and to further the excellent communication levels between the Board of Trustees and the entire membership through the increased usage of e-mails, Internet vehicles, and Dental World, all capably led by our Editor, Dr. James Brophy, and our Web Master, Mr. Mark Stanley. Strong liaison between the Academy and the PFA Foundation, its grants, scholarships, and committed humanitarian aims, will be paramount in addition, so that the service ethic of the Academy continues to be met and grow. These are not mere promises—I will do all that I can to make them realities!

In Philadelphia, we adopted a streamlined version of the Committee Structure that was put in place to make it more efficient and responsive. Each Committee will receive a direct charge from me for their activities during 2005-2006. I will need to render two reports to the Board during this period. This is to insure that they are working for you as charged, as well as giving the Management Team an opportunity to review their functioning and to react to it in a timely fashion as the year unfolds. In addition, it is my intention to reach out to the membership and to seek out individuals who can serve in these capacities, as actual members of the committees or as consultants to them, when appropriate. You come first in the scheme of things, because without you, there is no PFA!

The Strategic Plan, as adopted by the Board of Trustees, will serve as the guiding principle for all of our efforts and is the basis for the goals I have set during my Presidential year. We shall continue to review it, re-prioritize it as deemed necessary, and make a living and functional document. I will welcome all ideas, suggestions, and critiques, no matter from what quarter they came. I have broad shoulders and will always remember that I am in this position of trust to serve you in every way possible. Please use my e-mail Howard.Mark1@comcast.net; my Fax (860/216-3003); my telephone (860/232-9486); or snail mail: 101 West Ridge Drive, West Hartford, Connecticut, 06117, to reach me—this is truly meant!

Thank you again for the high honor you have bestowed upon me. I will not let you down!

Philadelphia Marriott Hotel
7–9 October 2005

The Academy Board convenes

President Michael Perpich called the opening meeting to general session on Friday, 7 October 2005, with all the officers and trustees in attendance. Vice President William Winspear gave the Invocation. Secretary General Richard Kozal announced that a quorum was present and asked for approval of the agenda. With that start began three days of PFA Academy, Foundation, and Chair Caucus activities.

The Minutes from the March Executive Board Meeting (Management Team) were reviewed and approved by the Board.

President Perpich reviewed his year in office. Some of the highlights of his report were the compliments of our accountant, Dan Jonker, who stated that the PFA Management Team has made a very successful return to be operating in the black in a very short time span. President Perpich also discussed his visitations during his term. He attended the Foundation Meeting in Chicago, the PFA Gala in Montreal, the outstanding Georgia Section Weekend by Chair Karyn Stockwell, and Section Meetings in Oklahoma, the very successful Southern California Session, and tremendous Ohio gathering honoring Chair Al Uveges. He went on to thank everyone for making his year such a success.

Secretary General’s Report

The Central Office Computer is constantly being updated and refined to increase the database. The Web site, under Drs. Mike Perpich and Howard Mark, along with our Webmaster Mark Stanley is always being modified to facilitate your easier access in obtaining Academy and Foundation information. There have been few significant problems with our publisher, Elsevier Science, with inputting new data and producing our publications.

While the Central Office is still collecting straggling 2005 dues, the 2006 dues statements will be mailed in November. Along with the statement notice, the Academy is asking for a voluntary $20 donation for the Foundation. 2004 voluntary donations were at $35,785. A donation may be made with the same check as the dues payment and will be separated by the Central Office. As of October, all 2004 delinquent members will be dropped from the rolls after duly being notified. All Fellows paying the full dues are in the database for full services. Those not paying full dues, by the Board’s discretion, do not receive Dental World/Dental Abstracts. The Initiation Fee is still $150.00 U.S.

Twenty “Outstanding Dentist of the Year” plaques have been prepared for the requesting Sections, and eight retiring Section Chair plaques have been sent out.

While the Central Office sends out an introduction letter to all new Fellows, the Academy strongly recommends a local or Section Induction Ceremony to formally present the Fellowship ribbons, keys, and certificates.

Outstanding Dental Student certificates were mailed out for 71 requesting institutions including five to India and one to Ireland. More non-U.S. Sections can effectively make use of this certificate to introduce our Academy to the dental student body as they are graduating.

Secretary General’s Report cont'd

The letters requesting names for these certificates are mailed out with the Foundation’s request for a selected dental scholarship student. This has, at times, caused some confusion between the two awards. But the Board decided to continue the Academy award and still mail the two letters in the same envelope to save on costs.

There are currently 1374 Life Members who pay no dues. However, they all will be sent a request for a Foundation donation and asked if they wish to subscribe to Dental World/Dental Abstracts. Often, the Life Members fail to realize that once their status changes, they must forward a subscription fee, which is at cost, to continue to stay in touch with the Academy’s activities. The small fee merely covers the publication’s cost and mailing. Life Members may also choose to send in the full Fellowship dues and remain on the complete mailing list as they had been.

The Management Team (formerly the Executive Board) continues to hold quarterly conference phone calls to review the current financial condition and expenses of the Academy.

The annual Corporate Report has been filed in the State of Illinois. In Nevada, the Academy files a report as a foreign corporation.

The annual financial review by the independent accounting firm was completed last March. This document was forwarded to the Budget and Finance Committee Chairman and the PFA President. The report was very favorable as all the Academy’s accounts are in order.

The Fauchard Dental History Museum continues to grow with donated antique dental items. The Foundation has financially supported any costs involved. Before anyone starts sending the museum their old dental units, please contact Dr. Kozal to discuss this with him. The local media has printed many enthusiastic articles about our museum, and several schools, organizations, and visiting individuals have toured our exhibits. Last May, a local Las Vegas TV station featured the museum on their telecast.

The Central Office continues to send out monthly reports to all the officers on their 30-day activities.

All current invoices have been paid to 1 September 2005 except for the Philadelphia Meeting and the remaining Elsevier printing expenses.

Membership has been going up, and all the Board appreciates that. To date (as of 5 October), 455 new Fellows have been added to our rolls during the past year.

All the year’s financial statements and account reports have been included in the meeting packets distributed to the Board and Officers. Included in that packet are all the membership flow sheets and Fellowship geographic distribution statistics.

Budget & Finance
Committee Report

The Academy’s fiscal year runs from 1 January to 31 December. Prior to that time, the Committee, usually chaired by the Academy’s President-elect, is responsible for drawing up the next year’s budget based a great deal on the prior year’s financial report. In that year, the committee quarterly reviews the budget against the expenses to make sure the Academy is living within its means. Since none of those involved are particularly experts, our own hired accounting firm monitors all the numbers as well, and translates them into the proper forms and reports required by the various governing units and Board members. This is Dan Jonker & Associates. They handle our internal number crunching almost on a daily basis.

But our Constitution also requires that an outside accounting firm, independent of our internal accountant, review all our books and assets to insure to all our Fellows that our not-for-profit corporation is being run according to law. This firm is John D. Kopczyk, Ltd., of downtown Chicago, composed of all CPAs. This is then required to be published to the public in the newspaper where the Academy’s Central Office is located and placed on file with the District Court of Clark County, Nevada.

From this running process, the Committee can then draft a reasonable budget based on the prior year’s financial report, and the current finances monitored quarterly by the officers of the Academy. Thus, the FY 2006 Budget was submitted to the Board, discussed, and adopted.

