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EXECUTIVE COUNCIL AND COMMITTEES
Officers 2008 - 2009
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PRESIDENT - Dr. William E. "Rusty" Morris
North Carolina
Dr. Morris started life in southeastern North Carolina near the
coast. He graduated from NCSU in 1974 and from UNC- Chapel Hill
School of Dentistry in 1978. He owned his own practice in Eden, NC
for 28 years before moving to VA. Dr. Morris is currently in full
time private practice at Smith Mountain Lake.
Since joining the academy in 1982, he has presented table clinics and
been a member of the Seminar Committee, Special Projects Committee and
Executive Council. Dr. Morris currently serves as Trustee and
Secretary/Treasurer of the AOD Founders' Fund.
Dr. Morris has been actively involved with the Hollenback-Medina
Operative Dentistry Seminar since 1981. He is a member of the
American Academy of Gold Foil Operators and a fellow in the
International College of Dentists. He is Vice-President of the Dental
Foundation of North Carolina and is a recent graduate of the Institute
for Teaching and Learning Program offered through the Academy for
Academic Leadership.
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Immediate Past President - Dr. Frank U. Perry
Illinois
Dr. Perry graduated from St. Louis University Dental School in 1966 and earned a Masters in Education and Human Development in 1983 from The George Washington University. He served 21 years in the U.S. Navy Dental Corps. The last seven years at the Naval Hospital Bethesda and the Naval Dental School at Bethesda Maryland. This tour included starting and directing the General Practice Residency program at the Naval Hospital for three years and four years directing the 2 year Comprehensive Dentistry Residency. After retiring from the Navy in 1987, Dr. Perry joined the faculty at Northwestern University Dental School as a Clinical Associate Professor. He initiated an Advanced Education in General Dentistry residency program at Northwestern. In 1998 he became the Assistant Dean for Clinical Affairs until 2000 when he joined the faculty at the University of Illinois at Chicago, College of Dentistry as Clinical Associate Professor in the Department of Restorative Dentistry. At both Northwestern University Dental School and at the University of Illinois, College of Dentistry, he has been honored as Teacher of the Year on numerous occasions.
Dr. Perry is also a diplomate of the Federal Services Board of General Dentistry and the American Board of General Dentistry. He served a an examiner and president of the Federal Services Board of General Dentistry.
Dr. Perry has been a member of the Academy of Operative Dentistry since 1981 and has served as the chairman of the Local Arrangements Committee since 1987, Executive Councilor, and Vice-President. He is member and serves on the Board of Governors of The Chicago Odontographic Society. He is a member of the American Dental Education Association as well as the Chicago Dental Society and the Illinois Dental Society.
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SECRETARY - Dr. Richard G. Stevenson III, DDS, FAGD, FADI, FACD
California
Doctor Stevenson received his Bachelors Degree in Chemistry from UCLA in 1982 and his Doctor of Dental Surgery from the UCLA School of Dentistry in 1986. After practicing general dentistry for 8 years in Laguna Niguel, California, he sold his private practice and accepted a full time teaching position at the UCLA School of Dentistry, as an Assistant Professor in the Section of Operative Dentistry. For four years he served as the Chair of the Pre-Clinical Operative Dentistry Course where he authored a comprehensive illustrated syllabus of Operative Dentistry. Dr. Stevenson has been recognized by his students on two occasions as the Teacher of the Year, and has received numerous additional teaching awards from five different classes of students. Dr. Stevenson received a Fellowship Award in Education from the UCLA School of Medicine. He also received the UCLA Academic Senate Distinguished Lecturer Award for Non-Senate Faculty in 2003. He has published abstracts in both the Journal of Dental Research and the Journal of Physical Anthropology in the area of Cranio-facial Growth and Analysis, and is currently involved in several Dental Materials research studies at the School of Dentistry. He has published articles on dental materials in Operative Dentistry and more recently on principles of teaching Evidence-Based Dentistry in the Journal of Evidenced Based Dental Practice. Dr. Stevenson is a member of the Academy of Operative Dentistry. He was an Executive Councilor of the Academy of Operative Dentistry for three years before serving as President in 2003; thereafter, he held the position of Assistant Secretary and has been appointed Secretary in 2008. He is Board Certified in Operative Dentistry by the American Board of Operative Dentistry and is an ABOD Examiner. He is a Fellow of the Academy of General Dentistry and the Academy of Dentistry, International. Dr. Stevenson has been a member of the Orange County R.V. Tucker Cast Gold Study Club since 1991 and has demonstrated cast and direct gold techniques at both the Academy of R.V. Tucker Study Clubs and the American Academy of Gold Foil Operators annual meetings. In 2003, Dr. Richard V. Tucker appointed Dr. Stevenson as the mentor of the Los Angeles Cast Gold Study Club and the Cast Gold Club of Lima, Peru. Dr. Stevenson is currently the Secretary of the Academy of R.V. Tucker Clubs and served as President. Dr. Stevenson is both a lecturer and instructor in the UCLA Aesthetic Continuum. Dr. Stevenson has given over 500 continuing education presentations and table clinics internationally including Japan, Korea and Canada. Recently, he was inducted as an associate member in the Academy of Restorative Dentistry; the only other UCLA Faculty to have achieved this honor, was Professor Robert Wolcott. Currently, Dr. Stevenson is a Clinical Professor and has served as the Chair of the Division of Restorative Dentistry at the UCLA School of Dentistry since 1999.
