6. November - December

My time has finally arrived to become President of the Pierre Fauchard Academy. It was not that long ago that I had never heard of the Academy. My journey has continued to be a once in a lifetime experience.

As a Section Chair, I enjoyed getting things going on the local level and trying to make a difference. Increasing membership in my Section and increasing involvement in several service projects has been extremely rewarding. Through grant projects funded by the Pierre Fauchard Foundation, we have been able to offer care to victims of torture and hate. We have been able to offer scholarships to senior dental students. Any one of my Section members would share with you the sense of appreciation and fulfillment in caring for someone from the Center for Victims of Torture, or presenting a senior dental student with a scholarship.

As a Trustee, I have been fortunate to have had the opportunity to continue to “make a difference” in the policies and activities of the Academy. Helping to shape the future direction of our organization has been fulfilling and rewarding.

In the role of an officer, I have continued to grow, learning many things regarding our Academy’s Constitution and Bylaws. I am surprised to acknowledge that the Academy’s budget and budgeting process have become second nature to me. I have had the extreme good fortune to be surrounded by fellow officers with immense wisdom, who are willing to share their talents and experience with me to be a better person and a stronger contributor of the Academy.

As I look at my journey with the Academy over the past 12 years, the benefits I have experienced significantly outweigh the contributions that I have made. I thank you for your time, talent, and continued commitment to the Pierre Fauchard Academy. I ask that you search out and invite dentists that share your values of giving back to our profession and to their community, to become members of our Academy.

In closing, I would like to welcome our new Trustees, Dr. Hubert Ouvrard of France and Dr. Jonathan Rogers of Australasia. I would like also to personally acknowledge the efforts of our outgoing Immediate Past President, Dr. Gary Lowder. Dr. Lowder’s willingness to assume responsibility of the Presidency at a critical time in the Academy’s history has proven to be a turning point for our organization.

Additionally, I would like to acknowledge our Region I Trustee Pierre Marois. Dr. Marois’ legacy and leadership in Europe has served as a benchmark for those who follow him. A special thanks goes to our outgoing President Kevin Roach for all his years of service. I wish to congratulate Dr. Howard Mark, our President-elect, and Dr. William Winspear, our Vice President, for assuming these roles of great responsibility. As always, a warm thank you goes to Richard and Judy Kozal for all their efforts at the Central Office.


Michael J. Perpich, DDS

President



2005 Calendar



19 March

9 April
24–27 August
7–9 October

7 October
8 October

9 October

Management Team Meeting, Palm Springs, California,
Hilton Garden Inn, Rancho Mirage
Foundation Board Meeting, Chicago, Chicago O’Hare Hilton
FDI World Congress, Montreal, Quebec
Canadian Section Meeting
Academy Annual Board Meetings, Philadelphia
Foundation Board Meetings
Section Chair Caucus
Annual Awards Luncheon
President’s Reception
PFA Dinner Party, Marriott Hotel
(Have your PFA Event date put here. E-mail Editor Brophy at PFADWJMB@aol.com)


The Annual Board Meetings


Orlando, Florida, 1–3 October 2004

Australasia Trustee William Winspear opened the annual Board meeting with the Invocation.

The Secretary General reported that a quorum was present, made appropriate announcements, and had the meeting agenda accepted. The Minutes from the March 2004 Executive Board Meeting had been mailed out to everyone and were accepted by the Board.

Secretary General’s Report

Dr. Richard Kozal, as Secretary, reported that the computer activities at the Central Office, through the new technology, have been consistently refined and updated to maintain a daily accurate database of our PFA information.
Academy Board Meeting


President’s Report

President Roach discussed changing the Executive Committee title to that of Management Team Committee. The Management Team process he used this year allowed the officers to reach a new level of cooperation. The management team concept allowed the distribution of the work weight to be shared by everyone effectively. President Roach suggested that the line item budget for President’s travel be changed to Officers’ Travel. This would permit funding for other Executive Officers to represent PFA at various important functions where the President does not always have the time to attend.

Special progress has been made in several areas during the year particularly in passing a new Constitution and Bylaws, revising the Policy Manual, Transition Agreements in the event of a debilitating injury or sudden death of a senior staff person, a more cooperative working arrangement with the PFA Foundation, enhanced communications with our Fellows worldwide through more extensive Dental World issues, improvements to our Web site, and a continually updated Strategic Planning Manual.

This year, the officers have worked on establishing the Academy on a solid fiscal footing for the upcoming years, and they are to be commended. Dr. Roach thanked everyone individually for their efforts done during his year in office.

Another innovative program initiated for the coming year is to collect an extra $10 Section-marked dues to aid in instituting local Section programs. This is not to replace the individual Section dues needed by various outstanding Sections that are currently running their programs, but to help other Sections get their programs started.

President Roach discussed the outstanding contributions over the last 21 years made by retiring Trustee Pierre Marois, and welcomed his successor Dr. Hubert Ouvrard as new Trustee for Region 1—Europe. He welcomed Region 8—Autralasia Trustee Jonathan Rogers replacing the retiring William Winspear running for International PFA Vice President. He thanked all those who made his journey so much of a success during the year.


The Web site is modified regularly to facilitate easier access by members and visitors to obtain Academy information, Foundation programs, and weekly updated new membership data. Our Web site, since its 1997 inception, has come a long way under our Webmaster Mark Stanley.

Elsevier’s new staff continues to work closely with the Central Office in handling changes of addresses, mailing problems with Dental Abstracts/Dental World, and entry of new Fellows into the system. Their Director of Society Membership Subscriptions, Laura Ann Roche, has established an excellent relationship, which has eased many of the problems that have occurred before.

The 2005 dues statements have been established at $110 for U.S. Fellows with a request for a $20 voluntary donation to the Foundation. The one-time Initiation fee will stay at $150 to cover the costs of printing the certificates, the ribbons, the medals, and lapel pins. International dues will remain at the same current level of $100.

The Central Office prepared 24 Outstanding Dentist of the Year plaques for those Sections requesting them, and four retiring Section Chairman plaques.

Requests for Fellowship Certificates for Induction Ceremonies have been prepared and are mailed by Federal Express to insure delivery on time. The new neck ribbons and Fellowship Keys add a new impression of stature to the Induction Ceremony. More Sections are utilizing a small Induction Ceremony to highlight the importance of PFA Fellowship.

Dr. Kozal, as Treasurer, reported that all invoices are current through 1 September 2004.

To date, 352 new Fellows have been added to the Elsevier rolls for the 2004 Dental Abstracts/Dental World subscriptions.

The 2004 voluntary Foundation donations from our membership have totaled $26,499 to date.

The reporting of the financial data is constantly being refined by the accountant and the Management Committee to provide the essential data in a more readable form. Dan Jonkers, the Academy accountant, has been working with the Management Team to simplify the financial data. The independent review was completed in March 2004 in accordance with the Constitution and Bylaws. Results of that report have been sent to the entire Academy Board and to the Executive Committee of the Foundation.

The financial statements and bank reports are included in the Meeting Manual for Board review.

Any questions about the State of the Academy can be directed to Dr. Richard Kozal, Secretary General.

November/December • 2004

The Annual Board Meetings Continued


Foundation President’s Report

Foundation President Carl Lundgren and Foundation Executive Director Fred Halik reported to the Academy that the Foundation has distributed over 250 grants in its nine years of activity, and has provided essential financial support to organizations providing direct dental care to disadvantaged people. Dr. Lundgren des-cribed some of the programs that have been aided throughout the world where many of the grant program volunteers pay for their own transportation and lodging. This year’s list includes some 30 programs in nine different countries. Before reaching the Foun-dation Board the requests are evaluated by a Committee team under Grants Chairman Gary Lowder.


Foundation President
Carl Lundgren

The Foundation is doing well financially and functionally. Under the guidance of Treasurer George Higue and investment advisor Frank Buchholz, the Foundation is completing its 10th year of growth since the initial $5 million bequest by Dr. Brenes-Espinach in 1994. Since its incorporation in 1986, the Foundation has awarded well over $3 million while still increasing the original Fair Market value to over $7 million. The gains on the Foundation assets have been reinvested at about 6.5% to provide a predictable time availability for our grant awards. The investments have been safely placed and require limited Board monitoring. The Stock Market, however, has been definitely a losing proposition. Five years into the new decade, the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index still is posting a average negative return of a minus 4%. With inflation at 3%, and holding our operating expenses down, the Foundation is still in need of donations to offset these losses.