Foundation Report

This is a condensation from the written report by the outgoing President, Carl Lundgren, discussing the status of its activities and expenditures for the past year. The PFA Foundation’s voting Board of Trustees for this Private Foundation is made up entirely of the past Presidents of the Academy who serve without pay and determine where the grant money should go. In our case, that is to dental scholarships and dental grants. The mechanics of doing all this is performed by their elected Executive Director, who is paid as the only part-time employee of the Foundation.

IRS requires that such Private Foundations must spend at least 5% of the total Fair Market Value of their assets. In the case of our Foundation, with assets of $7 million, the Board must spend about $350,000 and pay IRS 1% of those earnings. That means that the Foundation’s Treasurer and Budget & Finance Committee must invest the assets to generate over the 5% return required to comply with the law. The penalty for not doing this is actually two-fold: one, is to pay higher taxes on the money that is not spent to meet the requirement, and two, having to dip into the principal assets to do so, thus reducing the amount that can be invested.

A reputable outside investing firm, Bank of America Investments, Inc., is employed to best place our funds where we are able to generate such revenue.

In the past years, our holdings have been earning about 7%, mostly in bonds. So there was not much worry about compliance with the government requirements. However, with the current lower interest rates this year that we have had to accept after the bonds are turned over or called in, compliance has now become an issue. Bank of America Investments has vested us in a Manager’s Blend of diversified equities, but as more of our bond investments are converted at their deadlines, we could be in trouble of being able to offer grants at the present rate, paying more in taxes, and losing some principal in a dropping market.

Constitution and Bylaws
Committee Report

Chair William Winspear reported that under the authorship of a very astute Howard Mark, our documents have been streamlined and adjusted to deal with the new century we are entering. His Committee’s proposals were discussed, debated, changed or accepted, and adopted at this meeting. This is a standing committee, so a yearly review of how this all operates is monitored and reported back to the Board.

The Strategic Plan developed by Howard Mark’s Committee had been discussed for some time, and parts had been implemented already. A motion to adopt the plan in full and implement it was passed by the Board.

Membership Committee

Our Fellowship stands at 7000 members, but that figure fluctuates regularly with new Inductees, deaths, retirements, and the world economic situation. Our incoming President Howard Mark has emphasized inducting new Fellows that qualify, retaining members through more Section activities, and expanding our Sections into new countries, like China.

Since ours is a grass-roots organization, this all must come from the each individual Fellow to recommend a colleague they know that deserves the recognition of becoming a Fellow in PFA. Our membership goal for this year is 500 new Fellows. However, if everyone brings in just one new member, we will easily attain that goal and be able to initiate more projects.

Nominations
Committee Report

Past PFA Presidents Kevin Roach (Chair), Gary Lowder, and Scott Welch recommended the following individuals for the 2005-2006 Offices:

•for PFA International Vice President—Dr. James A. Englander of Wisconsin

•for PFA International President-elect—Dr. William Winspear of Australia

•for PFA International President—Dr. Howard Mark of Connecticut

•automatically becoming Immediate past President—Dr. Michael Perpich of Minnesota

•for Trustee of Region 4—Joseph C. Harris of Michigan

•for Trustee of Region 9—re-electing Dr. Mamoru Sakuda

The recommendations were passed by the Board unanimously.

Dr. Ernesto Acuna of Mexico had already been appointed to serve out the remainder of the late Bernardo Levit of Argentina’s term by the Management Team at last March’s Meeting.

Publications Report

Editor James Brophy was asked to give this report on the status of our communications, many of which are being added on to our Web site by Webmaster Mark Stanley for downloading by any Fellow for their immediate use. Dental World has also been added to our Web site for ready reference, but it will continue to arrive at your doorstep every other month. But there are additional publications, in the form of pamphlets that will need to be printed and distributed, such as the PFA Introductory brochure. The Board has also asked that the Mentorship pamphlet, previously done by Editor Brophy, and then Rhode Island’s Christine Benoit, be updated and re-issued.

While our publisher has indicated that they are unable to print many e-photos because of the low level of pixels they contain, the Committee is investigating with Elsevier how this technology can be achieved to satisfy their needs.

PFA’s Web Site

Mark Stanley, our Webmaster, has proven his ability by maintaining and initiating many new ideas for our Web site. Stimulated by President Michael Perpich and President-elect Howard Mark, Officers’ pages have been added, which can be updated from a laptop while the PFA meeting is still in progress. Also contained on these pages are the Officers’ names, addresses, and e-mails.

We are still looking earnestly into the multi-language translation technology to be able to have our Web site in several languages. The PFA Web site has also attempted with success to offer individual Region Web site pages for local activity additions that can be made more timely and accessible.

The PFA Directory of Fellows alone has saved us tremendous amounts of money in being on the Web site for several years. Not only is it up-to-date but also is accessible 24/7. The time involved in compiling the directory and the cost in mailing it out every three years has made this addition cost-effective almost from the moment it was initiated.

Computer traffic has grown more than 30% over the last year. The number of visits to our Web site averaged 25,000 in the first quarter of this year, and it has steadily risen since its inception.

Links to other organizations, our Museum, and dental history have increased and made it easier to slide between our site and another one of interest.

The up-to-the-minute calendar on the site is only as good as the Fellows who add the dates of their activities, though the International Academy and Foundation dates are added as soon as they are confirmed. Regions and Sections need to get their dates placed on the site to increase interest and attendance.

In addition to the Independent Computer Analysis that Mark Stanley supplies us, our Secretary General is doing a user survey to acquire more personal data to consider in modernizing the site.

Awards
Committee Report

Chairman James Englander notes that to be a Fellow in PFA, a dentist needs to be “the cream of the crop” in our profession. But there are those who excel beyond just that. It is his committee’s duty to select “the best of the best.” These names are submitted to the Board for approval for each award designated by the committee. The following are those truly excellent individuals that have been selected by the Academy for this special recognition:

•The Elmer S. Best Memorial Award—Dr. George A. Zarb of Canada

•The PFA Gold Medal—Dr. Dushanka V. Kleinman of the United States

•The Dental Trade & Industry Award of Recognition—Mr. Makoto Nakao of the G. C. Corporation of Japan

•The PFA Distinguished Service Citation—Dr. Jeremiah J. Lowney, Jr. of Connecticut

•Honorary International Fellowship—Dr. Malvin Ring of New York

•Honorary International Fellowship—Dr. Pierre-Yves Mahe of France

•Honorary International Fellowship—Dr. Bernard Henin of Belgium

Dr. Englander attended many of their presentations personally. He also thanked his fellow committee members Barry Dolman, Charles Eller, Hubert Ouvrard, Nicholas Saccone, Frank Braun, Pierre Marois, and the late Bernardo Levit.

Hall of Fame
Committee Report

Per the instructions of Chair Ray Klein, Dr. Morinosuke Chiwaki of Japan into the Hall of Fame at the 20th General Meeting of the Japanese Association for Dental Sciences last year by past PFA President Min Horiuchi, and Japan Trustee Mamoru Sakuda.

Hall of Fame cont'd...

Formerly approved names of Dr. Terrence Ward of the United Kingdom and Maynard K. Hine of the United States have been awaiting a proper venue to make the presentation. At last year’s annual PFA

Board Meeting in Orlando, the names of Dr. Rafiuddin Ahmed of India and Dr. Edward H. Angle of the United States were approved.

Two other worthy nominations have been received for Dr. Raymond Percy Begg of Australia and Dr. Thomas W. Evans of the United States. They are awaiting Committee approval before submission to the PFA Board.

Dr. Klein, a past PFA President, has had further family restrictions on his time and needs to serve those as well. Hence, he declined to serve another term as Chair of this Committee. His brilliant and energetic leadership will be missed.