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ASSISTANT SECRETARY - Dr. Gregory E. Smith
Florida
Dr. Smith graduated from the University of Washington School of Dentistry in 1965 and earned a postdoctoral Master of Science in Dentistry degree from the same University with a major in Restorative Dentistry in 1972. He joined the University of Florida Faculty in 1972. In 1974 he assumed chairmanship of the Division of Operative Dentistry at the School of Dentistry at the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver; and then served CU as Associate Dean as well from 1976-1979. He returned to UF as Chairman of the Department of Operative Dentistry in 1979 and served as chair from 1979-1984, and again from 1991 until August 1998. He has lectured internationally and authored many scholarly papers in referred journals in the 35 years of his academic career.
He has served on the American Dental Association's National Board of Test Construction Committees on Dental Anatomy and also on Operative Dentistry and is presently serving on the National Board Test Construction Committee for the Part II Case Based Examination. In 1998 He was honored by the Academy of Operative Dentistry with its award: The Award of Excellence, for 30 years in academic dentistry and for 27 years of service to the Academy which he continues to serve as Secretary. Dr. Smith was elected Assistant Secretary of the Academy of Operative Dentistry in 1974, and then as Secretary in 1991; and he has held that position continually since that date.
His professional affiliations include Fellowship in the American and International Colleges of Dentistry; membership in Omicron Kappa Upsilon, and past President of the UF chapter; member of Delta Sigma Delta dental fraternity and Lambda Chi Alpha social fraternity. He is the founding mentor of two dental study clubs, member of the ADEA, in which he is past president of the Operative Dentistry section; a member of Sigma Xi research honorary society at the University of Florida, and the ADA.
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TREASURER - Dr. Joel M. Wagoner
North Carolina
After graduating from Duke University in 1971, Dr. Wagoner entered dental school at the University of North Carolina School of Dentistry where he earned his D.D.S. degree in 1975. For two years, he served in the U. S. Army Dental Corps at Ft. McPherson in Atlanta, Georgia, where he was awarded the U. S. Army Commendation Medal. In 1977, he began his private practice of general dentistry in Beckley, WV, an endeavor which he enjoyed for twenty-four years. Currently, Dr. Wagoner practices full-time in Chapel Hill, NC, and also teaches clinical operative dentistry at the University of North Carolina School of Dentistry.
Besides the Academy of Operative Dentistry, Dr. Wagoner is a member of the American Academy of Gold Foil Operators, The American Dental Association, The North Carolina Dental Society, and is a Fellow of the International College of Dentists. He is a certified member of the American Board of Operative Dentistry, and serves on the editorial board of the Journal of Operative Dentistry. His study club affiliations are the George M. Hollenback Operative Dentistry Seminar and the Butler- Ross Study Club.
He and his wife, Presley, are the proud parents of three children, Merritt, Andrew and Mary Elizabeth.
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Executive Councilors 2008 - 2009
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Dr. Bruce W. Small - 2008
Bruce W. Small, is a practicing restorative dentist from Lawrenceville, New Jersey concentrating on clinical excellence. Dr. Small is an associate professor at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey and with other members of his study club mentors a cast and direct gold selective/elective at UMDNJ for senior dental students. He has been granted the honor of a fellowship in both the International and American College of Dentists and is a master of the Academy of General Dentistry. He is on the board of directors of the L.D. Pankey Foundation where he is also a teaching associate. Dr Small is the editor of the restorative dentistry column in General Dentistry, the journal of the Academy of General Dentistry. He is an active member of the Academy of Operative Dentistry, The Academy of Richard V. Tucker Cast Gold Study Clubs, as well as the American Academy of Gold Foil Operators.
