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dental school news, continuedn Alumni NewsLast fall, LEONARDO BUCK, DMD42,of Bath, Maine, was honored by theMaine State Golf Association for hislong service to golf in the state andother organizations, including the UnitedStates Golf Association. Buck, 96, hada long career as a dentist in Bath.ALEXANDER ANTON, DMD42, anorthodontist in Portland, Maine, passedaway on October 28, 2012, at the age of 93.DAVID J. FARRELL, DMD51, passedaway on October 18, 2012 (a profileof Farrell appears on page 4).JAMES E. MULVIHILL, DMD66, PD69(periodontology), received the SanctaeCrucis Award from his undergraduatealma mater, the College of the HolyCross, for his “dedication to healing andcommitment to the health and welfareof a nation, for his expertise andskill, and his tireless support and loyaltyto the College and community.”LEON ASSAEL, DMD75, published anopinion piece in the December 2012issue of Oral Surgery Oral MedicineOral Pathology Oral Radiology entitled“Medical School–Based Educationin Dentistry: An Exciting Historyand an Opportune Future.”MARJORIE JEFFCOAT, DMD76,PD78 (periodontology), was appointedexpert content editor for Medscape.RICHARD VALACHOVIC, PD82(pediatric dentistry), executive directorof the American Dental EducationAssociation and president of theADEAGies Foundation, was awardedan honorary doctorate from theUniversity of Connecticut School ofDental Medicine, of which he is a 1977DMD graduate. Valachovic was a facultymember at HSDM for many years,as well as dean for clinical affairs anddirector of postdoctoral education.GARY LINDNER, DMSc83 (orthodontics),was the subject of a profilein the Bedford Patch, of Bedford, NewHampshire, where Lindner and hiswife, ROCHELLE LINDNER, DMD82,have had a practice since 1985. LindnerDental Associates recently welcomedBRADLEY FIELD, PD12 (pediatricdentistry), to the practice.NINETTE RAVJI BANDAY, SDM84,DMSc96 (oral epidemiology), ishead of dental services at AmbulatoryHealthcare Services in Abu Dhabi andAl Ain in the United Arab Emirates.She writes: “My training at HSDMhas contributed tremendously tothis leadership role I have now.”The American Dental Association (ADA)installed ROBERT A. FAIELLA, MMSc85,PD85 (periodontology), as presidentduring a meeting of the ADA House ofDelegates in San Francisco in October.TIMOTHY S. MARTINEZ, DMD86, wasrecently appointed by California GovernorEdmund G. Brown to the Dental HygieneCommittee of California. Martinezhas been associate dean for communitypartnerships and access to careMembers of the Dean’s Advisory Board for 2012–2013. From left: C. Leon Chen, DMD93, chair, Dental Implant Institute World; PatriciaSlinin, DMD96, president, Harvard Dental Alumni Association; Steven Kess, vice president for global professional relations, Henry ScheinInc.; Gillian Barclay, DDS, MPH, DPH, vice president, Aetna Foundation; Kimberly Ritrievi, PhD (board chair); Allen Finkelstein, DDS,CEO, Bedford HealthCare Solutions; Juliana Kim, PhD, MBA; Dan Perkins, president and CEO, AEGIS Communications; and Dean BruceDonoff. Not pictured: James Breslawski, president and COO, Henry Schein Inc.; Chester Douglass, professor emeritus of oral healthpolicy and epidemiology, HSDM; Albert Erani, principal, A & E Stores Inc.; Ron Goldstein, DMD78; Tuan Ha-Ngoc, president and CEO,AVEO Pharmaceuticals Inc.; Seung-han Lee, PhD, president and CEO, Homeplus Co. Ltd.; Gerard Moufflet, CEO and founder, AccelerationInternational; Gregory Serrao, president and CEO, American Dental Partners Inc.; and Jeffrey Slovin, MBA, CEO, Sirona Dental Systems Inc.26 winter 2012–13 • harvard dental bulletin
