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International Trustee Bernard Levit hosted their dinner and installation of new Fellows last May, with over 100 people attending.
 L-R: President Adolfo Testa de Madrid; Hugo Ambrune, National Director of Dental Health; Trustee Bernardo Levit; Hector Faivelis , Dental Director of the Buenos Aires Health Ministry; and the President of the CDRA |
 In the first two rows are the newly inducted Fellows, who include six Deans, one Vice Dean, one President, one Professor emeritus, an ICD Regent, and Professor Barrancos Mooney, Director of JADA in Spanish |
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Brazil
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Rio de Janeiro hosted the 14th International Dental Meeting in a country that is the second largest dental market in the world, with almost 150,000 dentists and 135 dental schools graduating 9,000 dentists annually.
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India
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The Journal of the India Dental Association printed the PFA Section’s announcement for an Essay Competition chaired by Fellow T. Samraj of Vellore. The subject of the essay was Pierre Fauchard. The deadline for the contest entries was 30 June 1999.
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Fellow Nairn Wilson, Dean and Professor of Manchester Dental School, has been elected President of the British General Dental Council, the statutory regulatory body of dentistry in the United Kingdom and is answerable only to the Privy Council. Dean Wilson replaces retiring Dame Margaret Seward.
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Florida
Fellow Samuel Dorn of Plantation was elected Secretary of the American Association of Endodontists during their 56th annual session last April in Atlanta. Dr. Dorn is Professor and Director of Postgraduate Endodontics at Nova Southeastern University School of Dental Medicine in Ft. Lauderdale. In 1987, he was the East Coast District Dental Society’s Dentist of the Year. He is also a Fellow in ICD and ACD. Nevada Lt. General George Fisher of the First U.S. Army presented Colonel Richard Kozal of the 88th Regional Support Command with The Legion of Merit, on behalf of the President of the United States, for his 22 years of service as staff dental surgeon, chief of professional services, and deputy commander. Dr. Kozal is now retired and works full time as Secretary/Treasurer of the PFA at our Central Office in Nevada. Pennsylvania Dr. Joseph A. Donato of Freeland has accepted the position of State Chairman from retiring Chair Lester Levin. Rhode Island Several PFA Fellows are serving professional organizations as President: John Coletti of Warwick for the Rhode Island Academy of General Dentistry; Brian Hogan of Newport for the Rhode Island Society of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons; and Edwin Mehlman of Providence for the Rhode Island Association of Endodontists. The Section’s Annual Awards Reception was held last May to induct nine new Fellows into the Academy. Dr. Raymond George, Sr., received their Outstanding Dentist of the Year Award. Fellow George Carrallas passed away on 22 April. He was a big supporter of PFA and had nominated many new Fellows for membership. He will be missed.
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South Carolina
At their May commencement exercises, the College of Charleston presented PFA Trustee Gordan Stine with an Honorary Degree, Doctor of Humane Letters. Dr. Stine was also acclaimed by the Alumni Association of the College of Charleston, which bestowed its highest recognition on him—the 1999 Alumni Award of Honor—during his 55th Class Reunion  Trustee Gordan Stine presents a PFA Award to former MUSC Dental Dean Arthur Haistew .
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International Mentorship Program
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To volunteer in a Pierre Fauchard Academy Mentorship Service Project, please call Dr. Christine Benoit at (401) 364-6300, fax (401) 364-9190, or write to 4995 South County Trail, P.O. Box 850, Charleston, RI 02813 (USA) for further inofrmation on how to promote membership.
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