He has published over 90 articles in dental journals, lectured in over 300 locations in the United States and other countries, and is recognized as one of the top 100 speakers in dentistry. He recently was voted one of the top general dentists in New Jersey as well as one of the best dentists in America by his peers.
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Dr. Henry A. St. Germain, Jr. - 2008
Dr. Henry A. St. Germain, Jr. is an Associate Professor and Chairman of the Department of Restorative Dentistry at the University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Dentistry in Lincoln, NE. Henry received his DMD degree from Tufts University in 1975, an MSD in Operative Dentistry from Indiana University in 1983 and an MEd from George Washington University in 1992. Henry belongs to the Academy of Operative Dentistry, American Dental Association, Nebraska Dental Association, American Association of Dental Research, American Association of Dental Schools, American Academy of Gold Foil Operators, Omicron Kappa Upsilon (Alpha Alpha chapter) and is a fellow in both the American College and International College of Dentists. Henry has served as the Chairman of the Examination and Certification Committee and as the President of the American Board of Operative Dentistry.
He completed a 20-year career in the U.S. Navy Dental Corps in 1995 and his last assignment in the Navy was Chairman of Operative Dentistry and Specialty Advisor to the Surgeon General for Operative Dentistry at the Naval Dental School, Bethesda, MD. Dr. St. Germain became an Associate Professor and the Director of Operative Dentistry at the University of Nebraska Medical Center after retirement from the Navy and was selected as the Chairman of Adult Restorative Dentistry in 1997. The Department of Adult Restorative Dentistry includes 17 full-time and 15 part-time faculty in the disciplines of Dental Biomaterials, General Practice Residency, Operative Dentistry, and Fixed/Removable Prosthodontics. In addition to the responsibilities as a Chairman, he currently directs a lecture/lab courses in Operative Dentistry and Occlusion.
His research interests have focused on the finishing/polishing, marginal fit, and light-activation of direct and indirect restorations. He has been very active in the Dental College's Student Research programs and has mentored three 1st place table clinic winners who represented Nebraska at the ADA/Dentsply student table clinic competitions. Henry also actively practices General Dentistry in the Faculty Practice one day a week and teaches in the Restorative Dentistry Clinics two days a week. He has received awards for teaching from the students from 1996 to the present and in 2002 received the University of Nebraska's Medical Center's award for Distinguished Faculty Teaching. For extracurricular activities, he enjoys traveling, golf and skiing. Also, whenever the chance arises Henry likes to admire automobiles especially the classics from the 50's to 70's. Henry and his wife Ellen will celebrate 32 years of marriage this year and have four adult children: Kenneth, Thomas, Michelle and Michael.
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Dr. Amer Abu-Hanna - 2008
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Dr. Mark Cruz - 2008
Mark A Cruz graduated from the UCLA School of Dentistry in 1986 and started a dental practice in
Monarch Beach, CA upon graduation. He has lectured nationally and internationally and is a member of various
dental organizations including the Pierre Fauchard Academy, Pacific Coast Society for Prosthodontics and the
American Academy of Restorative Dentistry. He currently teaches part-time at UCLA, is a member of the faculty
group practice and was past assistant director of the UCLA Center for Esthetic Dentistry. He is currently on the
editorial board as section editor for the Journal of Evidence Based Dental Practice (Elsevier).
Please visit www.markacruzdds.com for a more detailed CV.
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Dr. Eben DeArmon Jr - 2008
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Dr. Thomas Hilton- 2008
Dr. Tom Hilton received his DMD from the University of Pennsylvania School of Dental Medicine in 1978 and
entered the U. S. Air Force that same year. In 1984, he completed a two-year Advanced Education in General Dentistry
(AEGD-2) residency at Wilford Hall Medical Center, Lackland AFB, San Antonio, TX. In 1999, he retired from the Air
Force after 21 years of active duty, most recently having served as the Assistant Chairman for Resident Education for the
Air Force AEGD-2 residency at Wilford Hall Medical Center, and chief of the USAF Dental Investigation Service
(the Air Force dental research branch). Dr. Hilton joined the faculty of Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU)
in March of 1999, and received his MS in Biomaterials and Biomechanics from OHSU in 2003. He currently holds the position of
Alumni Centennial Professor in Operative Dentistry. Dr. Hilton is board certified by the American Board of General Dentistry.
He is the past-president of the Dental Materials Group for the American Association for Dental Research and serves as a
consultant for the American Dental Associationšs Council on Scientific Affairs. His areas of research interest include
practice-based dental research, and he is currently the director of the Practice-based Research in Oral Health (PROH)
network in Oregon and southern Washington. Dr. Hilton is also involved in the laboratory and clinical evaluation of
factors affecting the performance of dental composites and adhesives. In addition to teaching and research responsibilities,
he maintains a private dental practice in Beaverton.
