The Elmer S. Best Memorial Award, named in memory of the founder of the Pierre Fauchard Academy, was established by the Board of Trustees in 1962. It is awarded when the occasion is deemed proper by the Board and to no more than one recipient in any year. Recipients must be members of the dental profession from outside the United States who have made distinguished contributions of international significance to dentistry. This award is presented at a time and place mutually agreed upon by the recipient and the presenter. Past recipients of the Elmer S. Best Memorial Award and the presenting Ambassador are:


N. N. BERY-India (1963)
J. KENNETH GALBRAITH

JENS WAERHAUG-Norway (1964)
CLIFTON R. L. WHARTON

C. H. M. WILLIAMS-Canada (1965)
W. WALTON BUTTERWORTH

MARIO M. CHAVES-Brazil (1966)
ROGER W. TUBBY

MARTIN RUSHTON-England (1967)
DAVID BRUCE

EWALD HARNDT-Germany (1968)
GEORGE C. McGHEE

CHARLES F. L. NORD-Netherlands (1969)
WILLIAM R. TYLER

DONALD W. GULLET-Canada (1970)
ADOLPH W. SCHMIDT

LOUIS J. BAUME-Switzerland (1971)
IDAR RIMESTAD

JENS J. PINDBORG-Denmark (1972)
FRED RUSSELL

CYRIL DEVERE-GREEN -England (1973)
WALTER ANNENBERG

FEDERICO SINGER-Italy (1974)
JOHN P. VOLPE

HANS FRIEHOFER-Switzerland (1975)
PETER DOMINICK

JACQUES FOURE-France (1976)
KENNETH RUSH

GERALD LEATHERMAN-England (1977)
RONALD SPIRES

ROLF BRAUN-Germany (1978)
ALEXANDER KLIEFORTH

SEIJI KAWABE-Japan (1979)
ALBERT L. SELIGMAN

WILLIAM G. McINTOCH-Canada (1980)
KENNETH M. CURTIS

EDWARD O'BRIEN-MORAN-Ireland(1981)
CHARLES E. RUSHING

ROBERTO M. RUFF-Mexico (1982)
JOHN FERCH

YOJIRO KAWAMURA-Japan (1983)
EUGENE A. NOJEK

FERNANDO J. BRENES-ESPINACH-Costa Rica (1984)
CURTIN WINSOR

A. GORDON ROWELL-Australia (1985)
WILLIAM R. ALSTADT

PIERRE MAROIS-France (1986)
JOE M. RODGERS		 RONALD E. JORDAN-Canada (1987)
DONALD E. WILLLAMS

ROBERT HARRIS-Australia (1988)
A. GORDON ROWELL

RUPERTO GONZALEZ-GIRALDA-Spain (1989)
FRANK BRAUN

PRIMO S. GONZALES-Philippines (1990)
ROBERT ORR

HAMISH THOMSON-England (1991)
RONALD D. CLIFTON

HORST-WOLFGANG HAASE-Germany (1992)
FRANK BRAUN

PROFESSOR PER-INGUAR BRANEMARK-Sweden (1993)
RUNO CRONSTROM

ALFREDO BERGUIDO GARRIDO-Panama (1994)
JOSEPH P. CAPPUCCIO

NICHOLAS A. MANCINI-Canada (1994)
MICHAEL J. CRIPTON

CLIVE B. ROSS-New Zealand (1995)
JEFFERY Y. S. TSANG

JOHN W. McLEAN O.B.E.-United Kingdom (1996)
MICHAEL HABIB

CHANG-DUK KEE-Korea (1997)
AHMED S. MEER

ROBERT WEILL-France (1998)
PIERRE MAROIS

FRANCISCO RAUL MIRANDA-Mexico (1999)
ERNESTO ACUNA

JACQUES MONET-France (2000)
PIERRE MAROIS

MICHAEL CRIPTON-Canada (2001)
KEVIN ROACH

RUFINO ACHACOSO-Philippines (2002)
GARY LOWDER

GUNNAR CARLSSON- Sweden (2003)
PIERRE MAROIS

ZHEN-KANG ZHANG-China (2004)
FRANK BRAUN

GEORGE ZARB-Canada (2005)
KEVIN ROACH

DR. PIERRE MACHTOU-France (2006)
HOWARD MARK

DR. PATRICK HENRY-Australia (2007)
WILLIAM WINSPEAR

CARLO P. MARINELLO-Switzerland (2008)
JAMES ENGLANDER

ZBIGNIEW JANCZUK-Poland (2009)
CHARLES ELLER

JOSE CARLOS ELGOYHEN-Argentina (2010)
STEVE HEDLUND