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Argentina
Bernardo Levit, International Trustee for Latin America, presented the Foundation Scholarship Award to Universidad Maimónides dental student Maria Fernanda Ranazzo.  Student scholarship recipient Maria Ranazzo receiving check from Trustee Levit Mexico Chairman Ernesto Acuña attended a special ceremony arranged by the University of Yucatan’s Dean Rolando Peniche M. to present the Foundation Scholarship Award to student Jorge Ek Huchim. The event was publicized in the local newspapers, with copies sent to the Foundation.  Student Jorge Ek Huchim receives scholarship check from Dean Rolando Peniche Marcin |
Canada
International Trustee for Canada Kevin Roach writes that the Foundation Scholarship Awards each year are presented to the Junior Student Governor in each of the 10 Canadian Faculties of Dentistry. Dr. A. Dale, on behalf of Dr. Roach, presented this year’s award to Bhavna Anand 20T00, along with the new Canadianized PFA Foundation Certificate.  Dr. A. Dale presents the Foundation certificate to student Bhavna Anand 20T00 with Manish Lamichane 19T99, President of the University of Toronto Dental Students Society Uruguay |
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United States
California, Southern Section Chairman Charles Eller thanked the Foundation at their annual dinner meeting this April for the Foundation grants to the 1000 Smiles Craniofacial Surgical and Dental Mission, the Meet Each Need with Dignity (MEND) program providing dental care for needy patients, and The Children’s Dental Center of Inglewood. The Foundation thanks Fellow Donald Swatman of Modesto for his prompt response to the Highlighter’s appeal for Foundation donations. Louisiana Louisiana State University senior dental student Chris Robinson of Monroe received the Foundation Scholarship Award from PFA Chairman Frank Martello and Dean Eric Hovland.  L-R: Dean Eric Hovland, student Chris Robinson, and Chairman Frank Martello Massachusetts Chairman Norman Becker presented the Foundation Scholarship award to Kevin Schack of the Tufts University dental school.  L-R: Scholarship student Kevin Schack, Chairman Norman Becker, and Distinguished Service recipient Arthur Eddy Minnesota Past Chairman Mike Perpich noted that the Journal of the Minnesota and North Dakota Dental Associations, Northwest Dentistry, published articles about the PFA Foundation grants in both the November-December (page 4) and January-February issue (page 41). This Journal has a circulation of 7,200 in the two-state area. The Center for Victims of Torture, which received a Foundation grant, printed an article about the Foundation in the Winter 1999 issue of their publication, The Storycloth (page 3). This newsletter has a circulation of 9,000. Ohio Chairman Al Uveges presented their Foundation Scholarship Awards to dental students Monica Mattson of Case Western Reserve University and William Baldwin of Ohio State University.  024 Chairman Al Uveges presents scholarship check to CWRU student Monica Mattson |
Oregon A Foundation Scholarship Award winner, senior Peggy Cheman of Oregon Health Sciences University in Portland, sent a thank-you letter to express her appreciation for the much-needed financial help. New York At a special holiday reception held at the NYU College of Dentistry last December, Dean Michael Alfano presented the Foundation Scholarship Award to senior dental student Ghassan Atalla, President of the NYU College of Dentistry Student Council. Mr. Atalla is the youngest of 16 children and earned his bachelor’s degree from the University of California in Irvine. After graduation, he plans a career in orthodontics. The NYU Press Office sent a news release about the Scholarship Award to all media outlets.  Senior Ghassan Atalla receives Scholarship Award from Dean Michael Alfanor Pennsylvania Foundation scholarship recipient Christine Ibinson, a senior at the University of Pittsburgh School of Dental Medicine, sent us a letter of appreciation for our contribution to her dental career. She plans to enter general practice in the Pittsburgh suburbs. West Virginia Chairman James Overberger and Dean Robert Hornbrook of the West Virginia University School of Dentistry presented the Foundation Scholarship Award to dental student Thomas E. Butler.  L-R: Chairman James Overberger, Award recipient Thomas Butler, and Dean Robert Hornbrook Wisconsin Chairman Glenn Maihofer presented the Foundation Scholarship Award to Marquette University senior dental student Kate Bruns, with Dean William Lobb present  L-R: Dean William Lobb presenting scholarship award to student Kate Bruns with Chairman Glenn Maihofer |
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Meeting in the Desert -part 1
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Meeting in the Desert -part 3
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Meeting in the Desert -part 4
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Meeting in the Desert -part 5
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