The Board then approved the appointment of past President Kevin Roach as the new Hall of Fame Chairman.

Mentorship Program

Trustee Bob Hart, Committee Chair, discussed the successful programs and what made them succeed. The concept of mentorship has blossomed all over and is being handled by the schools themselves, the local dental societies, or other groups as well. Some programs have taken different paths. Most mentor the dental students; some approach the newly graduated dentist to introduce him to the dental community and act as a colleague to discuss local problems. It was noted that we need to issue another Mentorship pamphlet to our Section Chairs to inform them, and to use to educate their dental school authorities. An independent group has issued their own Mentorship Manual in Mississippi—one for the Mentor, and one for those being mentored. The Board discussed the possibility of purchasing such manuals for Sections that were sincere in initiating a program in their area. The cost was referred to the Budget & Finance Committee to see if that was possible and on what scale. Overseas interest was very high, and one manual each to the Section Chair might be sufficient to encourage them to start a program.

2005-2006 Committee Appointments (in progress)

Management Team:

• President Howard Mark, Chair; Michael Perpich, William Winspear, James Englander, ex-officio Richard Kozal

Fellowship Committee:

• (membership) Trustee Ernesto Acuna, Chair; Charles Eller, Steve Hedlund, Hubert Ouvrard, Mamoru Sakuda, Richard Walsh, Section Chair Karyn Stockwell, ex-officio Richard Kozal

Budget & Finance:

• President-elect William Winspear, Chair; Michael Perpich, James Englander, ex-officio Richard Kozal

Nominating Committee:

• Immediate past President Michael Perpich, Chair; Gary Lowder, Kevin Roach

Constitution & By-Laws:

• President-elect William Winspear, Chair; James Englander, ex-officio Richard Kozal

Strategic Planning:

• President-elect William Winspear, Chair; Section Chairs Dan Castagna and Gary Herbeck, Barry Dolman, Richard Walsh, Ex-officio Richard Kozal

Publications:

• Vice President James Englander, Chair; Editor James Brophy, Hubert Ouvrard, Jonathan Rogers, Section Chair Henrique Teitelbaum, Webmaster Mark Stanley (consultant) and ex-officio Richard Koza

Awards Committee:

• Vice President James Englander, Chair; Barry Dolman, Charles Eller, Hubert Ouvrard, Mamoru Sakuda, (consultants) Pierre Marois, Nicholas Saccone, and Frank Braun, ex-officio Richard Kozal

Archivists:

• Secretary General Richard Kozal and Editor James Brophy

Museum:

• Secretary General Richard Kozal, Chair Editor James Brophy, Vice President James Englander, consultant Nicholas Saccone

Hall of Fame:

• Past President Kevin Roach, Chair; Fred Halik, Charles Eller, Hubert Ouvrard, Michael Perpich, Jonathan Rogers, consultants Frank Braun and Nicholas Saccone

Local Arrangements:

• Frank Di Noia, Chair; Secretary General Richard Kozal

International Officers Reports

These are contained in the meeting manual for Board member reading.

Region Trustee Reports

These were contained in the meeting packet, read and discussed.

Section Chair Reports

These were contained in the meeting manual, read and discussed.

Unfinished Board Business

Topics ranged from establishing a protocol for admitting new Sections, particularly in the more economically strapped parts of the world. What criteria must they meet? How many Fellows must they have? What would be their dues? Some sections have only one member—the Chair. There are many areas of the world open to Fellowship expansion, but are our current fees too much for them to sustain?

The Fellowship Committee needs to address these issues.

Also discussed were some international problems dealing with the few unpaid foreign Sections.

Discussion and procedure was debated over the dispensation of the funds held for U.S. Sections from the dues increase. Three Sections have already applied. Basically, the program would entail funding Section activities or projects not being covered by any Foundation grants, but exclusively to offer to their Fellowship. Georgia Chair Karyn Stockwell’s Weekend Section meeting, social event, and project involvement was discussed as an excellent example of what the Board intended by adding the increase.

New Business

Dr. Winspear discussed his six-page international questionnaire and the ongoing results to date.

The new podium banner was introduced and displayed.

The matter of the Katrina Disaster was discussed. As the situation was quite recent, little information was available about what was being done and what could be done—except from the ADA. No one could come up with even an idea of how many Fellows in our profession were affected and to what degree. A disaster protocol was decided to be necessary as to who would be covered, what areas would be included, would it be for our Fellows, dentists in general, dental projects only, or philanthropic in general. It was decided by the Board to waive this coming year’s dues from all Fellows in the affected areas.

For such future incidents, that would apply to all areas of the world. Dr. Mark proposed setting up some guidelines from which to operate a program. It was also adopted by the Board to send a letter to our membership asking for Fellowship contributions for a Relief Fund to be handled through our Foundation.

Section Chair Caucus

As the Academy Board Meeting was convening, the Section Chairs met in the next room. President Michael Perpich, after dispensing with the opening business, asked for a brief adjournment so that all the officers and trustees could attend their meeting and answer their questions directly. He felt their input was of such importance that we all should listen to what they had to say.

Dan Castagna of the Northern California Section chaired the Caucus and would later report their comments officially to the Board at a later meeting. A joint working luncheon was planned with the some 17 Section Chairs after their Caucus.

Canada’s Aldo Boccia invited the Management Team to hold the 2007 Interim Meeting in Toronto.

Otherwise, much of the discussion was about the Web site and establishing Section pages for those Sections wanting them. The Board stated that they were planning Region pages to start. Another topic was how to tap into the $10 dues per Fellow increase (for the United States Sections). The Board plans have not been finalized, but the money collected for each Section was to be used as seed funding for an event or activity sponsored by that Section up to the amount collected from their members. This was over and beyond what individual dues each Section might assess for their own projects.

Another new idea presented was regarding any guidelines for the selection of a Section Chair or movement up to Trustee.

President-elect Howard Mark fielded many of the questions stressing membership, local activities, and Foundation grants. Trustee Barry Dolman of Canada stated that membership is connectivity.

Later, at the Board Meeting, many of these topics were brought up and discussed in detail and at length.

Foundation Report II

The newly elected Foundation President, M. David Campbell, attended the final Sunday Board Session to announce the newly elected officers for the Foundation during their meetings that weekend.. He had been selected as President; C. F. Larry Barrett had been chosen for Vice President, and William Kort was re-elected as Treasurer. Dr. Campbell sat in on the Katrina Disaster discussion and noted that the Foundation was wrestling with the same problem. Everyone wants to help, but no one knows what would be most effective, or who to help, or where to start, and what disasters to cover. Certainly, Katrina was one of the worst, but Hurricanes Rita, Tammy, and Wilma have done additional damage, while the reported earthquakes that weekend in Guatemala and Pakistan have killed thousands.

President Michael Perpich called the assembly to order for the Awards Luncheon and asked for a moment of silence for our dear departed Trustee Bernardo Levit. Trustee Barry Dolman gave the Invocation. The President then introduced the dignitaries attending the sold out PFA event. Lunch was served.

Awards Chairman James Englander announced the recipients of each award as the time came. Secretary General Richard Kozal prepared the videotape sent by Dr. Kleinman for viewing by the luncheon guests.

PFA Gold Medal

This year’s PFA Gold Medal recipient was selected and approved by the Board to be presented to Dr. Dushanka V. Kleinman, Deputy Director of the National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research.

The Awards Banquet was the venue, but Dr. Kleinman could not attend.

