Spring 2013 - Tufts University School of Dental Medicine

letters
good reading
I enjoyed the Fall 2012 issue of Tufts Dental
Medicine on many levels. It was nice to learn
more about Nadeem Karimbux, our new
associate dean for academic affairs and his
interest in the relationship of oral health and
systemic disease, which I believe will be the
center of our dental universe in the future.
Also our new associate dean for admissions
and student affairs, Robert Kasberg (“A Life
in Balance”), has a very interesting personal
history and commitment to diversity, specifically
seeking prospective students from
rural and urban areas to fill the need for the
shortages in the underserved populations
of our cities and rural locations alike. And
finally, the articles about government subsidy
for graduate education (“Will the Safety
Net Hold”) and the cost of emergency room
dentistry were informative for many outside
of the public health arena, I am sure. A terrific
issue—my compliments to the writers
and staff.
mark r. buttarazzi, d83,
m13p, m15p
Anna Q. Churchill, right
scarborough, maine
remembering dr. churchill
I was sorting through an accumulation of
60-plus years of slides and pictures when
I came across some shots of Dr. Anna Q.
Churchill, our microanatomy teacher. She
was an unusual lady. She had helped me
and quite a few other students with her own
revolving student loan fund. No paperwork,
no interest; you paid it back after you
graduated, and it would go to other needy
students.
Dr. Churchill was also a Smith College
graduate. I found this photo (below)
that was taken in 1957 at her 50th Smith
reunion. (She was known for carrying a
parasol on and off campus.) At the time, I
lived and practiced in Northampton, Mass.,
and Dr. Churchill contacted me to ask if I
had an extra room to put up a friend of hers
who had accompanied her to the reunion.
(Housing at graduation time is just impossible!)
I was delighted to help her—a small
thing to do after she came through for me
when I was in dire straits. She was a truly
outstanding person.
peter laband, d50, a76p, j80p,
a89p, m93p
south yarmouth, mass.
laurels
Tufts Dental Medicine has been recognized
for writing, graphic design and
overall excellence. The International
College of Dentists gave the magazine the
Platinum Pencil Award for Outstanding
Graphic Design for the issues published
in Spring 2011 (“Treat the Child, Treat
the Parent”) and Fall 2011 (“Inside Job”).
In the 2013 Council for Advancement and
Support of Education (CASE) District I
Communications Excellence Awards contest,
the publication was awarded a Gold
Medal for Best Magazine Writing and a
Bronze Medal for Best Overall Magazine
with a circulation under 25,000.
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dental medicine
volume 17, no. 1 spring 2013
executive editor
huw F. thomas
Dean, School of Dental Medicine
editor helene ragovin
editorial Director Karen bailey
Alumni editor Vangel r. Zissi, D62, Dg67
Design Director margot grisar
senior Designer betsy hayes
Contributing Writers
gail bambrick, Julie Flaherty, Linda hall,
marjorie howard, David Levin, Jacqueline
mitchell, heather stephenson
Contributing editor bob sprague
editorial Advisors
mark gonthier, executive associate Dean
maria gove tringale, senior Director,
Dental Development and Alumni Relations
susan ahearn, senior associate Director,
Alumni Relations
Dental Alumni Association
president
John J. millette, D91, a15P
vice president
Joseph P. giordano, D79, Dg84
Assistant secretary/Treasurer
cherie c. bishop, D94
Treasurer nicholas t. Papapetros ii, D91
secretary
Janis moriarty, D94
Directors
michelle anderson, D07, Dg09; rustam
K. DeVitre, Dg76, Di77, D12P; Joanne
Falzone-cherubini, D80; Peiman mahdavi,
D91, Dg94; raina a. trilokekar, Dg88, Di91;
Derek a. Wolkowicz, D97, Dg00
past presidents
Peter a. Delli colli, a69, D73; mostafa h.
el-sherif, Di95; tofigh raayai, Dg77, Di82
Dental m Club
mary Jane hanlon, D97, chair
mary c. Demello, D86, vice chair
Historian charles b. millstein, D62, a10P
Chapter and Club presidents
steven Dugoni, D79, a08P, a12P, California
robert berg, D03, New York
William n. Pantazes, D90, Dg08, Florida
John a. Vrotsos, Dg82, Greece
Lino calvani, Dg91, Italy
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