The Foundation mission, as stated on our Web site, is “to safeguard, increase, and administer the Foundation funds for the advancement of dental practice and the improvement of oral health for the people residing within the regions and Sections of the Academy.” So far, we have distributed more than 720 dental scholarships of $1500 each to dental students throughout the PFA world. This has had a great effect on membership growth, Fellowship participation, and Academy prestige.

Our new Executive Director, past PFA President Fred Halik, has been refining and fine tuning our procedures. This year, we established an internal program where each committee electronically communicates with its members to conduct its functions. This has resulted in a better summarization of ideas and resolutions. Such resolutions are then presented at the Board Meetings by the Chairman for the entire committee.

This year’s group of grant applications is exceptionally meritorious. The number of requests approximates the amount that we must grant by law. 5% of our Fair Market Value must be awarded. Since this value fluctuates, we must obtain accurate forecasts from our CPA firm, Windes & McLaughery. Another market analysis will be conducted after the Annual Meeting so that we can award the proper amount as prescribed by IRS law to keep our tax liability at 1%.

Chairman Larry Barrett has undertaken the position to increase donations to the Foundation that are essential so we can maintain our level of grant donations without dipping into the principal amount and continue to provide more philanthropic programs. He will Chair the “Memorial and Tribute Funds” program that was established at the annual Meeting. So while the Stock Market has shown continual losses for the year, we have a steady income from our federal government bond program that frees up guaranteed profits in time for us to be assured of funding for our scholarships and grants. The large donations in the names of Fernando Brenes-Espinach, General Robert Shira, and past Executive Director Shig Kishi have created a strong core beginning.

The book, Nonprofit Organization Management, states: “When Board members support their nonprofit foundation financially, it sends a clear message to the community that they believe in the organization. Because Board members are not paid staff, but volunteers who give of their time and money to the nonprofit foundation, their personal donations are a powerful motivator for others to give.” Foundation and Academy Board members will be expected to support the effort 100%.

The American College of Dentists’ program resulted in multitudes of $1000 each donations, some of them paid on a four-year plan. That comes to 78 cents per day, which most dentists can afford. We should do no less. Another dental organization seeking funds for their foundation sent out an expensive mailer to 350 dental suppliers. Their mailer was totally ignored except for one. There are 50 other dental foundations, not including the dental schools also seeking funds, and all of those foundations are looking for the same contributions from the small donor pool.

Bylaws and Policy Chairman Howard Mark has done a remarkable job of rewriting a draft of the Foundation’s Bylaws and Policy Manual. Over the last nine years, myriads of resolutions were approved by the Board and acted on, but nothing was compiled into one document, other than a document that was completed by Bill Kort in 1994.

The public Relations Committee headed by Larry Barrett has resulted in a nice article in the ADA News, which outlines our accomplishments and calls for requests for grant proposals. Additional material has been sent to a large target of dental audiences. Dental World still remains our most prolific and successful means of communications to our membership.

This year, we have a new Treasurer, past PFA President Bill Kort, with past Treasurer George Higue becoming Treasurer-emeritus. Our Audit Committee, Chaired by James Long, has recommended to the Board that we have an accountant’s review by our CPA firm, due to the change-over in officers. This would be in place of the usual compilation that the Academy and that the Foundation usually have performed in the past. That has been satisfactorily completed.

Our CPA firm, Windes & McLaughery, particularly their Senior Partner CPA Donita Joseph that we deal with, is one of the largest and most prestigious accounting firms in Los Angeles County. Our accountant is Maria Bustamante who handles our books. She is a graduate of California State University at Long Beach, having majored in finance and accounting. She is employed by George Higue’s large real estate business and has been with us since our inception. We have also been blessed with a very successful investment counselor in Frank J. Buchholz, Senior Vice President for the Bank of America Private Bank, Banc of America Investment Services, Inc. He has been an investment advisor for Private Bank clients in wealthy Newport Beach, California, since 1995. Frank started in the securities business in 1982 with Smith Barney, then joined the Bank of America (formerly Security Pacific Bank) in 1985. He worked on the trading floor before joining the Private Bank. He earned his Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration with a minor in Finance from California State University-Northridge in 1974. He holds Series 7 and 63 securities licenses, a principal’s license, and a life and variable annuity insurance licenses. He has enjoyed great success in partnering with Private Bank, and his production has placed him in the top 10 of 800 financial advisors nationwide.

The Foundation invited him to their annual Board Meeting where he presented a half-day seminar on the Foundation investments.

The Foundation’s April Interim Meeting was almost all devoted to discussions and enlightenment of our investment program, and our proper recording of our Bylaws and Policy Manual. That Meeting put us over our operating budget for the year, but it was at the Board’s wishes to complete the business not finished at our annual Meeting.

There are hundreds of volunteers within groups that seek our funding to operate humanitarian programs. It is our responsibility to guarantee funds for such efforts. While the load of patients needing such treatment seems to be a bottomless pit, each treatment is infinitely important to that individual. We have helped to treat thousands. And there will be thousands more.


L-R, CPA Frank Buchhholz and
Foundation Treasurer William Kort

Foundation Executive

Director’s Report

The activities of the Executive Director have been directed toward the fulfillment of the mandates of the goals and objectives of the Foundation. Namely, those are financial grants in aid to service projects providing dental care to deprived individuals worldwide, and education through scholarships to selected dental students. There is little doubt that the late great Shig Kishi set the stage brilliantly and selflessly to achieve these noble ends. Following his imprint on the world has been difficult, duplicating it impossible.

Applications for grants were slow in the early part of the year but gained momentum as our publicity began to have an effect. Some of the publicity created problems because of typographical errors in the publication itself concerning the addresses or phone numbers, and the ADA News created a new and later deadline for application submission.

The other most difficult issue is that of accurate determination of funds available for distribution. It almost seems that our annual meeting is not at the optimum time of the year to make this easy. Nonetheless, Foundation President Carl Lundgren has done a masterful job in making sense of this elusive activity. I am sure that his close monitoring of the Foundation, and that of our Treasurer Bill Kort with the Finance Committee will improve the situation considerably.

The issue that is most confusing to grant seekers is that of the type and manner of projects that the Foundation is willing to fund. Our list of unacceptable “Restrictions” is very long and quite confusing. Many telephone calls and e-mail messages have been related to clarification of what is an acceptable grant proposal. This is not easy to explain, or even rationalize. The items most often funded in our “acceptable” category of applications relate to purchase of supplies and inexpensive instruments, regardless of what a worthy project might need in the way of capital equipment in order to achieve an effective result. I am certain that many an organization’s budget has been reworked to simply change the truly needed equipment line, or even salaries, to one of small materials and instruments just to fall within what might appeal to our whims.

It can be conjured that the trustees devising the program originally were very sensitive to the possibility of capital equipment finding its way eventually to someone’s personal practice activity. Or more likely, a large piece of equipment could be used for a short-term project, and then at the project’s conclusion, taken over privately.

Would it be more effective to simply eliminate most of the “restrictions List” and instead to simply state the fact that we only want to support the very minor items? Or on the other hand, let grant seekers tell us of their most urgent needs, and trust our perceptive evaluators to determine, by way of the quality of the project, and of its sponsors, whether their desires should be fulfilled? An in-depth discussion among the trustees on this matter would be a worthwhile exploration to develop a more useful overall approach of our most important “reason to be.”

The application forms themselves are not particularly user-friendly. Many requests have been made from applicants to post our forms on the Academy Web site to make them easier to fill out online, without a typewriter, and can be printed out on any computer. If that were to be done, the forms would certainly need to be revised to make them more concise and uniform.

As it is now, our forms, and our rules, ask for more information than is necessary. For example, we do not need multiple forms of the applicant’s 501(c)(3) status, nor multiple copies of their Bylaws and officers for examination by each evaluator. One copy should be good enough for a determination that the requesting organization has them or not.