dental school newsat the Western University of HealthSciences since 2009. He was profiled inthe Spring 2009 issue of the Bulletin.MICHELLE GREENBERGHUTCHINSON, DMD87, MPH87,president of wordhelper.com, writes: “Ihave edited 13 books, including 2012’sDear Kate: Reflections on Risk and Rewardsafter the Storm by Brad Fortier. NobelPrize–winning economist Dr. HarryMarkowitz calls Dear Kate ‘inspirational’and says, ‘Between its covers, you willfind wisdom about life in general andfinancial planning in particular.’”DEBORAH A. HIMELHOCH, MMSc90(orthodontics), has been appointed aclinical assistant professor of orthodonticsand dentofacial orthopedics at theBoston University Henry M. GoldmanSchool of Dentistry. She has also receiveda staff appointment at FranciscanHospital for Children in Boston andwill be supervising orthodontic treatmentprovided by both orthodonticand pediatric dental residents as theyrotate through the hospital. Himelhochmaintains a full-time private practice inboth orthodontics and pediatric dentistryin Framingham, Massachusetts.practice in Webster, New York, and teachespediatric dentistry residents at the EastmanInstitute for Oral Health at the Universityof Rochester Medical Center. DeLuciawas profiled in late December in the“This Week’s Women to Watch” section ofherRochester.com of the Rochester, NewYork, Democrat and Chronicle website.ANNA YUAN, PD12 (general practiceresidency), is profiled in the StudentLife section of the Penn Dental Medicinewebsite. Yuan received her DMD degreefrom Penn Dental Medicine in 2011.MICHAEL N. HATTON, PD83 (oraland maxillofacial surgery), received theHumanitarian Award from the Universityat Buffalo School of Dental Medicine.MORTON SOBEL, a former assistantprofessor at HSDM, writes: “I’mdelighted to report that I have recentlyhad my book Aux Tros Saisons—An Innin Burgundy published and invite allof my former students, colleagues, andfriends at Harvard to join me in the taleof my life after I left HSDM. It has beeneventful, satisfying, and I have enjoyed,and continue to enjoy, every moment.My website is mortsobel.com.” nAbove: “Jack Dillenberg’s presentation atthe Greater New York Dental Meeting wasenjoyed by all,” writes Richard Black, DMD84,MPH84. Dillenberg, MPH78, left, posed withBlack at the meeting. Below: “The largesthealth care event in the United States is theGreater New York Dental Meeting,” writesBlack. “It provided a venue for the smallestreunion of the Class of 1984: Quynhchi VanLang, DMD84, and Richard Black.”MINDY GREENBLATT STREEM,DMD05, and SASHA ROSS, DMD08,are organizing a Women in Dentistrydinner in Cleveland, Ohio, to be heldMarch 14, 2013. The dinner, a fundraiserfor The Wellness Institute atCleveland Clinic, will feature keynotespeaker Dr. Michael Roizen.ROBERT L. SMITH, DMD07, reportsthat he is an orthodontics resident atVanderbilt University Medical Center.LISA DeLUCIA, PD10 (pediatricdentistry), was honored in Octoberby the Golisano Foundation with a2012 Leadership Award for ExemplaryHealthcare Services for “extraordinarywork to improve healthcare and accessto care for people with intellectual disabilities.”DeLucia is a dentist in privateHSDM: A Step Ahead in JusticeHSDM has long been at the forefront of embracing diversity when other schoolswould not. Robert Tanner Freeman, DMD 1869, who had been rejected by otherdental schools, was the first African American dental school graduate in the country.HSDM Dean Paul Goldhaber was the first Jewish dean at Harvard University.Among those rejected by another school was Norman Trieger, DMD54, who graduatedfrom college at Emory, in Atlanta, but was rejected by the Emory School ofDentistry. “We don’t want too many New York boys down here,” he was told. In fact,Trieger was not alone but one of the many Jewish students who was either rejectedoutright or was flunked and humiliated at Emory’s dental school between 1948 and1961, in a campaign of anti-Semitism led by the school’s then-dean John E. Buhler.After receiving his DMD at HSDM, Trieger became an oral surgeon with an illustriouscareer, including serving as chair of dentistry at the University of California,Los Angeles, and joint chair of dentistry at Albert Einstein Medical School andMontefiore Hospital in the Bronx, as well as author of numerous publications.In October 2012, Emory University brought together surviving members of thatdiscrimination and their families for an evening of apology and remembrance.Trieger attended the event and passed away three days later, at the age of 83.harvard dental bulletin • winter 2012–1327
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