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Home >> AAPD Foundation Home >> Awards and Grants >>Recognition Awards
Each year, the AAPD and the AAPD Foundation recognizes those who have made significant contributions to the advancement of children’s oral health by presenting awards to them at the Annual Session. Recipients will be announced and honored with a plaque at the Presidents’ Farewell Dinner at the Annual Session, Sunday, May 28, 2007 in San Antonio, Texas. These awards are described below. The Distinguished Service Award is the most prestigious award given by the AAPD. Presented only when the AAPD Board of Trustees identifies a truly worthy recipient, the award recognizes individuals who have made a major contribution, on a national or international level over their entire career, to advocacy for children, improvement of children’s health or to a health profession related to children. The Miller Foundation supports this award. Pediatric Dentist of the Year Award Established in 1998, this annual award honors a pediatric dentist who has made significant contributions to the dental profession and the specialty of pediatric dentistry through clinical practice, academics or policy development over the past year. Recipients will also have devoted extensive volunteer leadership service to the dental profession and the specialty. Current board of trustee members are ineligible to receive this award in the years in which they serve as trustees. The recipient is selected by the AAPD Foundation Executive Committee from nominees proposed by the membership. NuSmile Primary Crowns sponsors this award. Nominations are being accepted for the 2007 award, which are due January 31, 2007.
Merle C. Hunter Leadership Award Established in 1998, this annual award honors the memory of Ms. Merle C. Hunter, AAPD executive director from 1968-1986, and is presented to an AAPD volunteer who has provided exemplary leadership service in the volunteer structure of the organization over the past year. The recipient is selected by the AAPD Executive Committee from nominees proposed by the membership. Kinder Krowns sponsors this award. Nominations are being accepted for the 2007 award, which are due January 31, 2007.
Established in 1997, this award is presented annually to the individual or organization that has made the greatest contribution to the oral health of children with special needs. The award honors AAPD member Manuel M. Album, who devoted an entire career in pediatric dentistry toward improving the oral health of children with special needs. The recipient is selected by the AAPD Foundation Executive Committee from nominees proposed by the membership. The Album Society supports this award. Nominations are being accepted for the 2007 award, which are due January 31, 2007.
To nominate a colleague for the Pediatric Dentist of the Year Award, the Merle C. Hunter Leadership Award or the Manuel M. Album Award, please submit a letter of nomination and a copy of the nominee’s curriculum vitae to: AAPD Foundation Awards Program
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