Relative to the equipment for detailed reports of how the Foundation dollars are expended: not all grant recipients respond at all, much less in the promised time frame, although most do. Some of the reports are explicit and detailed with heart-warming pictures of incredible cases treated along with testimonial letters. Others will send the annual report of their organization, displaying credits to the Foundation. One recently sent a dozen postcards, individually written by children, thanking the Foundation for being a benefactor that made their dental care possible.

The Foundation of the Pierre Fauchard Academy Dental Scholarship Program is ever popular, appreciated, and a useful project. It well fulfills our principal benefactors wishes. As reported to the Trustees at the April Interim Meeting, a deal had been worked out with Dr. Kozal to solicit names of the qualified students for each of the two PFA Awards from each school in one mailing with two letters-–one from the Academy and one from the Foundation. A cover sheet was also included explaining the two programs and their differences. It must be noted at this point that the Academy’s Secretary General Dr. Richard Kozal, and his assistant Judy, have been immensely helpful in this, as well as in all the other activities of mutual concern.

As of 1 October 2004, all schools but one (some requiring further letter prodding) have responded. Subsequently, each of them has received the appropriate letter of transmittal, the letter of congratulation to their student, the inscribed certificate, and the check. Completing the transaction immediately after the school responds has worked out well since each school has its own timetable relative to an awards ceremony. By waiting and responding to the schools simultaneously, the maximum impact for public relations is frequently missed.

The non-U.S. dental schools remain a difficult issue. Contacts have been made with the appropriate dental schools, as well as with the Section Chairs across the eligible PFA world, and only spotty responses result. The identifiable problems include: the language barrier, highly varied school academic calendars, what constitutes a “junior year student”, and amazingly, getting PFA Officials to respond to our inquiries and requests. Numerically, there are 28 non-U.S. scholarships approved by the Board of Trustees for funding. Of those, eight have been completed with five more identified. Certainly by the end of the year, most of them should be completed.

I want to thank all those who have helped me out in this first year. You have helped make the Academy and the Foundation very high class. They bring credit and validation to the higher aspirations of our profession.

Canadian Trustee Barry Dolman presented a check to the Foundation from the Canadian Fellows for $1200, which was graciously received by Executive Director Fred Halik.

Constitution & Bylaws Committee

Chair Howard Mark presented the completed form of the documents to the Board for final approval. Other than those items already approved, and some housekeeping measures the main changes were the following.

The name of the Executive Committee, composed of the President, the President-elect, the immediate past President, the Vice President, and the Secretary General, has been changed to the “Management Committee”. Its composition remains essentially the same with the Secretary General and the Editor included as “ex-officio” members.

The other Bylaw change was merely to assess the cost of sending the Academy President and the Academy President-elect to the Foundation Meetings at the cost of the Academy as opposed to the cost of the Foundation, as it currently reads and has been conducted in the past.

The Policy Manual draft by Vice President Howard Mark was discussed and approved for final copy. Basically, the Manual codifies in writing all the Board policies adopted and in effect to this time.

The Constitution & Bylaws were passed at the end of the Meeting series.

Membership Report

Secretary General

The Board of Trustees were pleased about the increasing number of quality Fellows being nominated and initiated this year.

In the United States, Sections with the highest memberships are California, Ohio, and the States of New York, Georgia, Wisconsin, Virginia, Michigan, Florida, Arizona, Connecticut, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Maryland, Washington, and Louisiana. Internationally, Sections with the highest membership are India, Canada, Australasia, Argentina, Japan, and Spain.

These numbers are a fluid representation that changes daily due to additions, deaths, and delinquencies.

The additional $10 dues being collected is to assist the very active Sections with their outstanding programs and to revitalize those Sections that have been complacent in recognizing the outstanding practitioners in their Section.

Budget & Finance Report

Chair Michael Perpich presented the year 2005 budget for review and for approval by the end of our Meetings. It encourages more Trustee travel to their Section functions. It includes a small dues increase in order to provide funding to the active Sections providing programs and to stimulate inactive Sections with funding for becoming involved. The Museum requests for the previous years have been completed and were not included this year. The PFA Museum will be tendered to the dental facility it is to be located in for upkeep and maintenance.

The 2004-2005 budget was passed at the end of the series of meetings.

Nominations Committee

Chairman Gary Lowder reported on the following as Officers for the 2004-2005 year:

• Immediate past President Kevin L. Roach of Canada (automatic)

• President Michael Perpich of Minnesota

• President-elect Howard Mark of Connecticut

• Vice President William Winspear of Australia

• Trustee for Region I-–Europe: Hubert Ouvrard of France

• Trustee for Region VIII – Australasia: Jonathan Rogers of Australia

Editor’s Report

Editor James Brophy noted that this year our publications have been on schedule with no problems. He has served as the 2003 Interim Secretary for the Foundation (due to the untimely death of Executive Director Shig Kishi). He also traveled to Long Beach, California, to do an article on Foundation Treasurer-emeritus George Higue, and to Charleston, South Carolina, for an article on past President-elect Gordan Stine.

He attended the Academy’s March Executive Committee Meeting in Las Vegas and the Foundation’s April Interim Meeting in Chicago.

He is also serving on the Foundation’s “Memorial and Tributes” Committee under Foundation Chairman Larry Barrett.

PFA Web Site Report

Webmaster Mark Stanley reports that activity on the internet has increased considerably, but much of it is spam, unsolicited, and virus containing. The laws in place in many areas are having no effect. In 1997, about when we got our website, there were 70 million users. Today there are over 800 million worldwide-–12% of the world’s population. Asia, Australia, and Europe use the internet as much as it is used in North America.

Dental World is posted on our site every two months. There is a PDF file of the complete issues back to September 1998. All these issues may be downloaded by visitors.

This year, the Canadian portion of the online directory was expanded to provide for separate membership lists for each Section of the region. Two sample Web site pages have been created for the Canadian and for the Belgium Sections. These will be completed this year, so as to allow other Sections to post local events and images. A common Web page template is being planned to allow each Section to update items such as a calendar of events, local news, and links of interest to our members.

The four or five new articles on the history of dentistry that are posted each year, attract visitors to the site. Once at the site they browse and gain the information PFA wants to convey. You might want to read about aluminum dentures in WWII, Women in dentistry, and dentistry in the 1960s. The article Medical Care Aboard the Titanic remains very popular.

A new feature is the special “ONLINE Calendar Event form” that allows a Chairman to submit a local event to be placed on the PFA website page. You simply fill it out and submit the format to the Central Office for placement.

There are four more areas of the site expanded to allow downloading of important files. On the “Inquiries” page there are links to a members area where these also can be downloaded. These are (1) the new Membership brochure; (2) Nomination forms (in PDF); (3) the Constitution and Bylaws (in PDF); (4) PFA files of the logos for Web or print use (both the old and new versions); and (5) the PFA Organizational Chart.

Two special e-mail forms are also now on the Web site to be able to directly contact the Central Office, or the Foundation. Thus, key members may be reached from wherever you are to wherever they are. http://Fauchard.org/contact/contact.php send a message to the Academy Secretary General Richard Kozal; and http://Fauchard.org/contact/foun_contact.php reaches the Foundation Executive Director Fred Halik.

Two new items were added to the Book and Journals Section of Publication, which allows you to order the “Contemporary Concepts of Breath Oral Study and Research” CD by Dr. Bernardo Levit, or the e-book “How it Evolved, Dentistry’s Pursuit of Excellence” by Dr. Richard A. Glenner.

There is a page with our list of Awards, the Hall of Fame, and a soundtrack available to listen online. Sound can also be added to the museum pages where you can view the new additions to our collection, or even browse the Haase Collection of historical dental lithographs.

The main areas of visitor interest are the publications pages. In August of 2003, the number of visitors was 8977. This last August, the number was 21,498. This represents visits from 159 unique domains. The top countries visiting our site are the United States certainly, followed by France, Japan, Canada, The Netherlands, and Brazil. PFA Web site traffic has almost doubled this year from 11,000 hits last year per month to 20,000 per month this year.

A CDA version of the Web site has been prepared and given to each Section Chair so they can use the onsite resources in their position, or host a program for a meeting concerning the website. An online connection is required in using the CD to get into the membership list.

Awards Committee Report

Chairman James Englander reported on “choosing the best of the best” as the committee mission in selecting the leadership qualities and accomplishments in practice, research, and dental education required for these awards that is above and beyond those necessary for Fellowship.

