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PCSO BUSINESS PCSO ANNUAL AWARDS Annual Session Honoree Gerald D. Nelson, DDS T he PCSO Board of Directors selected Dr. Gerald D. Nelson of Oakland, California, as this year’s Annual Session Honoree. The Annual Session Honoree Award is given to a PCSO member who has demonstrated outstanding leadership and professional qualities and who has given unselfishly of his or her time and talent to promote the association and the orthodontic profession. The award may be give each year, if a candidate is selected or as decided upon by the PCSO Board of Directors. Dr. Nelson received his award on October 14 at the Annual Session. Dr. Nelson is currently the editor-in-chief of the PCSO Bulletin and a delegate to the AAO House of Delegates. In addition to his PCSO responsibilities, Dr. Nelson serves the Orthodontic Division at the University of California in San Francisco as clinical professor and vice chair. He also serves on many UCSF committees. Dr. Nelson and his long-time Berkeley partner, Dr. Michael Meyer, practice in Berkeley and Orinda, California. In 1971, they founded an evening volunteer orthodontic clinic at an Oakland Community Health Center, La Clinica de la Raza. This clinic continues today and the UCSF residents and faculty rotate through the facility, giving residents a great public service experience and exposure to many mixed dentition patients. Dr. Nelson is currently the editor for the “Clinician’s Corner” in the AJO/DO. In addition to his role as editor-in-chief of the PCSO Bulletin, Dr. Nelson contributes many articles to it, including a regular column, “ Practice Management Diary.” He has served on the PCSO Board of Directors since 1991. Dr. Nelson and his wife, Pamela Grove, are parents to six grown children and six grandchildren. They live in Oakland and Paso Robles, California, and enjoy riding their motorcycles between their homes. The Board of Directors recognized Dr. Nelson’s continuing service to our specialty and the PCSO and is extremely grateful for his many contributions. He has enriched us all by his many examples of leadership and mentored many young residents as they embarked on their new cares in orthodontics. 2007 Award of Merit Thomas F. Mulligan, DDS, MSD T he PCSO Board of Directors honored Dr. Thomas F. Mulligan this year with the Award of Merit for his many achievements and contributions to the PCSO and the specialty of orthodontics. Established in 1987, the Award of Merit recognizes and honors an orthodontist or paraprofessional, within the geographic boundaries of the PCSO, who has made a significant contribution to the profession of orthodontics over a number of years. Dr. Mulligan received his award on October 15 at the Annual Session. Dr. Mulligan was born in Grand Forks, North Dakota. He was one of ten children and attended school in Langdon, North Dakota. Sports and physical activities were a major part of Dr. Mulligan’s childhood. In 1953, Dr. Mulligan left college for the Army, where he played football. In 1955, following his Army tour, Dr. Mulligan enrolled in the School of Dentistry at Marquette University. He received his DDS in 1960 and then attended Indiana University’s orthodontic program, graduating in 1962 with an MSD. He then moved to Phoenix, Arizona, to begin his orthodontic practice, where he continues to practice and reside. Dr. Mulligan has been active in his profession and his community. He is a Diplomate of the American Board of 6 Orthodontics and a past president of the Southwest Component of the Edward H. Angle Society. He is also past president of his Toastmasters and Kiwanis clubs. Dr. Mulligan has published many scientific papers in a variety of journals and contributed to and authored several books. He has also lectured throughout the world, bringing his “Common Sense Mechanics” philosophy withhim, wherever he goes. Dr. Mulligan has many interests outside of his profession, including boating, sailing, flying and jogging. He holds a commercial pilot’s license, a multi-engine rating and is instrument rated. With all of these pursuits, he still has time for his wife, Teresa, and eight healthy and successful children. Dr. Mulligan’s philosophy has been to bring “Common Sense Mechanics” to every orthodontist. He believes that “everyone is born with music; unfortunately, many