OKU RECOGNIZES EXCELLENCE
Two dozen students and two faculty members were recognized for their outstanding leadership, service to the community and commitment to the School of Dentistry at the May 9 convocation of the zeta chapter of Omicron Kappa Upsilon, the national dental honor society. Scholarships were awarded to seven outstanding graduating students for "remarkable academic achievement," said outgoing OKU President Hanna Hoesli who presided over the ceremony held at Town and Gown and attended by faculty, staff, students and their families. Scholarship recipients included: Mark Tingey, Omicron Kappa Upsilon, Zeta Chapter Scholar 4th Year
Chad R. Foster, Omicron Kappa Upsilon, Zeta Chapter Scholar 2nd Year
John Robert Jerome, Charles S. O'Grady Memorial Scholar
Steve Sunwoong Choi, Donald C. Curnutte Memorial Scholar
Brandon B. Fowler, Dexter Smith Memorial Scholar
Alireza Sharafi, Robert Wallin Memorial Scholar
Tyler Pittman, Everett Payne Memorial Scholar.
New alumni members of the graduating Class of 2005 were inducted. These individuals rank academically in the top 20 percent of their doctoral dental graduating class. All were chosen based on scholarship, leadership and community service. "It is a great accomplishment to sustain and achieve that level of dedication, desire and performance over four long years," Hoesli said.
Inductees included: Timothy Brunson, George Bryon Craig, Belinda Campbell-Miller, Steve Sunwoong Choi, Steven Dryden, Hormoz Golian, Sharon Kim, Sookhyun Kim, Dae Won Lee, Tania Leung, Setareh Mozafari-Nejad, Sean Mullins, Tyler Pittman, Santosh Sundaresan, Alice Su, Maggie Thai, Heather Winther, Steven Wong and Ming Yu.
In addition, both Becky Thaler and Joyce Galligan were inducted as honorary members. Donald Kornblau was introduced as OKU's new president for the 2005-2006 term, and Harris Done was named president-elect.
Distinguished Emeritus Professor Clifton Dummett, served as this year's guest speaker. Wishing the graduating class much success, Dummett acquainted attendees with an old dentist's creed, which among other things asked of dental professionals to respect their profession, their reputation and themselves and "…to take a good grip on the joy of life, to play the game like ladies and gentlemen, to fight again nothing so hard as my own weaknesses, and to endeavor to grow as a dentist and as a person with the passage of every day."
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