The Pierre Fauchard Gold Medal with accompanying citation is presented to an individual residing in the United States who is selected for outstanding contributions to the progress and standing of the profession. This year the Awards Committee has selected Dr. Linda C. Niessen to receive the 2004 Gold Medal Award.

The Elmer S. Best Memorial Award, the Academy’s equally major award, is presented annually to a member of the dental profession outside the United States who is engaged in the practice of dentistry and/or dental education and/or dental research. The recipient shall have made outstanding contributions to the art and science of dentistry, and shall be a member in good standing of the official dental organization of their respective country. The recipient must have a unanimous vote of the Awards Committee and be approved by two thirds of the PFA International Board. This year’s 2004 Elmer S. Best Award nominee is Professor Dr. Zhenkang Zhang of Peking University of Stomatology in Beijing, China.

The Dental Trade and Industry Awards of Recognition may be presented annually to honor an outstanding leader in the dental industry for contributions to dentistry. This year, the Awards Committee will honor the SciCan Company, a division of Lux & Zwingenberger, a major manufacturer and leading distributor of products in the healthcare industry. Arthur Zwingenberger will accept the Award on behalf of his company.

Dr. Robert L. Ibsen, a dentist, an optometrist, and a good friend of dentistry and of the Academy, was unanimously selected by the Board of Trustees to receive the Distinguished Service Certificate. This Award is presented to a Fellow of the Academy in appreciation for the loyal and dedicated services to the Academy.

Dr. Ibsen is a practicing dentist, clinical lecturer, and founder and CEO of Den-Mat Corporation, which is one of the largest suppliers of cosmetic and restorative dental products in the United States. His company also received the 1997 Dental Trade & Industry Award Recognition.

Honorary Fellowship in the Academy has been approved by the Awards Committee for Brian James Henderson of Canada.

Dr. George Higue, past PFA President, past Foundation Treasurer, and current Foundation Treasurer-emeritus, was approved to receive the Presidential Award.

The late Professor Javier Garro Barrio, Spain’s long-serving Section Chair, was unanimously approved to receive the Academy’s Certificate of Merit Award.

Irish Section Chair, Dr. Robin O’Sullivan was approved by the Awards Committee to receive the Certificate of Merit Award from the Academy.

Discussion was also held on the best and proper way of honoring past PFA President and Foundation Executive Director Shig Ryan Kishi. Suggestions would be also discussed with Emily Kishi for her input.

Serving on the Awards Committee are Chair James Englander, International Trustee from Wisconsin; Past PFA President Nicholas Saccone of Pennsylvania; International Trustee Pierre Marois of France; International Trustee Barry Dolman of Quebec; International Trustee Bernardo Levit of Argentina; Section Chair Frank Braun of Germany; and Section Chair Ray Maddox of Indiana.

International Hall of Fame Committee

Chair H. Raymond Klein, past PFA President, presented the Hall of Fame induction for Dr. Frederick S. McKay at the Awards Luncheon of the Colorado Dental Association’s annual Meeting last June.

Dr. Morinosuke Chiwaki was nominated and approved for induction presentation by past PFA President Minoru Horiuchi and by International Trustee Mamoru Sakuda of Japan at the Japan Section Meeting in Tokyo last October.

The Committee submitted to the Board the names of Dr. Rafiuddin Ahmed of India, nominated by Dr. T. Samraj; Dr. Maynard K. Hine of the United States, nominated by Ray Maddox; and Dr. Edward H. Angle of the United States, nominated by Pierre Marois.


Hall of Fame Chair Ray Klein

PFA President’s Committee Appointments

Management Committee (formerly the Executive Committee):

• Chair Michael Perpich, Kevin Roach, Howard Mark William Winspear, and Richard Kozal

Fellowship Committee:

• Chair Charles Eller, Hubert Ouvrard, Bernardo Levit, Richard Walsh, Mamoru Sakuda, Steve Hedlund, Robert Hart, and ex-officio Richard Kozal

Budget & Finance Committee:

• Chair Howard Mark, Kevin Roach, Michael Perpich, William Winspear, and ex-officio Richard Kozal

Nominating Committee:

• Chair Kevin Roach, Gary Lowder, and Scott Welch

Constitution & Bylaws Committee:

• Chair William Winspear, Howard Mark, Richard Kozal

Publications Committee:

• Chair William Winspear, James Brophy, Mamoru Sakuda, Jonathan Rogers, and Hubert Ouvrard

Awards Committee:

• Chair James Englander, Charles Eller, Barry Dolman, and Hubert Ouvrard

Consultants:

• Frank Braun, Bernardo Levit, Nicholas Saccone, and Pierre Marois

Archivist:

• James Brophy and Richard Kozal

Hall of Fame Committee:

• Chair Raymond Klein, Fred Halik, Minoru Horiuchi, Kevin Roach, and Hubert Ouvrard

Consultants:

• Frank Braun, Pierre Marois, Nicholas Saccone, and William Winspear

Local Arrangements:

• Chair Frank Di Noia, and Richard Kozal

Section Chair Caucus Report

Nineteen Section Chairs attended the Annual Section Chair Caucus during the PFA International Meeting on 1 October 2004, as chaired by Dr. Dan Castagna. As in prior years, various Section programs. Membership issues, idea exchanges, and other concerns were openly presented and discussed during the two-hour session. These topics were then voiced directly to the full International Board later in the day.


Section Chairs’ Caucus Chairman
Dan Castagna

The following items were discussed and noted, but are not listed here in any particular order of importance:

• Dr. Karyn Stockwell, Georgia Section Chair, reported a need to increase membership and enhance membership retention by helping to increase perceived value in PFA. A members newsletter with current Section information would not only inform the existing members, but help solicit potential members. Her Section has created one. A new membership packet with the PFA logo gives much information. Her Section sponsored a membership/leadership conference this past year. And they initiated local dues to help defray the costs of the luncheon and sponsored activities.

• Dr. Norman Becker, Massachusetts Section Chair, noted that they continue to participate in the Massachusetts State Children’s Identification Program. They have also developed a local membership retention letter informing the Fellows of Section activities.

• Dr. Joseph Harris of Michigan reports that at their annual Section Breakfast that they hold the PFA Scholarship Award recipients are also invited. An ongoing mentorship program works closely with the Deans. And his Section Fellows help with the Donated Dental Services program ($8000 worth) at a children’s camp.

• Dr. David Stahl, New Hampshire Chair, notes that the city of Manchester has fluoridated their water, which was voted in four years ago. This has come up again for voter reconsideration and the PFA Fellows were involved to stop this. He also reports that the PFA Foundation was requested to help on a grant, but the response was not timely enough to help out on the third voter initiative.

• Dr. Howard Mark, International Vice President from Connecticut, stated that their ongoing mentorship program with the University of Connecticut has been working well. An annual Section Meeting was held during the Connecticut State Meeting and was well attended. He is recruiting new PFA leadership in his Section.

• Dr. William Goodman, Oklahoma Section Chair, has had good attendance at their annual Section Meeting held separately from ICD and ACD.

• Dr. Richard Petty, Utah Section Chair, also reports good attendance at their annual Section Breakfast Meeting. They have a non-dental speaker, which is well received by the members. During that Meeting a Section Award is presented to the top “preclinical” student at Utah. Additionally, a Section grant helps sponsor dental services in Mexico this year.

• Dr. Lynn Halik, New York Section Chair, reported that their annual Section Luncheon occurs during the Greater New York Meeting and is always well attended. She attends these meetings sponsored by PFA to gather information and new ideas for the future.

• Dr. Gary Herbeck, Florida Chair, works closer with ACD/ICD leadership in helping to decrease fragmentation on common group programs that may overlap. The Dean is a new PFA Fellow, so the PFA Scholarships should take on more prominence.

• Dr. Karl Lange, Kentucky Section Chair, holds their Section’s annual Meeting with ACD and ICD. The PFA banner is well known. Ongoing Foundation Grant support has helped with dental screenings at the Special Olympics held annually at the Kentucky State Fair.

• Dr. W. Kendrick Van Meter of Vermont has a small membership. This year’s goal is to increase that membership. Their Section has a Mentorship Program for new dentists, and they support the Child ID Project.

• Dr. Ashur Chavoor, Washington, DC, Chair, has an ongoing membership drive to increase his area’s Fellowship.