Dr. Kleinman addressed the attendees by way of videotape for the luncheon guests to view. In her statements, she thanked the Pierre Fauchard Academy for this tremendous honor. “Dentistry is the only professional group with a conscience.” She went on, “There is controversy and contentment.” Our profession is facing many challenges all the time. We can’t wait for them to fall on us. I have found that the best way to predict the future is to invent it ourselves.”

Her statements echoed what the late past ADA President Richard Muscola said last year at the Awards banquet. We must unite, all of us, and attack the problems facing dentistry. As we face many here in our own country, there are far more in the third-world countries.

Dr. Dushanka V. Kleinman

Dr. Kleinman is the newly named Assistant Director for Roadmap Coordination in the Office of the Director of NIH, the Deputy Director of the National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (NIDCR) at the National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services, and the Chief Dental Officer of the United States Public Health Service. She graduated with her B.S. degree from the University of Wisconsin in 1969 and earned her D.D.S. degree from the University of Illinois College of Dentistry in 1973. Upon completing her dental degree, Dr. Kleinman did a Rotating Internship at the University of Chicago Hospitals and Clinics in 1974. She then went on to receive her Master’s Degree in the Science of Dentistry in Dental Public Health from the Boston University Henry Goldman School of Dental Medicine in 1976.

Dr. Kleinman has served as an Assistant Professor for two years at the University of Maryland at the Baltimore School of Dentistry before receiving her commission in the United States Public Health Service in June of 1978. Service Medal. Most recently, Dr. Kleinman has received the APHA’s John Knutson Distinguished Service Award in Dental Public Health and also the Carl Schlack Award from the Association of Military Surgeons of the United States (AMSUS).

PFA Distinguished Service Award

This year’s PFA Distinguished Service Award was presented to Dr. Jeremiah J. Lowney, Jr. of Norwich, Connecticut.

Dr. Lowney accepted the Distinguished Service Award from President Michael Perpich and addressed the luncheon guests about his foundation, the Haitian Health Organization that

spends a quarter of a million dollars to serve the dental needs of the very poor people of Haiti. No island paradise here, just want and need. But he noted, “Individuals can make a difference. The resources of the world are not evenly distributed. When we use our gifts and talents, we leave our footprint behind. Our return is the spiritual and personal reward from what we do.”

Dr. Jeremiah Lowney, Jr.

Dr. Lowney is a graduate of Tufts University for his B.S. degree and Temple University School of Dental Medicine for his professional degree. He also holds an M.S. degree in growth and development, a Certificate of Proficiency in Orthodontics from SUNY in Buffalo, and another Masters degree in Public Health from the University of Connecticut (1966). He was honored by being awarded a Doctor of Humane Letters degree (honorary) from the University of Bridgeport (1989) and another from Quinnipiac University (1995).

Dr. Lowney served as Lt. Commander in the U.S. Navy. As a Rotarian, he earned the 1984 Paul Harris Fellow for Rotary District #7980. He is also a former member and chairman of the City of Norwich Personnel and Pension Board, and served a six-year term on the Board of Finance for the town of Lebanon. He currently sits on the Board of St. Joseph Living Center, the Eastern Connecticut A.H.E.C., and the Ray & Pauline Sullivan Foundation. He has served past Directorships for the Norwich Saving Society, Norwich Quinnebaug Unit of the American Cancer Society with two terms as their President, the Norwich YMCA,

Dental Trade & Industry Award

The annual Dental Trade & Industry Award of Recognition was approved for the G. C. Corporation, whose President and CEO is Makoto Nakao of Tokyo. The company was nominated for this high honor by International Trustee Mamoru Sakuda of Japan. Awards Chairman James Englander announced the honor, which was presented by President Michael Perpich.

G. C. Corporation President Makoto Nakao thanked the Academy for this stellar honor. His company is celebrating its 86th Anniversary this year and is honored to be the only dental company in the top 20 PQM listings. They are a top quality, high customer satisfaction based company doing business worldwide. But they are not content with that status quo. They are striving to make new footsteps with future dental innovations.

G. C. Corporation CEO Makoto Nakao receiving Award Certificate from President Michael Perpich

Mr. Nakao is a diligent gentleman who has made many various contributions to the development of modern dentistry worldwide. His company received the 2004 Japan Quality Medal for the recognized excellence of his products. This is not an easy award to earn. His company must demonstrate total quality management-focused activity for at least three years after winning the Deming Prize. Since 1970, only 18 companies in Japan have achieved this award.

Born in 1948, Makoto Nakao finished his doctorate in the Department of Studies of Science and Technology at the Graduate School of Waseda University in 1976. In 1974, he had joined G. C. Dental Industrial Corporation rising to become President and CEO of the now G. C. Corporation in 1983.

PFA International
Honorary Fellowship

The Awards Committee and the PFA board have approved this International Fellowship to be presented to Dr. Malvin E. Ring. He was nominated by past PFA President and current Foundation Executive Director Fred Halik for this honor. President Michael Perpich presented Dr. Ring with a Certificate of Fellowship and the ribbon PFA Key of Honor.

Dr. Ring also thanked the Academy for this honor. He went on to marvel that we are assembling a dental museum as well, like the $6 million Museum of Dentistry in Baltimore that is now affiliated with the Smithsonian. “Young people have very little knowledge on the background of dentistry’s founding in Europe. Even the Encyclopaedia Britannica is not up-to-date on their description of dentistry.”

President Perpich inducts Dr. Ring into Fellowship

Dr. Ring graduated with a B.A. from Brooklyn College of the City University of New York in 1939. He then served in WWII before receiving his dental degree from St. Louis University School of Dentistry in 1946. He then served in the Korean Conflict and started a dental practice in Batavia, New York, before he went on to obtain a Masters of Library Science in 1970.

Retiring Trustee Awards

At this point in the program, President Michael Perpich presented the retiring Trustees with the PFA Trustee Service plaques. Actually, only Trustee James Englander was physically present to receive his honor. Trustee Bernardo Levit was certainly there in spirit. And the award for retired Trustee Pierre Marois had been sent to him in Paris.

The retiring Section Chair plaques, not already sent and awarded at the Section’s local function, were presented by President Perpich. Retiring Chair Dr. Tsuneaki Kuwahata of Japan was present to receive this honor directly from the PFA President at the foremost International PFA function of the year.

Foundation President Carl Lundgren announced that an anonymous donor had funded the presentation of PFA Foundation Service plaques to be awarded to the all-volunteer Officers and Board for their unselfish dedication to PFA, the Foundation, and to our profession.

Following this first-ever event, past PFA President M. David Campbell inducted the new officers for the 2005-2006 year:

• President-elect William Winspear of Australia

• Vice President James Englander of Wisconsin

• Immediate Past President Michael Perpich of Minnesota

• Trustee for Region 7 Ernesto Acuna of Mexico

Another highlight of an already momentous occasion was the swearing in of President Howard Mark by PFA Fellow Dr. Robin Santiago, Dr. Mark’s daughter.

“I humbly accept this great honor. Our Academy deserves to grow, and it will. We serve, and we honor those who do serve,” President Mark stated in his acceptance remarks.

He then presented outgoing President Michael Perpich with the French Gold Medal given him in Paris for Dr. Perpich by Le Conseil National de l’Ordre des Chirurgiens Dentistes President Pierre-Yves Mahe last June. Dr. Mark also presented him with the outgoing President’s plaque for having crossed the finish line as an Officer held in high regard by his colleagues.