never discover what their music is. There can be no greater tragedy in life than for someone to take their music to their grave.” Dr. Mulligan would like to leave his music behind for all to enjoy. Thank you, Dr. Mulligan for your many contributions to our specialty. We are proud to claim you as “one of our own.” P C S O B U L L ET I N • W I NT E R 2 0 0 7 PCSO BUSINESS 2007 Lifetime Achievement Award Arthur A. Dugoni, DDS, MSD Photo by Jon Draper T he PCSO Board of Directors selected Dr. Arthur A. Dugoni, Dean Emeritus at the Arthur A. Dugoni School of Dentistry at the University of the Pacific (UOP), as the second recipient of the PCSO Lifetime Achievement Award. Established in 2005, this PCSO award recognizes exceptional personal effort by a PCSC member to advance the art and science of the orthodontic specialty. The individual must have lived his or her professional life committed to the pursuit of excellence. The award is given only under very special and exceptional circumstances. Dr. Dugoni received his award on October 15 at the Annual Session. Dr. Dugoni has been active in dentistry and his specialty since his graduation from the College of Physicians and Surgeons (forerunner of Arthur A. Dugoni UOP) in 1948, where he was class valedictorian. He maintained a private practice for almost 40 years, until 1987. He was also active in dental education and in the politics of our profession, including teaching operative dentistry, pediatric dentistry and orthodontics. He also served as chair of the department of orthodontics at UOP from 196367. He pioneered and initiated the primary and mixed dentition orthodontic clinic at UOP in 1963 that continues today under Dr. Steve Dugoni, his son and past president of the PCSO. Dr. Dugoni served as dean of the UOP School of Dentistry from 1978-2006. Dr. Dugoni is past president of the American Dental Association, California Dental Association, San Mateo County Dental Society, PCSO (Central Section) and the California Chapter of the American College of Dentists. He is a Diplomate of the American Board of Orthodontists, where he served as a director (1979-86) and president in 1986. FUTURE MEETINGS Dr. Dugoni has received numerous awards, including the American College of Dentists William John Gies Award (2001) Dr. Dugoni and the Dale F. Redig Distinguished Service Award (2003) from the California Dental Association. In 2006, Dr. Dugoni received an honorary degree, Doctor of Humane Letters, honoris causa, from the University of Louisville, and the University of the Pacific presented the Order of Pacific, their highest honor, for 55 years of service. These are but a few of Dr. Dugoni’s awards and honors. Dr. Dugoni is a fellow of the American and International College of Dentists and the Academy of Dentistry International. A member of the Pierre Fauchard Academy, Dr. Dugoni received their gold medal award in 1996 and the Distinguished Service Award from the Northern California Chapter in 1982. His bibliography is listed in many editions of “Who’s Who.” He has presented more than 900 lectures, papers, clinics and essays throughout his distinguished career. Dr. Dugoni still found time for his wife, Katherine, his seven children and his 15 grandchildren. Dr. Dugoni, you have, indeed, done it all and done it extremely well. Thank you for your many years of service to our profession. SOUTHERN REGION MEETING CENTRAL REGION MEETING NORTHERN REGION MEETING FEBRUARY 22, 2008 LOS ANGELES AIRPORT HILTON HOTEL FEB. 29, 2008 SOUTH SF CONFERENCE CENTER MARCH 7, 2008 SEATTLE SHERATON HOTEL PCSO PROGRAM FOR DOCTORS: PCSO PROGRAM FOR DOCTORS: PCSO PROGRAM FOR DOCTORS: ARE ALL FUNCTIONAL APPLIANCE TREATMENTS CREATED EQUAL? ARE ALL FUNCTIONAL APPLIANCE TREATMENTS CREATED EQUAL? CURRENT COLLECTION OF EARL’S PEARLS —DR. TERRY DISCHINGER —DR. TERRY DISCHINGER —DR. EARL JOHNSON CAO PROGRAM FOR STAFF: CAO PROGRAM FOR STAFF: REVIEW OF INTERDISCIPLINARY CASES AT UCSF TECHNOLOCITY: LET’S GET THE TEAM INVOLVED TECHNOLOCITY: LET’S GET THE TEAM INVOLVED —DR. GERALD NELSON —DR. ROBERT SCHOLZ —DR. ROBERT SCHOLZ TO BE ANNOUNCED FUTURE ANNUAL SESSIONS 2008: NOVEMBER 13 - 16 PALMS SPRINGS CONVENTION CENTER PALM SPRINGS, CALIFORNIA W I NT E R 2 0 0 7 • P C S O B U L L ET I N WSSO PROGRAM FOR STAFF: 2009: OCTOBER 22-OCTOBER 25 PHOENIX SHERATON HOTEL PHOENIX, ARIZONA 7