Fred J. Halik

From the Desk of The Executive Director...Dr. Fred J. Halik

In the afterglow of the Las Vegas Meeting, it appears that the Foundation Board had a successful gathering. The business on hand worked out well. Some famous folks of the Foundation received appropriate huzzahs. They include the great Carl Lundgren, one of our past heroes, past President of the Foundation--and everything else--who received the Academy's Distinguished Service Certificate. Our newest Trustee, Howard Mark, assumed full trusteeship after bodily being removed from the PFA Presidency. And congratulations are due to Jim Englander, who becomes the "provisional" Trustee as President-elect of the Academy.

The Minutes from the Las Vegas Meeting have been printed off and mailed to the Board for their approval. All the Grant contracts have been sent out to the accepted applicants, as well as letters to those rejected. The accepted Grants are:

• 1000 Smiles Foundation from Dr. James Vernetti of California
• The Haitian Health Foundation from Dr. Jeremy Lowney of Connecticut
• Dental Project Peru from Dr. Jacqueline Nimmo of the United Kingdom
• The National Board of French Dental Surgeons from Dr. Pierre-Yves Mahe of France
• Hope for Healthier Humanity from Dr. Stanley Kosan of New York
• Rotary Australia Community Services from Dr. Sandra Meihubers of Australia
• The Maryland Foundation of Dentistry for the Handicapped from Dr. Murray Sykes of Maryland
• Meet Each Need with Dignity (MEND) from Dr. Richard Marias of California
• The Metropolitan Denver Dental Foundation from Teri Gilpin of Colorado
• The Massachusetts Dental Society from Chair Norman Becker of Massachusetts
• The Good Shepherd Ministries of Oklahoma from Dr. Francis Lipsinic of Oklahoma
• The West Virginia Health Right from Dr. Julie Hamilton of West Virginia
• The University of California-San Diego from Dr. Ellen Beck of California
• The Kentucky PFA from Chair Karl Lange of Kentucky
• The PFA Section of Kentuckyfrom Chair Karl Lange
• The Street Angels Society from Dr. Evelyn McNee of Canada
• The AIDS Resource of Wisconsin from Doug Nelson of Wisconsin
• The International Smile Power Foundation from Dr. Sherwin Shinn of Washington State
• The Children's Dental Health Association of San Diego from RDH Druann Andrecht of California
• The United Way of the Quad Cities Area from LISW Scott Caldwell of Iowa
• The Research Institute of McGill University Health Centre from Sister Susan Fletcher of Canada
• The Flying Samaritans from Dr. Ted Tanabe of California
• The St. Vincent de Paul Village from Dr. Michael Ward of California
• The University of Mississippi School of Dentistry from Dr. Karen Crews of Mississippi
• The Volunteer Ministry Center from Dr. Reuben Pelot of Tennessee
• The Latin World Ministries from Dr. Jerome Smith of Louisiana
• The Free Peoples Clinic from Dr. Edward Schaaf of Illinois
• Smiles Forever from Sandy Kemper of Washington State
• PFA Web site from Academy President Howard Mark
• PFA publicationsfrom Academy President Howard Mark

The Foundation was sorry not to be able to fund all the grants received, but funds were down this year, hence the Fund Raising Program by Foundation Vice President Larry Barrett, so even the exceptional grant opportunities had to be pared down.

As of this date there will be no Chicago Interim of Bettendorf Meeting.

To remind everyone, M. David Campbell of Plymouth,Michigan, is our Foundation President; Larry Barrett of Bettendorf, Iowa, is our Vice President; Bill Kort of Oakbrook,Illinois, is our Treasurer; and your Executive Director is Fred Halik of Fairport, New York--the only non-Midwesterner in the officer ranks. Gary Lowder of Ogden, Utah, is Chairman of the Grants Committee. The Trustees and other advisors are listed at the end of this publication.

Please remember to send in your contribution to your PFA Foundation. Every day that passes lessens the impact YOU can make on global dentistry. As soon as your benefice is received, it starts earning much-needed revenue to support our grants program and the projects it funds internationally.

L-R, PFA Trustee Barry Dolman with recipient Susan Conrod and PFA President Howard Mark

Canada

Susan Conrod, a junior dental student at Dalhousie University, was presented Canada's Student Clinician Award by Canadian International Trustee Barry Dolman and then PFA President Howard Mark. Susan Conrod is the daughter of past CDA President Burton Conrod, who is the President-elect of FDI. She was also the student clinician winner of the Dentsply competition at the CDA St. John's Newfoundland annual CDA Convention to represent Canada at the finals during the ADA Session.

France Chair Marie-Laure Boy-Lafevre had presented the PFA Foundation Scholarships to student Philippe Boitelle of the Faculte de Chirurgie Dentaire de Lille, and to Matthieu Dohrmann of the Faculte de Chirurgie Dentaire de Strasbourg.

United States

Michigan

The Foundation Scholarship was presented to the University of Detroit-Mercy School of Dentistry's Tiffany Stafiej who had been participating in the PFA Mentoring Program. Tiffany was also a volunteer at the Bay Cliff Health Camp in 2004, 2005, and 2006. She was raised in Livonia and earned her undergraduate degree at Michigan State University.

Foundation Scholarship recipient Amanda Bucklin at the University of Michigan is from Coldwater, Michigan, and earned her BS degree from Western Michigan University. She has been her Class Secretary and coordinated a school-wide fundraiser to benefit the American Red Cross' Hurricane Katrina effort in 2005.

David Wei-Hua Ho of UDM also participated in the PFA Mentoring Program and was a volunteer at Bay Cliff Health Camp in 2005. He was the 2006 recipient of the PFA Senior Dental Award. Originally from Toronto, he graduated near the top of his class at UDM, is a member of OKU, and is entering the General Practice Residency program in Toledo. Brody James Hart received his BA degree from the University of Utah and his DDS degree from the University of Michigan. He is now practicing dentistry in Salt Lake City with his father. He was the recipient of the 2006 PFA Senior Dental Certificate. Dr. Hart participated in the Student Research Program for three years, receiving the NIDCR Student Research Fellowship in 2003 and an AADR Student Research Fellowship in 2004. He earned second place in the Basic Science category during UM School of Dentistry's 2005 Research Day Poster Competition.

Mississippi

Associate Dean William T. Buchanan of the University of Mississippi School of Dentistry has presented the Foundation Scholarship to honor student Bradley Dale Harrelson, past President of the American Student Dental Association.

Nebraska

L-R, PFA Section Secretary Gary Westerman, recipient Katherine Shadegg, and Dean Steven Friedrichsen

The Foundation Scholarship for Creighton University School of Dentistry was presented to Katherine V. Shadegg by Creighton Dean Steven W. Fredrichsen and PFA Section Secretary/Treasurer Gary H. Westerman, Chair of Community and Preventive Dentistry at Creighton.

Washington State

The Dental Alumni News for the University of Washington Dental Alumni Association reported in their Summer/Fall,2006 issue, Vol. 32, #2 that the PFA Foundation Scholarship Award had been presented to Michael Bowman, who is the Class of 2007 President, and was also honored in receiving the Dan Middaugh Dental Student Professional Service Award,the Dr. Tony Michael Ponti Memorial Scholarship Award, and the Dental Alumni Association Scholarship.

The PFA Senior Student Award from the Academy was presented to Zachton Lowe, who also received the Quintessence Award for Clinical Achievement in Restorative Dentistry,First Place in the Washington Academy of General Dentistry and William Howard Student Competition Award, OKU Membership recognition, and the Alpha Omega Scholarship Award.