Dr. Perpich then adorned President Mark with the Medal of his PFA office. He thanked all those who had helped him move the Academy forward during his year.

Secretary General Richard Kozal approached the podium and gave his usual benediction: “These proceedings are now closed.”

President’s Reception

Saturday evening, after the Awards Banquet Luncheon, all Fellows, dignitaries, and guests are invited to a cocktail reception hosted by the outgoing PFA President. While the event may seem redundant, a great deal of contact business goes on as well as social renewals with family. Dignitaries, unable to make the regular PFA functions due to other organizational commitments, drop in to visit and renew PFA contacts, exchange bits of new information from the day, and make future dates.

President Howard Mark being sworn into office by Dr. Robin Santiago, his daughter



President Mark presents the French Gold Medal to past President Michael Perpich

International Trustees Barry Dolman and the Canadians orchestrated one of the finest International PFA Events in recent history during the FDI’s 93rd annual World Dental Congress and the Canadian Dental Association’s annual Session with the participation of the Order of Dentists of Quebec.

Dr. Barry Dolman, past PFA President Kevin Roach, and the PFA Sections of Canada hosted an outstanding example of what sincere, dedicated organization can do for the Pierre Fauchard Academy members and for our image internationally.

The evening’s festivities were attended by over 100 PFA members, officers, and international guests. The PFA International Officers attending were President Michael Perpich, President-elect Howard Mark and his wife Sheila, past PFA President Kevin Roach and his wife Ann, Editor Brophy and his wife Shirley, Trustees Barry Dolman and his wife Colette, James Englander and his wife Carole, Bob Hart and his wife Eileen, Charles Eller and his wife Gloria, and Dr. and Mrs. Ernesto Acuna from Mexico.

The PFA Section Chairs attending were Canada’s Dr. and Mrs. Aldo Boccia of Ontario, Dr. and Mrs.Sam Sgro of Quebec, Dr. Evelyn McNee of British Columbia, Dr. and Mrs. Tom Breneman of the Western Canada Provinces, and Dr. and Mrs. Gary MacDonald of the Atlantic Provinces, Poland Chair Eugeneiusz Spiechowicz, the Chile Chair Luis Felipe Jimenez, and past Quebec Chair Dr. and Mrs. Guy Maranda.

The Canadian Dental Association Officers were President Jack Cottrell and his wife Michelle, CDA Executive Director George Weber, immediate past President Alfred W. Dean and his wife Janet, CDA Director Dr. Deborah and husband Bev Stymiest and President-elect Dr. Wayne Halstrom and his wife Arlene. Past CDA Presidents were in abundance with Drs. Kevin Roach, Barry Dolman, Louis Dube, George Sweetnam, Tom Breneman, Bernard Dolansky, Burton Conrod, Ray Wenn, and Jim Brookfield.

Also in attendance was President of the Quebec Dental Association Chantal Charest. Officers of l’Ordre des Dentistes du Quebec in attendance were President Robert Salois and his wife Nicole and Dr. Denis Forest (FDI Organizational Chairman) and his wife Nycole.

FDI Officers were President Heung-Ryul Yoon of Korea, President-elect Michele Aerden of Belgium, FDI Councilor and past CDA President Burton Conrod of Nova Scotia, Dr. Denis Forest, the Local Organizing Chair, and our own PFA Fellow Kathryn Kell of Iowa, the Chair of the FDI Education Committee.

The American Dental Association Officers were President Robert Brandjord, President-elect Richard Haught, past President Eugene Sekiguchi, and International Relations Chair Helen Cherrett.

Dignitaries present were ACDQ President Dr. Chantal Charest, University of Montreal Dean Claude Lamarche, and SciCan CEO Arthur Zwingenberger. Dentsply International Vice President George Rhodes, Nobelbiocare’s Jon Cox., and Listerine’s Manager Tanya Willer.

International Trustee Barry Dolman welcomed everyone in his Opening Remarks, PFA President-elect Howard Mark giving the Invocation, and PFA President Michael Perpich presenting International Greetings.
International Trustee, and PFA Awards Chair James Englander, along with President Michael Perpich, presented the 2005 Elmer S. Best Memorial Award to Dr. George Albert Zarb.

L-R, PFA Chile Section Chair Luis Jimenez, International President Michael Perpich, Canadian Trustee Barry Dolman, Latin American Trustee Ernesto Acuna, and immediate past PFA president Kevin Roach

Dr. George A. Zarb

Dr. George Albert Zarb, Professor-emeritus of the University of Toronto Faculty of Dentistry, was the recipient of the 2005 Elmer S. Best Memorial Award at the PFA Dinner held during the FDI Congress Session in Montreal, Canada, this August.

Dr. Zarb is the Director of the Graduate Prosthodontic Program and Implant Prosthodontic Unit for the Faculty of Dentistry at the University of Toronto. Prior to his retirement in June of 2004, Dr. Zarb was the full-time Chairman of Prosthodontics.

He has lectured nationally and internationally, written several papers on different aspects of Prosthodontics, and co-authored some 13 textbooks, as well as contributing chapters to several others. He has organized and edited the published Proceedings from five international conferences and was co-editor of Oral Science Reviews. His current research is in the field of Implant Prosthodontics. He also has maintained a part-time private practice in Toronto since 1966.

The Canadian 2004 Distinguished Service Award was presented to Dr. Marcia Boyd with an introduction by Canadian Section Chair for British Columbia Dr. Evelyn McNee.

The Canadian 2005 Distinguished Service Award was presented to Dr. Robert Salois with an introduction by Canadian Section Chair for Quebec by Dr. Sam Sgro. Dr. Salois is President of l’Ordre des Dentistes du Quebec.

Following the Awards Presentations, past PFA President Kevin Roach presented the Foundation Student Scholarship Awards to the student dental school Governors of the ten Canadian dental schools. Receiving those Awards were British Columbia’s Jenny Hui, Alberta’s Jeremy Wong, Saskatchewan’s Mark Venditti, Manitoba’s Raymond Zhu, Toronto’s Amanda Braude, Montreal’s Yi-Wei Liu, McGill’s Eugenie Diagnault and Antonio Crivello, Laval’s Fouad Yadani, and Dalhousie’s Kelly Drover.

Dr. Marcia Boyd receiving Award from past President Kevin Roach

President Michael Perpich presents his 2005 Presidential Award to past PFA President Kevin Roach

Then, PFA president Michael Perpich with Canadian Trustee Barry Dolman inducted 57 new Canadian Fellows and individually invested them with their ribboned medals of Fellowship.

While the lights dimmed and the trickling of the nearby water fountain could be heard, our new Canadian Fellows accepted their plaques of membership—Drs. Emanuel Alvaro, Mario Auger, Brian Baker, Izchak Barzilay, Bettina Ruth Basrani, Veronique Benhamou, Jacques Boileau, Richard Boudreault, Joseph Brown, Allen Burgoyne, Donald Burwash, Bruno Cabana, Sylvio Caro, Bonnie Chandler, Connie Conrod, Michel Couture, Stephen Cymet, Kevin Dann, Paul Downing, Aaron Fenton, Neil Gajjar, Bruce Glazer, Perry Goldberg, Effrat Habsha, Anil Joshi, Ira Kirshen, Jeffrey Kirshenbaum, Diane Kjorven, Claude Lamarche, Jean-Noel Lavallee, Ian Leitch, Russel Leve, Thomas Mara, Amanda Maplethorp, Thomas Martin, Elliot Mechanic, Eric Normandeau, Mark Nusinoff, Gilles Pelletier, Gillian Peters, Paul Perrier, Yvan Poitras, Thomas Raddall, Ben Saleh, Benjamin Serfaty, Stewart Shapiro, Ronald Shupe, Gerald Sohmer, Valerie Stavro, Frank Stechey, Joseph Szwimer, Daniel Tanguay, Brian Tenaschuk, David Tobias, Janet Tomkins, Edward Williams, and Robert Wood.

