to the hotel logistics of serving the meals, it is essential to reply with funds in the enclosed envelope. Tickets will be handled at the door (usually by Judy Kozal and Marge Lundgren).

The PFA Section In India and their outstanding Journal of the PFA India Section are both celebrating their 20th Anniversary all this year. Though the India Section is actually older than 20 years, it needed to be rebuilt after a severe decline in 1987. But Chief Editor V. P. Jalili has produced an outstanding publication for the Fellows in India that has successively been produced for 20 uninterrupted years, with Dr. V. P. Jalili as its Chief Editor since April of 1987.

This year’s first issue was distributed at a special function held at the All-India Institute of Medical Science in New Delhi by Professor N. K. Gangoli, the Director General of Medical Research. Dr. Anil Kohli, President of the Dental Council of India, presided over the April function.

Such functions will continue until the end of this year, concluding with their fourth and last issue of their Journal for the year in December, 2006, at their Annual Convocation of the Section.

PFA President Howard Mark congratulated India PFA Editor Dr. V. P. Jalili and their Secretary T. Samraj for their dedication and service to our profession for these two decades.

Dr. Mark, speaking for the entire PFA Board and our Fellowship, noted that this was a special occasion for both entities, and for the Academy in particular, as this reflects the vitality of the India Section and its ongoing commitment to educational excellence—may it continue to grow in stature and numbers for many years to come!

"The example of the India Section is a story we hope can be emulated across the world by other Sections and Regions as a way for the Academy to expand its message of leadership in, and service to, the profession of dentistry from a global perspective. Service to others less advantaged has been the hallmark of the Academy since its inception in 1936. And this mission has been well supported by the PFA Foundation through its Grants Program. Leadership has likewise been stressed because those in this position greatly influence the directions and activities of their respective organizations. These attributes are commensurate with Fellowship nomination and selection, as we seek the best in dentistry for induction as Fellows. We are proud of the Academy and the influence it is having on world dentistry!

"When the Academy was founded, one of the forces that led to this was an antipathy toward the type of dental literature then extant. This was purely proprietary in nature, with few exceptions, and had little or no basis in research or scientific principles. Dr. Elmer Best and the original cadre of founding members railed against these deceptive practices, and they felt the need to form an organization dedicated to fostering change in such literature. We have seen the principled results of this activity with the proliferation of peer-reviewed dental literature, with sound scientific bases, and the more rigid application of credible principles.

"The Journal of the PFA India Section edited by Dr. V. P. Jalili and his co-editors, typifies one of these enlightened and substantive publications. Dr. Jalili, who has been the Chief Editor for the full 20 years of the Journal’s existence, and his staff, are to be commended and applauded as the Journal celebrates its 20 years! As a long-time editor myself, I can empathize with the effort it takes to put forth each and every issue. But I also am aware that the rewards are worth it! This is indeed a milestone to be savored and appreciated at all levels of the profession because of the scope of material presented and the prestige it provides for the Fellowship of the India Section. May it long endure!

"On another level, the Academy is proud to inform all readers about its Web site. As a means of international communication, enabling all of the Fellowship to be in contact with colleagues in other parts of the world, it is the tool of the future and will be well utilized by the Board of Trustees of the Academy. Please use this as well! We have also truly become international with the impending installation of the first President outside of the United States and Canada—Dr. William Winspear of Australia, in October in Las Vegas, Nevada! Hopefully, one of your Fellows will be able to attend this momentous event!

"Again, we salute all of India, all of the Fellows, and both the Journal and the Section, on the wonderful 20th anniversaries you are celebrating this year. May your Annual Convocation in December be successful in every way!"

The grant applications are now complete for this year. The deadline is 1 June every year. Now come the difficult decisions! Our Executive Director, Dr. Fred Halik, screens and evaluates all the applications. The suitable applications are then passed on to Gary Lowder and his Grants Committee. The grants are evaluated by six committee members. The entire Foundation Board then must decide which of the deserving applications will be selected for funding.

You can see from this description of the process that we are as thorough as possible in making the choices. There are so many people in need in this world and I, for one, am proud of what this Foundation contributes to the health of so many people that would not be cared for without our help.

The Foundation is dependent upon you for your help and caring for those in need and also for your donations of both time and money. The Board appreciates your generosity in donating money now and remembering the Foundation in your will.

I feel truly blessed to have the caliber of people on the Foundation and the Academy Boards. We work well together to successfully provide dentistry to the needy. Our PFA Sections around the world continue to prove we are a caring organization.

It is astonishing how many people only gain empathy for another person’s situation when we experience for ourselves what others must endure. It is only then that some of us are able to actually be of help. Some people, though, are able to simply jump in and help. They do not stand at a distance and think, “Oh, that must be difficult.” They do not judge others who are in difficult circumstances. They just go out and help.

When we reach out together, as a profession, to those in need, both the donor and the recipient are better for it.

Thank you for strengthening our world.