• Dr. Dan Castagna, of Northern California, has a well-attended annual Luncheon Meeting where they honor outstanding Faculty and provide two student scholarships to students from their two local dental schools over and beyond those provided by the Foundation.

• Dr. Pankaj Patel, Section Chair for Kenya, is working on increasing his membership.

• Dr. Ernesto Acuna, Section Chair of Mexico, said that the Foundation Scholarships given at several schools are very well received. Membership in Mexico continues to grow, but more is needed to be done to encourage new Fellow applications.

• Dr. Diampo Lim, Philippines Section Chair, has been reviving the small membership in his Section and recruitment is growing. He thanked PFA for their help after the volcano erupted. Many dental items and other materials were sent to replace the lost ones.

• Dr. Aldo Boccia of Ontario, Canada, noted that PFA received very good publicity for the student scholarships presented to his two dental schools. Mouth guards were fabricated for the Special Olympics this year. With the FDI hosting their annual World Congress in Montreal, they will be hosting a new Fellow Induction Ceremony there.

• Dr. Evelyn McNee of British Columbia has had minimal activity in her area, but hopes to join with ACD on joint projects. The publicity from the student scholarships has helped their cause.

• Dr. Jose Dahan, Belgium Section Chair, has started a Section website connected to the PFA one. Their anti-tobacco program has had success and is being continued.

• Dr. Tsuneaki Kuwahata of Japan has 135 Fellows in his Section. Their main activities are to hold an annual meeting every year and to publish PFA Japan Journal once a year and PFA NEWS twice a year. This year’s annual meeting was held last 30 October. The Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony was scheduled during the Awards Luncheon. The theme of the annual meeting is “To learn new things by studying old things.” Scientific and cultural lectures were also planned. The Japan Section and the Korean Section have a good relationship for 25 years in Region 9.

The Section Chair Caucus Report was submitted to the Board by Dr. Dan Castagna itemizing the following points:

1. Placing the PFA Foundation Section Grant application on the Web site to accelerate applications and make it easier to fill out without the use of typewriters.

2. Suggestions were that U.S. dental school scholarships, whenever possible should go to an “international” student, since we are an international organization.

3. The PFA Board, and perhaps the Foundation, should establish a specific agenda for the Section Chair Caucus to address. Specific items, as needed, that the Boards are interested in would narrow the discussion and focus on mutual interests. Many felt that the Caucus Meeting was not structured enough to be productive. Some felt that their Section Reports submitted to the Board should be made available to the Chairs attending the Caucus as a good resource for ideas that could be shared and implemented in other areas.

4. Suggestions were made that the entire PFA Board participate in the Caucus to directly answer questions that arise, meet the Chairs, discuss their concerns, and pick up on their ideas. (The Academy Board meets at the same time in another room to begin their agenda of business.)

5. The dues rebate idea was well received, as these funds could be useful for multiple activities at the section level.

Section Chair Reports

The Section Chair reports were submitted by Belgium/Luxembourg Chair Joe Dahan; Czech Republic Chair Josef Vacek; Bulgaria Chair Valentin Moutaftchiev; France Chair Hubert Ouvrard; Lebanon Chair Felipe Rezk Lega; Germany Chair Frank Braun; Greece Chair Thana Paschos; Serbia Chair Dragoslav Djukanovic; Macedonia Chair Branislav Dastevski; Netherlands Secretary J. A. van Bentum; Poland Chair Eugeniusz Spiechowicz; Swiss Chair Roland A. Sollner; Sweden Chair Gunnar Carlsson; Spain Chair Jose Manuel Aguirre;

California, Northern Section Chair Daniel Castagna; California, Southern Section Chair Charles Eller; Montana Chair Bert Winterholler; Nevada Chair William Rohel; Utah Chair Richard Petty; Washington Chair David Minahan; Wyoming Chair Scott W. Houfek; Georgia Chair Karyn Stockwell; Nebraska Chair Gary H. Westerman; Wisconsin Chair Glenn T. Maihofer; Rhode Island Chair Richard Walsh; Mexico Chair Ernesto Acuna E; Australasia Trustee William Winspear; India Secretary T. Samraj; Pakistan Chair M.A.Soofi; and Philippine Chair Dean Diampo Lim.

Officers’ Reports

President-elect Michael Perpich

As Budget & Finances Chairman, we have held three conference calls to go over the finances and check our status against the budget. I am pleased to report that the Academy is in excellent financial shape. The proposed 2005 budget has been prepared for review at the annual Meeting and is designed to keep the Academy in a solid financial condition.

Vice President Howard Mark

As Chairman, undertaking to collate the Policy Manual, we have revised and assembled a more complete document to serve as a template for the ongoing management of the Academy’s affairs. We have coupled this with the Long-range Strategic Plan and to be in line with the newly adopted By-Laws, which will give the administrative and executive bodies the capacity to both strengthen and to promote the principles and goals of the organization.

I also attended the combined Connecticut Section Meeting last May where our President Kevin Roach addressed the guests on what was going on in International PFA. This was the first such meeting that included New York and Rhode Island The Distinguished Service Awards were presented to Dr. Edward Feinberg of New York and to Dr. Jeremiah Lowney of Connecticut. New Fellows were also inducted.

Immediate past President
Gary Lowder

I represented the Academy in Mexico and spoke to the Mexican Dental Association’s General Session about PFA. While there, I attended their Section Meeting and new fellow Induction presentation.

I participated in the quarterly teleconferences concerning the budget and finances of the Academy and attended the Executive Committee Meeting in Las Vegas.

As immediate past President, I also serve on the Board of Trustees for the Foundation and as their Grants Committee Chairman reviewing 33 applications dispensing $328,910. I also recommended that the grant applications the Academy funds every year for Dental World and for the Web site be made standard operating expenses of the Foundation to eliminate the need for applying annually for funding these expenses.

Trustees Reports

Annual Trustee reports were submitted by Region 1—Europe Trustee Pierre Marois; Region 3—Southeast United States Trustee Robert S. Hart; Region 4—Midwest United States Trustee James Englander; Region 5—Western United States Trustee Charles Eller; Region 6—Canada Trustee Barry Dolman; Region 7—Latin America Trustee Bernardo Levit; Region 8—Australasia Trustee William Winspear: Region 9—Asia Trustee Mamoru Sakuda; and Region 10—Central United States Trustee Steve Hedlund.

Old Business

Petitions for dues restructuring were discussed for third world countries in order to increase membership.

New Business

Turkey has petitioned for membership into PFA.

Thank you letters from around the world were included in the Meeting packet thanking the Academy and the Foundation for their honors, awards, and grants.


68th PFA Gold Medal & Awards Luncheon

2 October 2004, Ritz Carleton Grand Lakes Hotel

The Awards Luncheon was well attended. Canadian Trustee Barry Dolman gave the Invocation to commence the festivities. Past ADA President Richard Mascola was the Luncheon speaker discussing “Working Together Toward a Common Goal.”

Dr. Mascola graduated from New York University College of Dentistry where he also completed his graduate training in prosthodontics. He also worked diligently for organized dentistry through his component dental society, the State dental society, and became the 2000 ADA President. He also served as Chairman of the ADA’s Council on Membership, on the ADA Board of Trustees and is part-time Executive Director of the Queens County Dental Society. He is a full-time faculty member at Nova Southeastern University College of Dental Medicine where he is the Director of Clinics and Director of Faculty Practice. He maintained a limited practice in Jericho, New York, until relocating to Beach Gardens, Florida, in 2001.


Past ADA President Richard Mascola

Dr. Mascola noted that in his travels he has seen the gap in dentistry serving humanity getting wider. “We have a moral and ethical responsibility to the rest of the world to get involved.” If we can bring together all the dental organizations of the world and work together for the common goal, we can do something effectively globally. But we must do something meaningful to help out this world crisis.

The Luncheon Program honored the many professionals who rec-eived their awards there and throughout the world this year. Highest among the honorees was the 68th Gold Medal recipient, Dr. Linda C. Niessen [op.cit. Dental World, July/August 2004, pp 5-6].