A moment of silence was held in honor of the passing of two remarkable Fellows—past ADA President Richard Mascola of New York and Trustee Bernardo Levit or Argentina

International President Michael Perpich subsequently amazed the attending guests with the special presentation of his 2005 Presidential Award of Excellence to past PFA President Kevin Roach for his outstanding service in reorganizing the international Academy and preparing it to enter the 21st century fiscally in the black and technologically in the future. Dr. Roach stated, “I want to take this opportunity to thank you most sincerely for surprising me with your Presidential Award of Excellence. To be honoured by yourself and the other Management Team members is very humbling. But to present this prestigious award in my home country in front of my colleagues, friends, and family is most gratifying. Each and every one of my “dream management team” really deserves to receive this award. I shall be the first to sing your accolades. I see many more exceptional management teams on the horizon for our august honour organization. I shall continue to wear my PFA insignia with pride. And I will strive to continue to live up to your vote of confidence.”

L-R, Past Quebec Chair Guy Maranda, Award recipient Robert Salois, Quebec Chair Sam Sgro, FDI Organizing Chair and past PFA Honoree Dr. Denis Forest, and Canadian Trustee Barry Dolman

President Carl Lundgren called the Foundation Board of Trustees to order. Dr. James Long gave the Invocation. The agenda was approved. The Minutes from their April 2005 Interim Meeting in Chicago were discussed and approved

President Lundgren then gave his report, which was the same as included above in the Academy Board Meetings section.

Vice President Campbell’s report praised the increased communications between the Board members and the holding of the Interim Meeting, which gave the Board time enough away from the festivities to thoroughly discuss each and every important item that faced the Foundation. Dr. Campbell also praised Dr. Barrett’s efforts to establish a fund-raising opportunity for the Foundation, a goal for many years of the late Foundation President Robert Shira.

Treasurer Bill Kort, also Chair of the Finance Committee, discussed the financial investments needing to be made as the higher yielding bonds were being called in or coming due. Transferring the resultant funds, sometimes within days, to other investments was a serious decision since all other opportunities were at a lower rate of return.

Executive Director Fred Halik gave his report on the Scholarship Program, the Grants applicatons, the Foundation’s Web site page renovations, and necessary revisions and recommended date changes.

Academy President Michael Perpich addressed the Board concerning the work of the Academy. He had been spending much of his year improving communications within the Academy and particularly the Web site. His efforts have vastly improved a nearly instantaneous contact with every Fellow with a computer. He has made the Officers accessible online.

Academy President-elect Howard Mark, Chair of their Constitution & By-Laws Committee, presented amendments and changes for the Board’s consideration.

Trustee Larry Barrett gave his report on the success the Public Relations Committee has had in the past year. He then presented the results of his Fund Raising Committee, whose members Academy President Perpich and Editor Brophy were present.

After the installation of the Academy’s new Officers for 2005-2006, Immediate past President Michael Perpich was voted on the Foundation Board of Trustees. The Board also welcomed back the new Academy President Howard Mark and the new Academy President-elect William Winspear.

Grants Committee Chair Gary Lowder presented the Committee’s report on the grant applications. The Board as a whole went over each one, discussed them, and arrived at funding commensurate with the funds available. Then they went back over the grants and re-evaluated each one. Your Editor was very impressed with the thoroughness and seriousness that the Board gave to each grant application.

Finally, at the Sunday Board Meeting the election of new officers was held. Elected to serve three-year terms were:

• M. David Campbell for President
• C. F. Larry Barrett for Vice President
• William Kort for Treasurer

Under “new business,” the Board took on the topic of dealing with the Katrina Disaster. Like the Academy, debate and discussion explored all the many ways this could be accomplished, legally within the Foundation, and philanthropically. After much discussion, the Board voted to establish a PFA Disaster /Emergency Relief Fund with seed money coming from the Foundation’s operational fund. The total results of their combined information and ideas were referred to their Executive Committee for setting guidelines to operate the program. These guidelines will be reported to their Board for approval at their Interim Meeting in April next year.

Canadian Academy Trustee Barry Dolman presented a check for $1000 from the Fellows of Canada to the Foundation. Following that presentation, Editor Brophy presented his annual check to the Foundation Scholarship Program.

2006 Foundation
Committee Appointments

Executive Committee: President David Campbell, Chair; Vice President Larry Barrett, Treasurer William Kort, Grants Chair; Gary Lowder, Academy President Howard Mark, Executive Director Fred Halik as ex-officio

Grants Committee: Gary Lowder, Chair; Larry Barrett, Jim Long, Mike Perpich, Kevin Roach, Nick Saccone, Scott Welch

Budget & Finance: Treasurer William Kort, Chair; Jim Long, Gary Lowder, Howard Mark, Kevin Roach, Nick Saccone

Ex-officio: Executive Director Fred Halik and Academy President-elect William Winspear

Disaster/Relief Fund: Jim Long, Chair; Larry Barrett, Howard Mark, Nick Saccone, Mamoru Sakuda

By-Laws & Policy Committee: Academy President Howard Mark, Chair; Minoru Horiuchi, Jim Long, Scott Welch

Public Relations and Web Site: Mike Perpich, Chair; Academy Secretary General Richard Kozal, Editor Jim Brophy, Gary Lowder, Howard Mark

Memorial & Tribute Funds: Vice President Larry Barrett, Chair; Minoru Horiuchi, Carl Lundgren, Kevin Roach, Academy President Howard Mark
Editor Jim Brophy, Academy Trustees Barry Dolman and Steve Hedlund

PFA Museum Board–Foundation Member: William Kort

FOUNDATION DENTAL SCHOLARSHIPS for 2005

• Gregory Wayne Egbert, University of Alabama
• Kelton Stewart, Texas A&M-Baylor
• David Blackburn, Boston University
• Jennifer Crowe, UCLA
• Lee Akin University of California–San Francisco
• Dannelle Carpio, USC
• Scott Grant, Case Western Reserve
• Audra Myers, University of Colorado
• Lavanya Venkateswaran, Columbia University
• Christopher Mirucki, University of Connecticut
• Marie Halbur, Creighton University
• Rebecca Himm, University of Detroit-Mercy.
• Casey Born, University of Florida
• Amber Lawson, Medical College of Georgia
• Fatemeh Afshari, Harvard University
• Jerri Hines, Howard University
• Siddhi Doshi, University of Illinois
• Ava Lauren Hood, Southern Illinois University
• Jeremy Bruner, Indiana University
• Joshua Everts, University of Iowa
• Rachel Matthews, University of Kentucky
• Tomas Kutansky, Loma Linda University
• Matthew Waite, Louisiana State University
• Michael Gladwell, University of Louisville.
• Andrew Weirs, Marquette University
• John Mohler, University of Maryland
• Tibebu Tsegga, Meharry Medical College
• Anne Lin, University of Michigan
• Marika Middag, University of Minnesota
• Patrick Singley, University of Mississippi
• Christopher Dumas, University of Missouri
• Lennard Hopper, University of Nebraska
• Gina Marie Cuccurullo, University of New Jersey
• Harpreet Dhillon, New York University
• Allyson Stewart, SUNY-Buffalo
• Larissa Figari, SUNY-Stoney Brook

