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WDSF Goodman scholarship<br />
highlights honors ceremony<br />
Janet Romero <strong>of</strong> the Class <strong>of</strong> 2013<br />
received the <strong>Washington</strong> Dental Service<br />
Foundation’s Burton H. Goodman<br />
Presidential Scholarship at the <strong>School</strong><br />
<strong>of</strong> <strong>Dentistry</strong>’s annual Honors and<br />
Awards assembly on June 5 in Hogness<br />
Auditorium. The four-year award goes<br />
annually to an incoming student.<br />
Other top awards went to graduating<br />
student Dan Bakko and Restorative<br />
faculty member Dr. J. Martin<br />
Anderson (’65), who were honored by<br />
the <strong>Washington</strong> State Dental Association.<br />
Bakko, who affixed “Dr.” to his<br />
name at the next day’s Hooding Ceremony,<br />
received the WSDA’s Fourth<br />
Year Award for character, leadership<br />
and high scholastic achievement. Dr.<br />
Anderson received the WSDA Faculty<br />
Award for his contributions to the<br />
<strong>School</strong> and to the WSDA.<br />
The UW Dental Alumni Association<br />
awarded scholarships to the following<br />
students: Jace Beattie, Heather<br />
Biles, Diana Cortes, Fesaha Gebrehi-<br />
WSDA President David Houten (right) with<br />
Dr. J. Martin Anderson.<br />
wot, Richard Hompesch, Adam Jensen,<br />
Elissa Johnson, Elizabeth Kim, Christopher<br />
Leyster, Kate Makienko, Patty<br />
Martin, Minh-An Nguyen, Aaron<br />
Shearman, Oleg Shvartsur, Joseph<br />
Stout, Igor Tikhonov, Daniel Tremblay,<br />
Robert White, Austin Wisecup<br />
and Seung Yu.<br />
<strong>School</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Dentistry</strong> faculty, staff<br />
and students received an update on<br />
budget issues, accreditation and other<br />
matters during the <strong>School</strong>’s annual faculty<br />
retreat on June 15 at Foege Auditorium<br />
in the Genome Sciences building<br />
on the UW campus.<br />
Dean Martha Somerman and Assistant<br />
Dean Jean Garber outlined the<br />
situation facing the school in the wake<br />
<strong>of</strong> major budget cuts, which will hamper<br />
the school’s ability to bring in new<br />
faculty and researchers and will also<br />
pose a test for a pared-down staff.<br />
The retreat also featured a review by<br />
news<br />
Full-time faculty members who received<br />
class awards were Dr. Anderson,<br />
Dr. Douglas Verhoef, Dr. Dolphine<br />
Oda and Dr. John Wataha. Recognized<br />
among affiliate faculty were Dr.<br />
Bill McHugh, Dr. Sang Bae, Dr. Scott<br />
John Neuhaus and Dr. Chris Lewis.<br />
Staff members receiving recognition<br />
were Carol Brown, Marlene Snyder,<br />
Bill Leow and Jeff Croom, with special<br />
recognition going to media specialist<br />
Matthew Salton.<br />
Alumni President Ed Dolan, Janet Romero, Dianne Riter <strong>of</strong> WDS Foundation, Dr. Burton Goodman<br />
Budget, accreditation reviewed at retreat<br />
Dr. Tim DeRouen, Executive Associate<br />
Dean, <strong>of</strong> the <strong>School</strong>’s preparation<br />
for this year’s accreditation review. Dr.<br />
Dan Chan, Associate Dean for Clinical<br />
Services, outlined progress made<br />
to enhance the <strong>School</strong>’s comprehensive<br />
clinical care, with input from Dr.<br />
Ed Truelove, Oral Medicine chair, and<br />
Dr. Ricardo Schwedhelm <strong>of</strong> Restorative<br />
<strong>Dentistry</strong>. Dr. Wendy Mouradian,<br />
Associate Dean for Regional Affairs,<br />
reviewed the RIDE program, while<br />
Dr. John Evans <strong>of</strong> Oral and Maxill<strong>of</strong>acial<br />
Surgery discussed steps to improve<br />
training in ethics and pr<strong>of</strong>essionalism.<br />
summer / fall 2009 DentalAlumninews 17
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