Table of Contents - September/October • 2003
	Presidents Message		President T. Howard Jones
	Dr. Shigeo Kishi Succumbs to Cancer		Dr. Harald Loe
	The President’s Journey		Patterson Dental Company
	PFA Helps Plan 2004 S India Tour		Foundation President Carl Lundgren
	Association Bus Social Dentaire		Central Office Report
	2003-2004 Calendar		Our Foundation Makes a Difference
	The Elmer S. Best Award Ceremony		Desk of the Executive Director
	Best Award Recipient Address		Foundation News
	PFA Annual Meeting Schedule		Section News- International
	Annual PFA Awards Luncheon		Section News- United States
	Dental World	—	Page 1 2 3 4 5 6

	September/October • 2003		Page 2
	The President’s Journey
	Being PFA President is more than a trek through time. At the Annual Awards Luncheon, a Fellow takes the oath of office and then about a year later relinquishes the gavel at the Sunday evening closing dinner. Between those dates, the President travels through time and space in guiding the Academy, establishing policy, and carrying out the wishes of the Board. But the position entails more than simply sitting in the chair at the head of the table. One of the most important functions that any leader can perform is to actually go to his Section Chairs personally, visit their home territories, and listen to their successes and problems. This is often not considered by the membership, yet it is so appreciated by those with whom our President spends valuable time. The President naturally needs to concentrate on why some Sections are not carrying out any service projects, annual meetings, or membership recruitment. Those are areas of our international organization that need fixing. A visit to such Sections is sometimes no more than a dinner meeting with the leadership to solve problems and offer help from the international officers to get started with a public service project, scholarships, and regular functions. Then there are those Sections that are doing an outstanding job on all levels. They are thriving and having a good time doing worthwhile activities. You see their efforts published in every issue in Section News. And, while it would be simple for the President to skip these Sections who do not need any help, it is as important, if not more so, to attend their functions to demonstrate the Academy support, encouragement, and the President’s personal appreciation for the efforts on behalf of our profession. They deserve the attention and have earned it. In between, there are Sections that limp along, or do a few projects that get attention, but lack enthusiasm or consistency in leadership. A visit from the President shows that we are concerned about their causes. How can we help? Being an international organization, our areas of interest are worldwide. The President cannot simply be at all points of the compass during the year. So Trustees, past Presidents, even Section Chairs, and Academy/Foundation officers help to fill in the voids.		They keep in contact with the Sections, offer help, do visitations, get reports in to the international Board so they are kept informed of problems as well as the successes, and to offer solutions or help where they can. The Academy is not an island. Each Section, each country, each State, has different and unique situations they must face within the profession, with their governments, and with the economy. The International Officers must take these all into consideration. But most essential is communication. For this reason, we have a maintained staff at the Central Office, the publishing Office, and the Foundation Headquarters to provide assistance. This staff has served many faithful years and faced many of the problems that are brought to them. If it is not within their realm, the staff can get it to the proper area for solution. That is the importance of the continuity of our staff members—Secretary/ Treasurer Richard Kozal, Foundation Executive Director Shig Ryan Kishi, and Editor Jim Brophy along with their wives and office helpers. The key to keeping this fine instrument running well is the President at the top working with the Officers, staff, Section Chairs, the Fellows, and even the public. Thus, the President represents the Academy as a figurehead and as chief activist. Part of that active role is taking time from their offices, from their lives, away from their family to go out into the world and touch as many of our members as possible. These trips are scheduled very carefully to try to be in different parts of the world over years to accomplish the goal of meeting with the distant Sections on as best a rotating basis as possible that financially can be done on behalf of the Academy. This year it was the President’s duty to attend to our Fellows in Europe, one of our largest areas of membership. And accomplish this task President Gary Lowder did with distinction and class.

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	PFA Leadership Helps Plan 2004 South India Tour
	Past UK Chair Dr. Raj Rayan has been instrumental in planning a major tour with the Dental Association Group for 23 January to 3 February 2004, to south India and Sri Lanka. But earlier provisions can be made to attend the 58th Indian Dental Conference in Vijayawada, India, 22-25 January 2004. 58th India Dental Conference Vijayawada is the capital of Andhra Pradesh located on the banks of the Krishna River. The theme of the dental conference is “Dentistry: Changes and Challenges.” More than 200 scientific and general interest programs are being offered with a dozen “hands-on” workshops. The preconference courses start on 20 January, registration is on 22 January, and the conference closes on 25 January. British Dental Association Group Tour The tour itself will arrive in Bangalore, India, on 24 January, tour the historic sites of Belur, Halebid, and Mysore on 27 January, then an afternoon tour to historic Srirangapatnam on the 28th, then on to		Trivandrum just south of Thiruvananthapuram with a tour of Hindu Vedantaa on the 30th, Kovalam Beach on the 31st, and a trip to Cape Comorin on 1 February with an evening dinner at the Kerala Village. The following day, the participants will fly to Colombo, Sri Lanka, for an evening conference with the Sri Lanka College of Practitioners. On 3 February, they will leave to return to London by direct flight. The cost for this tour is £1500 per person sharing accommodations. Any Fellow interested in participating or discovering more information should contact Dr. Rash Patel at Rashthedentist@hotmail.com or Dr. Raj Rayan at RajRayan@compuserve.com. For further information about the 58th Indian Dental Conference, contact organizing Chairman Dr. C. Krishnarjuna Rao at lkp@58idc.org or visit their Web site at www.58idc.org.

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	United Kingdom L-R, Ahila and Raj Rayan, Nora and Rash Patel, Shirley and Jim Brophy, and Loreli and Gary Lowder President Gary Lowder with staff Editor Jim Brophy made their first stop in London. We met with Rash Patel, United Kingdom Chairman, and Raja Rayan, the immediate past UK Chair. Over a quiet dinner, we discussed the activities of the Section, its future potential, its past history, and the problems the Section and the profession faced in their country. Even with Margaret Thatcher’s leadership efforts to convert the country from a socialized economy to a capitalistic one, changes have been slow in coming to fruition. While much of the profession is still in the National Health Service struggling to survive, many doctors who opted to practice fee-for-service dentistry are also struggling to make ends meet. This has its effect in recruitment of those professionals struggling. And many successful professionals are taking on the leadership roles to help rebuild the system. The long discussion of how to solve some of these problems seems to be in good hands with Drs. Patel and Raja, but only tremendous efforts and time will bring the country and our PFA Section back to the prominence it once held when the situation was better. Both promised to make efforts to seek out quality members and are including PFA in many joint activities to continue to keep our name in the forefront of dentistry there.		France President Gary Lowder and Editor Brophy then chunneled to Paris to meet with International Trustee Pierre Marois and French Section Chair Hubert Ouvrard. The first evening, President Lowder received the PFA Report on Europe from Trustee Pierre Marois. The next day, we all attended the Conseil National de l’Ordre des Chirurgien-Dentistes headquarters for a small reception to met the new Conseil President Pierre-Yves Mahe, and to renew our friendship with outgoing President Andrè Robert. President Lowder then placed our latest Hall of Fame plaque for Dr. Gerald Leatherman of England on the International Wall of Fame at our main site for the International Dental Hall of Fame. In the ceremony, Dr. Lowder was accompanied by Trustee Pierre Marois, French Chair Hubert Ouvrard, Conseil President Pierre-Yves Mahe, and immediate past Conseil President Andrè Robert.

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