Dr. Linda Niessen receiving the Gold Medal from President Roach

Her effervescence was contagious in her acceptance speech thanking the Academy for this high honor and recalling her life from cheerleader to mom with a dental career among the many activities her energy carried her to do. “Dentistry is intellectually nourishing,” she noted, “and chance favors the prepared mind.” She certainly was the most gorgeous, energetic, and enthusiastic recipient we have had.

Also honored, but not present, was Professor Zhen-Kang Zhang of Beijing, China, who received the Elmer S. Best Award at a dental meeting in China in late October. The award was presented by Ger-man Section Chair Frank Braun and 1992 Elmer Best Award recipient Horst Wolfgang Hasse.


L-R, Awards Chair James Englander, Award recipient Dr. Robert Ibsen receiving the Distinguished Service Award from President Roach


The PFA International Distinguished Service Award was presented to PFA fellow and master of many crafts, Dr. Robert Ibsen, founder and CEO of Den-Mat Corporation. He related how dentists in history have progressed from the Etruscan gold crown through today’s serious attempts to conserve tooth structure. And certainly no one has done more to that end than Bob Ibsen. A quiet, humble man who has moved our profession into the modern era as he keeps pushing the edge of dental restorative procedures further and further.


L-R, 2004-2005 Officers President Michael Perpich, President-elect Howard Mark, Vice President William Winspear, and past President Kevin Roach being installed by past President Larry Barrett

The Dental Trade & Industry Award was presented to Canada’s SciCan Company with the President and Chairman Arthur Zwingenberger present to accept the honor on behalf of his company. He noted in his acceptance speech that his company “aims for excellence. They use the concept of the ‘Utopian Ideal’ mixed with realism to produce a ‘Realistic Utopia.’”


SciCan’s Arthur Zwingenberger receiving the PFA Trade & Industry Award from President Roach


The President’s Award, selected by PFA President Kevin Roach, was to be presented to Dr. Gordan B. Stine, who could not attend. At an appropriate ceremony near his South Carolina home, Dr. Stine will receive this Award.

Trustee William Winspear receiving Distinguished Service Award from President Roach
Trustee Pierre Marois receiving Distinguished Service Award from President Roach

Retiring Trustees Pierre Marois of France and William Winspear of Australia were presented with Distin-guished Service Awards for their years on the PFA International Board. Dr. Marois had served for 21 years as Region I—Europe Trustee building bonds between the United States with Europe and France.

Also honored, but not present was Ireland Chair Dr. Robin O’Sullivan, who received the PFA Inter-national Certificate of Merit. Dr O’Sullivan teaches in the Anatomy Department of the University College of Cork. He has earned many honors and is a Fellow in PFA, ICD, and ACD. This January, he will be accepting the post of Clinical Associate Professor in Oral Biology and Prosthodontics at the Dental School of Kuwait University. The PFA Award was presented to Dr. O’Sullivan last June at the American Dental of Europe’s Annual Scientific Conference in Galway. The presentation was made by Dr. Gerrard McKenna on behalf of the Academy.

Dean Ferrillo receiving Nevada Section’s Distinguished Dentist Award from President Roach


Nevada Section Chair William Rohel took this opportunity to present their Section’s Distinguished Dentist Award to UNLV School of Dentistry Dean Patrick J. Ferrillo, Jr.

Secretary General Richard Kozal assisted President Roach in the Installation of new Fellows.

Past PFA President Larry Barrett installed the new officers for 2004-2005.

Incoming President Michael Perpich gave some remarks, followed by closing remarks from President Kevin Roach. Then the Secretary General Richard Kozal announced, “These proceedings are now closed.” And we all returned to our respective meetings.

New Fellow Dr. Samiran Bera from Ghana being inducted by Secretary General Richard Kozal and President Roach

Dr. Linda Niessen receiving the Gold Medal from President Roach

L-R, Ms. Sarah Tobin, Cork; Dr. Helyn Luechauer, Hollywood, Calif; Dr. Gerrard McKenna, Dublin;
Dr. Dam Backer, Lelystad, The Netherlands; and Dr. Clive Debenham, London.


PFA Sunday Evening Dinner Honors

Retiring Trustee Pierre Marois


Pierre Marois at podium surrounded by past and current PFA Officers

The usual social dinner that concludes the Academy and Foundation functions, marking the end of the Board Meetings has, in recent years, provided the opportunity for the outgoing President to pass the gavel and the President’s Medallion to the incoming President. This has added a more formal setting for the exchange of power than at the end of the last meeting session, or lengthen the Awards luncheon. While all that went on at the Sunday evening social dinner, this evening was special. Most came in black tie dress to honor a great man, an outstanding Fellow, and a world renowned humanitarian who has served dentistry and the profession all his working life–-Dr. Pierre Marois of Paris, France. There were tears of sorrow that we will miss our long-time friend. The places at the Board table that once knew him will know him no more.

President Roach presented Pierre Marois with a Special Bronze Service Citation plaque.

Dr. Marois, and his dear wife Seba, were honored by the filled room—the best attended Sunday evening social dinner ever. Dr. Marois shared with us his life’s struggles, his famous patients, and his several near-death experiences. Everyone listened in silence to the words of eight decades of great joys and deep sorrows that have shaped his life to bring him to us, to PFA, to world dentistry. This was the story of developing dentistry itself in the city that gave us Pierre Fauchard, we have our own Pierre Marois. To the man who created PFA in Europe and established our Academy as a world organization, we bid a fond adieu.


Foundation News

From the Desk of Foundation President Carl Lundgren…

We Are Off and Running

Our new Memorial and Tribute Funds Program started off strongly at our recent Board Meeting with a donation from every Foundation Board member of $1000 or more, for a total of $12,800. When Board members support their nonprofit organization financially, it sends a clear message to the community that they believe in the organization.

We should believe in ourselves because we have a sterling record. Over the last 10 years, we have awarded more than $3.6 million to hundreds of grant-seeking dental organizations that provide dental care for underserved patients in many countries where PFA Sections exist. In those 10 years, about 800 scholarships of $1500 each have been awarded to a junior dental student in every U.S. dental school and in 18 countries. All of this is done with a tiny overhead budget using just one part-time employee and a total operating budget of just $77,000. This year our awards totaled about $440,000.

Why should a foundation with all that money need to ask for donations? The IRS demands that we award 5% of our fair market value, which is $7.2 million. Since our investment portfolio, which is in long-term mortgage-backed securities that now average a 6.5% earnings, has a higher market value than our initial value, we are pressed to meet that 5% requirement. If we fail to meet that requirement, we are taxed at double the rate. That would be a waste of funds. And beside that, the funds go for a greater cause that dentists identify with.


Past PFA President Dr. Larry Barrett of Davenport, Iowa, heads the Committee that is currently finalizing all the details about the program, which will be announced soon in our own Dental World. We do not have the manpower resources to conduct a full-scale fundraising drive, so we will depend on our own members and their friends to support this low-overhead effort.

Academy members have been generous with their contributions of $20 that are asked for with their dues. This new effort asks for larger donations, such as bequests, charitable remainder trusts, in-kind gifts, etc. These may be donated as a memorial or as a tribute to some person for a special reason. The gifts may be restricted, if the donor chooses. The first big gift to our Foundation, a bequest, was donated 10 years ago by Dr. Fernando Brenes-Espinach of Costa Rica in the amount of $5 million. He had the confidence that his life savings would be used wisely for philanthropy. He was correct.

Treasurer-emeritus George Higue has for 10 years paid the salary of our accountant, Maria Bustamante. This is an example of an in-kind service. These non-cash gifts demonstrate a high measure of local support, which is evidence of the merit of our program. We are really grateful for their support, and we seek others.

In a later article, we will detail some of the volunteer efforts of some of the heart-rending providers of charitable dental care.

The Foundation Board and Officers

Foundation Reports

United States

Iowa

Chair C. Frederick Fuller announced the recipient of the Foundation Scholarship Award to Kecia S. Leary of the University of Iowa School of Dentistry.

Louisiana

LSU’s Director of Student Affairs Darlene Brunet for the Health Sciences Center in New Orleans reported that senior dental student David A. Bulot received the Foundation Scholarship award from Dean Eric J. Hovland and Dr. Guy A. Ribando last August. LSU is honored that we continue to reward superior students. David Bulot was very surprised, honored, and grateful for the Award.