• Jason Pollei, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill
• Cameron Jolley, Nova Southeastern University
• Mitzi Hines, Ohio State University
• Felipe and Lauren Avery-Miranda, University of Oklahoma.
• Cameron Wagner, Temple University
• Sterling Card, Oregon Health Sciences University
• Sean Rockwell, University of the Pacific
• Elizabeth Prada, University of Pennsylvania
• Joseph Karam, University of Pittsburgh
• Cristina Abreu, University of Puerto Rico
• David Hicklin, Medical University of South Carolina
• Joshua Keener, University of Tennessee
• Ashley Farrar, University of Texas-Houston
• Zachary Paukert, University of Texas-San Antonio
• Brant Jones, Tufts University
• Peter Pellegrini, University of Washington
• John Hubbard, University of West Virginia
• Eleisha Nickoles, University of West Virginia (2004)
• Megan Olson, University of the Pacific.
• Daniela Venegas Aeloiza, Universidad de La Frontera (Chile)
• Keelin Fox, Trinity College (Ireland)
• Cinthya Pamela Rojas, University of Costa Rica
• Elise Boersma, University of Sydney (Australia)
• Adam Hamilton, University of Western Australia
• Aitziber Fernandez, University of Basque (Spain)
• Atsuko Kida, Osaka Dental University (Japan)
• Harumi Kawaki, Okayama University (Japan)
• Gaitho Njogu, University of Nairobi (Kenya)
• Romain de Pape, University of Paris
• Vincent Berthelot, Brest Dental School (France)
• M. G. Shruthhi, JSS Dental College-Mysore (India)
• Patricia Flores, Universidad de la Salle Bajio (Mexico)
• Canada (see list above in Montreal Gala article)
• Amit Chhabria, Government Dental College-Indore (India).

PFA Relief Fund

Inauguration Announced!

The Pierre Fauchard Academy Foundation Board unanimously approved the establishment of a PFAF Disaster and Emergency Relief Fund at its meeting in Philadelphia on 9 October 2005. Recognizing its international Fellowship, and appreciating the fact that natural disasters and similar emergency situations can devastate the ability of Fellows to continue to practice under these circumstances anywhere in the world, the Board felt an obligation to use its resources to assist in practical ways. While this use of Foundation funds may seem out of keeping with its mission, this will not interfere with the continuance of the grants and scholarship program.

The Foundation Board’s recently installed President, Dr. M. David Campbell of Michigan, is proud of this action and states,

From the Desk of Foundation President M. David Campbell…

Over the years since the Foundation’s inception, we have had some tremendously able leadership under Drs. Robert Shira and Carl Lundgren as Presidents, George Hique as Treasurer, and Shig Kishi and Fred Halik as our Executive Directors. They established such a firm basis for our Foundation that the Board of Trustees has been able to operate effectively right from the beginning. Their dedication to serving is unquestioned. Your Foundation would not be where it is today without their brilliant and unselfish devotion to our mission.

Being the new President is not going to be an easy task for the next three years. Times are always changing. What was a firm foundation in the past now faces new problems in the coming years. But the Board and Officers realize that and have begun preparations to confront them.

Our new Vice President Larry Barrett has not only opened doors for us in our public relations, he has crafted several plans for the necessary fund-raising program we have thought about for some time. Larry has brought it forward and is ready to launch it. This is probably the greatest task we have before us.

Howard Mark, now the Academy President, has modernized our Constitution & By-Laws to bring them more in line with what the Board wants in facing the new century. He and our new Trustee Michael Perpich, the Academy’s Immediate Past President, have opened up a vast avenue of communications between the Academy and the Foundation. Our relations with the Academy are better now than ever before.

Gary Lowder has done an unbelievable job in handling all the Grant application reviews, completing them on time, and guiding them through approval. He is to be highly commended for his devotion.

We have an excellent Board of Trustees that give so much of their time so freely to our Foundation that meeting with them is a warming experience. Debate is friendly; discussion is honest and open; and we have become a family.

However, as we plan our fund-raising effort, the multiple disasters of Hurricanes Katrina, Rita, Tammy, and Wilma, along with the devastating earthquakes in Pakistan and Guatemala, have hurt our hearts in knowing about the massive loss of life and billions of dollars in property. As fellow humans serving humanity in so many ways, we are touched by these losses. The Foundation, like the Academy, is eager to help out. But we debate what is the most effective way we can—as individuals and as an organization. This matter deserves serious reflection. Though we desire to charge right in with help, we are advised to wait and see how we can do this in the best and most effective manner. After an afternoon of debate on the matter, the Board, with as many varied ideas as there are Trustees, has referred the situation to the Executive Committee to generate a final plan of action that befits our mission as a Foundation serving our fellow man.

Through this column I hope to continue to make you aware of our progress.

PFA Foundation Interim Board Meeting, Chicago Airport Hilton Hotel

PFA Management Team Meeting, Anaheim, California

FDI Congress, Shenzhen, China

147th ADA Annual Session, Las Vegas, Nevada
Monday-Friday: PFA Academy Board Meetings
PFA Foundation Board Meetings

Japan

Trustee Mamoru Sakuda and Japan Chair Tsuneaki Kuwahata presented the Foundation Scholarship award to student Harumi Kawaki during the Presentation Ceremony at Okayama University Dental School last September. Dean Dr. Tatsuo Watanabe was also in attendance with Dr. Manabu Iidaka, the Deputy Secretary General of the Japan Section; Dr. Masaharu Takigawa, the dental school’s Chairman of Student Affairs; and Dr Teruko Takano-Yamamoto, a PFA fellow at Okayama dental School.

Two days later, Trustee Mamoru Sakuda and the Japan Section honored student Atsuko Kida with the Scholarship Award by Japan’s Chairman-elect Dr.Toshio Morioka at the Osaka Dental University. Also in attendance were Dean Hisao Imai, International Trustee Sakuda, Chair of the Kansai Component Dr. Yoshiki Sakamoto, Trustee of the Japan Section Koichi Hashimoto, Vice Dean Takayoshi Kawazoe, PFA Fellow at Osaka Dental University Kiyoshi Ohura, Chair of Student Affairs Dr. Michiharu Diato, and Chair of the Board of Education Dr. Tatsuo Kawamoto.

United States

Kentucky

Chair Karl Lange reported that the Foundation Scholarship Awards were presented to John Kindoll Newcomb at the University of Kentucky College of Dentistry and to Jolanta Nowicka Nichols at the University of Louisville School of Dentistry.

Michigan

Past Section Chair Virginia Merchant reported that DS4 student Rebecca Himm received the Foundation Scholarship Award from the University of Detroit–Mercy School of Dentistry Dean H. Robert Steiman. Also receiving scholarships were dental students Will Thompson from the University of Detroit–Mercy School of Dentistry and Louis Whitesman from the University of Michigan School of Dentistry.

Mississippi

Chair William Buchanan, the Associate Dean for Academic Affairs for the University of Mississippi School of Dentistry, along with past PFA President James Long presented the Foundation’s Scholarship Award to D4 student Patrick Singley. Patrick has been recognized on the Dean’s List of Honorees and is a member of the Hembree Honor Society.

Missouri

Chairman James Kulild presented the Foundation Scholarship Award to junior dental student Christopher J. Dumas of the University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Dentistry. The Award presentation was made at the Westin Crown Hotel during the school’s Recognition & Award Program last September. Chris Dumas thanked the Academy and Foundation for its generosity in awarding him this honor.