L-R Dean Eric Hovland, recipient David Bulot, and Dr. Guy Ribando
Minnesota

Their PFA Section held their annual Meeting last October to induct six new members into Fellowship. At that time, they also presented their Foundation Scholarship to the University of Minnesota dental student Camille Walker by the Section Chair Michael Schafhauser. The Section also filled out an application for a Foundation grant to take care of the Victims of Political Torture.

Camille Walker receives Scholarship check from Chair Michael Schafhauser
Oregon

Associate Dean Mark Mitchell of the Oregon Health Sciences University School of Dentistry announced the awarding of their Foundation Scholarship Award to Eric Anderson by Dean Jack Clinton. The school thanks the Academy and its Foundation for being able to support dental students. With the ever-increasing cost of tuition, generosity such as yours helps to free students to focus on their career goals than share their study time with working to pay for their tuition.

South Carolina

Senior dental student Jeffrey Arrowood was named as this year’s recipient of the Foundation Student Scholarship Award. He was presented the Award by the Dental Medicine Interim Dean John Sanders and by the Associate Dean for Academic and Student Affairs Dr. Tariq Javed of the Medical University of South Carolina, College of Dental Medicine. Jeffrey Arrowood is a Greenville native and has served as past President of the MUSC Chapter of the American Student Dental Association.

L-R, Dr. Tariq Javed, recipient Jeffrey Arrowood, and Professor John Sanders
Washington State

The Dental Alumni News magazine of the University of Washington Dental Alumni Association, the Fall 2004 edition, listed the scholarships and awards given to their graduating class. Listed was the Pierre Fauchard Academy Dental Student Scholarship to Brian Almond of the 2004 Class and to Christopher Piper of the 2005 Class. Also listed was the Pierre Fauchard Academy Senior Student Award, which was also presented to Brian Almond.

Section News

Canada

International Trustee Barry Dolman and Fellow Denis Forest are working on the Quebec coordination for the FDI World Congress to be held this August in Montreal. Dr. Dolman is arranging a Section Meeting and Induction of new members to celebrate the event. All PFA Fellow are invited to attend. Montreal is the largest French-speaking city in North America, and is the second largest French-speaking city in the world. Dr. Dolman invites the membership up to enjoy the romance of Quebec’s largest metropolis.

Guatemala

Fellow Ivan Moldauer led a dental mission into the jungles of Central America to provide basic dental care to a remote village.

India

While in India, our President Kevin Roach and Joel Ublansky met with a third-generation self-taught marketplace dentist in Jaipur, India.


L-R, Dr. Joel Ublansky, the marketplace dentist, and President Kevin Roach

Chair Branislav Dastevski and Serbian Chair Dragoslav Djukanovic attended the IX Dental Congress of the Balkan Stomotological Society held in Ohrid, Macedonia.

Japan

The Induction Ceremony took place at the Awards Luncheon during the 35th Annual Meeting of the Japan Section in Tokyo last October. About 100 Japanese Fellows and eight Fellows from the Korean Section attended. Trustee Mamoru Sakuda explained what is the PFA Hall of Fame and the role of its committee. He conveyed the message from Chair Raymond Klein, past PFA President, and introduced the Committee’s presenter, past PFA President Minoru Horiuchi. Dr. Horiuchi had nominated Dr. Morinosuke Chiwaki, the first Japanese dentist to be so honored. He also recalled that in the days when the Awards Luncheon had been the Memorial Luncheon, Dr. Chiwaki had been honored in 1993 as a great world leader in dentistry. A brochure in Japanese was distributed that outlined Dr. Chiwaki’s career.

Dr. Yukitaro Sakakibara, Professor-emeritus of Aichigan University and an old alumnus of the Tokyo Dental College, delivered a speech about Dr. Chiwaki’s pioneering work for modern dentistry in Japan. The Hall of Fame Award plaque was presented to Dr. Yuzuru Kaneko, President of the Tokyo Dental College, by Dr. Horiuchi. An identical plaque will also be placed at the Samuel Harris National Museum of Dentistry in Baltimore, Maryland, and in the Musee d’ Art Dentaire Pierre Fauchard in Paris.

The Certificate of Merit was presented to Dr. Yoshio Kaneda, past Chair and Honorary Member of the Japan Section, by Trustee Mamoru Sakuda

After the Awards Luncheon, the Induction Ceremony for new Fellows was held. Scientific and cultural lectures were given to the Fellows gathered at this Meeting. They were delivered by Dr. Norio Nakabayashi, a recipient of the Michinosuke Nakayama Memorial Award, and by Ms. Chieko Fujiwara. The banquet followed.

Before the event, on 29 October, at the banquet of the 20th General Meeting of the Japanese Association for Dental Science, Meeting President Professor Kazuhiro Eto, Dean of Dentistry for the Tokyo Medical and Dental University, provided Dr. Horiuchi with an opportunity to talk to the some 500 participants about PFA, the International Hall of Fame, and the honor bestowed upon Dr. Morinosuke Chiwaki. A Japanese brochure about Dr. Chiwaki was distributed at the banquet by Dr. Horiuchi.


L-R, Presenters Trustee Mamoru Sakuda and past PFA President Min Horiuchi

Republic of Macedonia

Chair Branislav Dastevski and Serbian Chair Dragoslav Djukanovic attended the IX Dental Congress of the Balkan Stomotological Society held in Ohrid, Macedonia.
Balkan Stomatological Society Meeting


Section news continued

United States

California, Northern Section

Last August the University of the Pacific renamed their School of Dentistry for their Dean Arthur Dugoni with a gala series of events. One such event was hosting comedian Bill Cosby at the Davies Symphony Hall.


Dean Arthur Dugoni celebrating backstage with Bill Cosby


Dr. Dugoni was also honored by the California Northern Section with their PFA International Special Award. Dean Dugoni took the time to write and thank International Trustee Charles Eller and Section Chair Dan Castagna for this “totally unexpected and sincerely appreciated” honor.

PFA Fellow Dr. Thomas Schiff was honored this September by the UOP Arthur Dugoni School of Dentistry by being named the recipient of the Earl and Tannia Hodges Endowed Professorship in Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology during their Faculty Development Day at the Presdio’s Golden Gate Club. This was the school’s first endowed professorship. Dr. Schiff became a professor of Diagnostic Sciences at UOP in 1993 and was later named Chair of the Department of Radiology and in 1998 Director of Clinical Research. He has many honors and awards presented to him for his outstanding work in our profession.

Georgia

Chair Karyn Stockwell hosted their annual Meeting, which is a festival of social, dental, and business events that she has crafted to appeal to every aspect of a member and family to enjoy. During part of the weekend, members volunteered to assist in the ADA’s “Give Kids A Smile Day.”


Dr. Gary Stough gets a hug from a three-year-old patient


The evening’s dinner for their Second Annual Leadership Conference also hosts a main speaker—this year, it was President Kevin Roach—and inducted 16 new members into Fellowship.

Congressman Charlie Norwood, a PFA Fellow and dentist, is awaiting surgery for a single lung transplant. He has developed idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF), a lung disease of unknown cause that gradually restricts the ability to breathe. All of our Fellows wish him a successful surgery, a speedy recovery, and re-election to his Congressional seat this November. His activities on behalf of our profession have been regularly reported in Dental World in his column that he sends us about the status of dentally related legislation.
Iowa

Chair C. Frederick Fuller hosted their Fall Luncheon last October at the University Athletic Club in Iowa City. Trustee Steve Hedlund arranged for the speaker Hancher Auditorium Director Chuck Swanson.

Their May Meeting was held with ICD and ACD. Dr. Eugene Young was honored as Dentist of the Year. Their Section also inducted four new members into Fellowship—Drs. Gary Jacobsen, Marty Averill, Gerald Schleier, and Donald Good.

Massachusetts

Chair Norm Becker discussed the tremendous impact that the CHIP Program is having in the New England States. Sponsored by the Massachusetts Dental Society, the Masons, and many local police forces, local dentists, including the PFA Section volunteers, offer toothprint impressions as a part of a child identification program (CHIP). Not a week goes by that the media has not reported some story about the program. Dr. David Harte and his communications staff started with a PSA TV spot in the Spring of 2000. Since then, nearly weekly programs have been hosted around the State and have spread to other States. All the children in the Milton public schools, K–12 have been comprehensively ID’ed. Since its inception, the area Rotary Clubs, the dental assisting class from Massasoit Community College, area city and county police forces, the PTO, and the Attorney General’s Office have joined in assisting to execute the program. Dental volunteers came from the Massachusetts Dental Society, of which the dentists participating were PFA Fellows. PFA Chairman Norm Becker was there with ADA President Eugene Sekiguchi. This was all reported with pictures in the Milton Times last September including credit given to our PFA Chair as well as to the PFA Section by name in the newspaper.


Fellow Wayne “Pierre” Herman welcomed the new Georgia Fellows with some historical background



Immediate Calendar Updates

Your local event can be placed on our PFA Web site under the calendar of events. Send your detailed information to Mark Stanley and the Central Office by filling out this online Calendar event form right now, or call the Central Office for details. E-mail: RKOZAL@aol.com or contact the office via a online contact form

Nevada

Dr. Paul R. Dolin (Loyola University School of Dentistry ’48) recently visited Las Vegas to view our PFA Dental Museum there. Dr. Dolin had donated the coral-colored Webber Dental Unit, with the first contour dental chair, that is located at the entrance to the museum. It was one of the first completed dental units donated to the museum along with his student dental case and Loyola alumni memorabilia. Dr. Dolin is a retired Colonel having served for thirty years in the Army Air Force and later in the Army Reserve. Dr. Dolin had served with Colonel Richard Kozal (our Secretary General) at Fort Sheridan, Illinois. Drs. Paul and Albert Dolin practiced general dentistry on the near north side of Chicago in the Uptown Bank building on Broadway. In 1984, Dr. Dolin retired from the military and received the Meritorious Service Medal at a ceremony during the Chicago MidWinter Meeting. He now resides in Plantation, Florida.


L-R, Chair William Rohel and UNLV Dean Patrick Ferrillo


Also visiting the Fauchard Museum was Nevada Chair William Rohel of Reno (also a Loyola School of Dentistry alumni) who provided a tour of the museum for the new UNLV School of Dentistry Dean Patrick Ferrillo, Jr.

Dr. Paul Dolin practicing memories on his old equipment at the PFA Museum in Las Vegas, Nevada

Dr. Painless Parker’s Tooth Necklace

The newest addition to our PFA Museum is the famous, or infamous, Tooth Necklace worn by Dr. “Painless” Parker dated at about 1892.

New York

Chair Bruce Seidberg has retired from the position after serving two years as Chair and two years as Vice Chair. He has selected Dr. Lynne Halik from Rochester (Fred Halik’s daughter-in-law) to be the new Chair for New York. Both past Chairs, Dr. Seidberg and Dr. Ed Feinberg, offer their assistance if she needs it.

Oklahoma

Trustee Bernardo Levit addressed the University of Oklahoma College of Dentistry in their Research Seminar last September on “Halitosis Control.” The Associate Dean of Research Professor John Dmytryk expressed their honor at having him discuss this topic of great interest.


Dr. Ronald B. Gross

Pennsylvania

Fellow Ronald B. Gross received the Alumni Certificate of Honor from Temple University at the Founders’ Day Reception and Dinner at the Pennsylvania Convention Center. This is the highest recognition awarded by the School of Dentistry. Dr Gross is a practicing orthodontist in Pottstown and is currently the ADA Trustee.


He served as second Vice President for the ADA as well as on their Council on Ethics, Bylaws, and Judicial Affairs as their Chairman. He is past President of the American Association of Orthodontists, the Middle Atlantic Society of Orthodontists, the Pennsylvania Dental Association, the Pennsylvania Association of Orthodontists, the Second District Dental Association of Pennsylvania, and the Montgomery-Bucks Dental Society.

Dr. Gross received his dental degree and Masters of Science from Temple University and received the school’s Alumnus of the Year Award in 2000. He is a Fellow in PFA, ICD, and ACD.


Arthur A. Dugoni

School of Dentistry


The University of the Pacific, the first chartered university in California, bestowed its highest honor on its Dean and PFA Fellow Arthur A. Dugoni by naming their School of Dentistry after him. No greater accolade can be said of this great man than to have the school he has devoted a half of a century to building the prestige of this institution renamed in his honor [op.cit. Dental World, July/August, 2004, p 4].

The black-tie affair commenced Saturday evening (August 28) at the Louise M. Davies Symphony Hall in San Francisco. More than 1600 guests were there to witness and enjoy the ceremonies including many dental leaders in education, organized dentistry, government officials, corporate executives, faculty, staff, and students, such as State Senator Jackie Speier, former Mayor Willie Brown, the U.S. Assistant Surgeon General Dushanka Kleinman, and 23 dental school deans. Legendary comedian Bill Cosby performed after the official naming ceremony. A reception was held afterwards at The Rotunda in San Francisco City Hall with Mayor Gavin Newsom issuing a proclamation for Dr. Dugoni. Dancing followed the dinner and speeches.

The day before, Friday, the UOP sponsored a two-day National Leadership Symposium at the Fairmont Hotel for 400 people featuring John Chambers, President and CEO of Cisco Systems, an internet networking leader. Other keynote speakers included Gordon Christiansen, ADA Director James Bramson , Forsyth Institute President and CEO Dr. Dominick DePaola, Pride Institute founder Dr. James Pride, USC School of Dentistry Harold Slavkin, American Dental Education Association Executive Director Dr. Richard Valachovic, and Colgate-Palmolive Vice President Dr. Anthony Volpe.


L-R, ADA President Eugene Sekiguchi with Dean Arthur Dugoni

An outside Dedication Ceremony was held with UOP President Donald DeRosa as master of ceremonies, to reveal the new school name in place and a portrait of Dean Dugoni unveiled.

This was attended by more than 700 people and 500 students wearing new black t-shirts with the school’s new name on them.

Dr. Art Dugoni’s credentials are internationally established. He has served, and is still serving, the dental profession abroad and in the United States. For 50 years, he has labored at UOP’s School of Dentistry, the last 26 years as Dean.

He has already received the PFA Gold Medal in 1996 and the 1982 PFA Distinguished Service Award among the pages of honors he has earned worldwide.

But naming the dental school after this outstanding servant of dentistry is not the finale of his career. He is still on the front lines improving our profession everyday. What possible greater award can be found to honor this life of service?

The tremendously impressed Dean Arthur Dugoni stated, “I would like to express my deepest appreciation for this recognition. But most of all, I would like to thank all of you—my professional colleagues, friends, and family—for the privilege and honor to serve dental education and our profession for the past 56 years, and for the past 26 years as Dean. I have enjoyed every minute of it. For me, it has been a labor of love.”


PIERRE FAUCHARD ACADEMY
OFFICERS

PIERRE FAUCHARD ACADEMY TRUSTEES

Kevin L. Roach
President
Canada

Michael J. Perpich
President-elect
Minnesota

Howard Mark
Vice President
Connecticut

Richard A. Kozal
Secretary General
Nevada

James M. Brophy
Editor
Illinois

Gary Lowder
Immediate Past President
Utah

REGION 1—Europe
Pierre Marois
France

REGION 2—N.E. USA
Richard Walsh
Rhode Island

REGION 3—S.E. USA
Robert S. Hart
Florida

REGION 4—Midwest USA
James A. Englander
Wisconsin

REGION 5—Western USA
Charles Eller
California

REGION 6—Canada
Barry Dolman
Ontario

REGION 7—Latin America
Bernardo Levit
Argentina

REGION 8—Australasia
William Winspear
Australia

REGION 9—Asia
Mamoru Sakuda
Japan

REGION 10—Central USA
Steve Hedlund
Iowa


FOUNDATION OFFICERS

FOUNDATION TRUSTEES

Carl Lundgren
President
California

M. David Campbell
Vice President
Michigan

Fred Halik
Executive Director
New York

William Korte
Treasurer
Illinois

George Higue
Treasurer-emeritus
California


FOUNDATION EX-OFFICIO OFFICERS

Kevin L. Roach
Canada

Michael Perpich
Minnesota

Richard Kozal
Nevada

C. Larry Barrett
Iowa
Gary Lowder
Utah
Minoru Horiuchi
Massachusetts

James Long
Mississippi

Michael Cripton
Canada

Scott Welch
Wyoming

Nicholas Saccone
Pennsylvania

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