Chair Jim Kulild presents the Scholarship Award to Christopher Dumas

Pennsylvania

Colonel William P. Yeomans, a PFA Fellow, at the age of 59 has been called back to duty overseas to serve in Kosovo. Bill is a practicing general dentist in Scranton, a past Trustee and Vice President of the Pennsylvania Dental Association and a past President of the Scranton District Dental Society.

Australasia

The new Section Officers are Section Chair Mark Sinclair of New South Wales, Secretary/Treasurer Patrick Meaney of New South Wales, and Trustees Richard Sawers of South Australia, Gerry Clausen of Victoria, and Dexter Bamberry of New Zealand.

Belgium/Luxembourg

Chair Jose Dahan organized an extensive number of Section affairs for the visiting President-elect last June, including an all-day seminar on Sleep Apnea at the University of Liege.

Fellow Christiaan Colpaert presented a seminar on “Microdentistry,” explaining how to avoid unnecessary destruction of dental structures.

Two prominent dentists were inducted last year—Dr. Alain Arys, a clinician and dental teacher in Brussels, and Dr. Odile Hutereau, Chairwoman of the Luxembourg Society of Orthodontics.

Canada

International Trustee for Canada Barry Dolman reported that Fellow Dr. Bernie White of Saskatoon has been appointed the Registrar/CEO for the College of Dental Surgeons of Saskatchewan.

Dr. Burton Conrod of Sydney, Nova Scotia, was named FDI President-elect during their annual World Congress in Montreal. Dr. Conrod’s two-year term as FDI President will commence in 2007 following that of Dr. Michele Aerden of Belgium.

Fellow Jack Cottrell begins his year as President of the Canadian Dental Association by meeting with Fellow Richard Haught, ADA President, and with ADA President-elect Robert Brandjord.

Fellow John P. O’Keefe is the CDA Editor and has just recently redesigned the publication.

Fellow Gary MacDonald and the Atlantic Section will be hosting the 2006 CDA annual Meeting.

The PFA Annual Awards and Installation Ceremonies will be held on 24–26 August 2006 in St. John’s, N
ewfoundland.

Germany

Chairman Frank Braun visited the PFA Central Headquarters in Las Vegas last July and toured the PFA Dental History Museum there.

German Chair Frank Braun at the Las Vegas Dental Museum

Haiti

Dr. Jeremy Lowney, Jr. of Connecticut, who received our PFA Distinguished Service Award at the Philadelphia Awards Banquet, initiated this project and established the Haitian Health Foundation. Their Foundation spends 93% of their donations in serving the poor and needy of Haiti. Dr. Jeremy, his wife Virginia, and Marilyn Lowney work tirelessly to construct sanctuary homes for the sick and needy, distribute food to the malnourished children, build a school, offer medical services, and provide dental treatment, and offer eye care services. They are making a difference in the world, one person at a time.

Japan

Japan held their 36th annual Section Meeting in Hiroshima last October.

At the PFA Philadelphia Board Meeting and events, retiring Chair Tsuneaki Kuwahata made many friends with his attendance at our functions. He received the retiring Section Chair’s Service Award at the Awards Banquet and attended the Section Chair’s Caucus.

Japan Chairman Tsuneaki Kuwahata with Sumo champion body guards

Japan Chair Tsuneaki Kuwahata of Tokyo is a big Sumo Wrestling fan. This sport is very big in his country. He has become a favorite of two great champions. My Japanese is very rusty (two words, and Dr. Kuwahata taught me one of them), so I cannot translate the names of these champions very well. But their wrestling program lists them in order of greatness starting with very small (unreadable type) to very large, bold figures. These two men are named in the largest of the Japanese type.

Editor Brophy and retiring Japan Section Chair Tsuneaki Kuwahata

Mexico

Chair Ernesto Acuna hosted their Section Meeting last November 3rd at the Centro Asturiano. They inducted ten new Fellows into the Academy. Dr. Armando Hernandez, founder and former Dean of the dental school of the Univesidad de Lasalle Bajio introduced the Foundation Scholarship recipient Patricia Murillo Flores. Three dental schools in Mexico City were introduced to the Mentorship Program for the Intercontinental University, Technological University of Mexico, and the Latin-American University. A presentation by architect Carlos Flores Marini discussed “Gaudi and his repercussions in Mexico.” Gaudi was an architect from Barcelona, Spain (1828-1926).

Netherlands

Dr. J. A. van Bentum, Section Secretary for Chair Annette Dony, announced that he is retiring after five years as Secretary. He will be replaced by Dr. Buisman. Treasurer for four years, Dr. Balkema will be replaced by Dr. Donker.

This year’s lustrum was to Barcelona, Spain. Dr. H. Goeneveld, a member of the European Dental Committee, gave a talk on “harmonization in Dental Care and Dental Education in Europe.”

The Section presented their dental Scholarship Award to E. Zwinkels at the University of Groningen. The Foundation also helped sponsor their project “Bridge the Gap,” which was reported in July/August issue of Dental World.

Last March, their meeting encompassed a program on the 2006 Healthsystem, which is ending the difference between the National Health System and the private Health Assurances. The first presentation was given by Dr. J. den Dekker, advisor for the Governmental Organization College of Health Assurances. Dr. Hehenkamp, a PFA Fellow, discussed the vision of the greatest Health Assurance Companies (VGZ). Dr. L. Zeegers, a PFA Fellow, an old member of the Dutch Dental Organization, presented the viewpoint of the general practitioner.

United States

Alaska

Dr. James Cerney is reorganizing the Section of three Fellows. Alaska is the largest State with its population spread over many isolated towns and villages. Hosting a gathering in one spot is a major undertaking.

California, Northern Section

Fellow Robert L. Boyd was the recipient of UOP’s Dr. Frederick T. West Endowed Chair in Orthodontics at their September Faculty Development Day. Dr. Boyd is the first to be so honored for this position at the Arthur Dugoni School of Dentistry. Professor Boyd, Chairman of the Orthodontics Department, holds certificates in both orthodontics and periodontics. He is a renowned educator, but his research interest in the orthodontic damage to the periodontal tissues has led him to become a principal investigator for the Invisalign appliances in a major research effort. He is a Fellow in PFA, ICD, and ACD. He is also past President of the Edward H. Angle Orthodontic Society. He has had many publications and lectures and the honors that go along with them. He is the 1999 recipient of the John Vallentine Mershon Award from the American Association of Orthodontists. He earned his dental degree from Temple University, his post-graduate certificates from the University of Pennsylvania, and a master’s degree in education from the University of Florida. He has taught at UC-San Francisco for 15 years and has been at UOP since 1996.

Fellow A. Thomas Indresano, Professor and Chair for the Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery Department at UOP’s Dugoni School of Dentistry, was presented by the American Association of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgeons (AAOMS) with their Donald B. Osbon Outstanding Educator Award during their 87th annual Meeting in Boston last September. Teaching for 30 years, AAOMS Faculty Section past Chair G. E. Ghall stated that “under his tutelage, Dr. Indresano’s trainees were provided not only the necessary requisites to practice the specialty in a competent manner, but he also instilled in them the highest ethical and moral ideals of a professional.” Dr. Indresano has authored some 90 articles while being involved in numerous research projects that included one funded by NIH—“Long Term Cancer Survivor: Research Initiatives.” He has held many leadership positions in his field, including past President of the American Society of TMJ Surgeons%