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Dr. Nairn H.F. Wilson - European Section
Nairn Wilson is currently Professor of Restorative Dentistry and Dean and Head of the Dental Institute, King's College London at Guy's, King's and St Thomas' Hospitals. He has been is this post since October 2001. Also he is Executive Secretary of the Council of Deans of the UK Dental Schools. He was President of the General Dental Council from 1999 to 2003. He is a Honorary (Visiting) Professor of Restorative Dentistry, University of Manchester. Previous positions included Consultant Adviser in Restorative Dentistry to the Chief Medical Officer, Dean of the University Dental Hospital of Manchester, Dean of the Faculty of Dental Surgery of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh and Pro-Vice Chancellor of the University of Manchester.
His interests and special expertise lie in the fields of tooth-coloured restorative systems, applied dental materials science, clinical trial methodology and dental education. Much of his research on new materials, novel instrumentation and operative procedures is practise-based.
He remains active clinically and in research, with a number of positions nationally and internationally, including, Immediate-Past President of the Academy of Operative Dentistry, European Section and President of the European Federation of Conservative Dentistry.
Achievements in Academy activities include Buonocore Memorial Lecturer in 1990 and Hollenback Memorial Prize winner in 2002
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For past presidents please see the History and Archives page
Committees 2007 - 2008
SCIENTIFIC SESSIONS
Dr. Fred Eichmiller, Chairperson
Drs. Marl Cruz
Tilly Peters
J. William Robbins
Richard G. Stevenson III
Nairn Wilson
Tim Watson
Yana Nedvetsky
James C. Gold
CONSTITUTION AND BYLAWS
Dr. Melvin RR. Lund, Chairperson
Drs. Jay Watson - 2008
Richard Brinker - 2010
James McCubbin - 2011
FINANCE
Dr. Richard S. Kloehn, Chairperson
Drs. Frank K. Eggleston,
Joel M. Wagoner
NOMINATIONS
Dr. Susanne T. Grennell, Chairperson
Drs. W. Frank Caughman
Richard S. Kloehn
Richard G. Stevenson III
Maria Lopez Howell
Joel M. Wagoner, Ex Officio
CONTINUING EDUCATION
Dr. Hal Laswell, Director & Chairperson
Drs. Frederick C. Eichmiller
John Reinhardt, Richard G. Stevenson, III,
SPECIAL PROJECTS
Dr. Thomas G. Berry, Chairperson
Drs. Maxwell H. Anderson,
William Brackett,
Warren K. Johnson,
Richard B. McCoy,
Jan K. Mitchell
John W. Osborne,
Craig Passon,
M.C. Peters,
J. William Robbins,
James B. Summitt,
Edward J. Swift, Jr.,
Peter Triolo,
Paul Brunton
MEMBERSHIP
Dr. Jan K. Mitchell, Chairperson
Amer Abu-Hanna - 2008,
Murray Malinoski, Jr. - 2008,
Ann Sheridan - 2009,
Charles Thomas - 2009,
R. Bruce Walter -2010,
Janet K. Zinter - 2010
Ann Shearer - 2011
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HOSPITALITY
Drs Daniel C. N. Chan & Paul Hasegawa
RESEARCH
Dr. Tilly Peters, Chairperson
Drs. Tim Watson - 2007
Sandra Guzman-Armstrong - 2007,
Paul A. Brunton - 2008,
William F. Rose, Jr - 2008,
Gary Schumacher - 2009,
Martha Brackett - 2009,
Justine Kolker - 2010,
J. William Robbins - 2010
Glen Imamura - 2011
Jim Broome - 2011
SEMINAR
(formerly Study Club Committee)
Dr. Mark A. Cruz, Chairperson
Drs. Robert Roeasch - 2008,
Manuel Cordero - 2008,
William W. Morgan - 2009,
Sarah J. Werner - 2010,
A.D. McKibbin, Jr. - 2010
Jeff Harvey - 2011
ANNUAL MEETING
Banquets, and Gala Reception,
Dr. and Mrs. Joel M. Wagoner,
Co-chairpersons;
Dr. and Mrs. Gregory E. Smith
AUDIOVISUAL
Dr. Joel M. Wagoner
PUBLIC INFORMATION, SIGNS AND LOCAL ARRANGEMENTS
Dr. Frank U. Perry, Chairperson
Dr. Timothy R. Toepke
REGISTRATION
Dr. Gregory E. Smith, Chairperson
Mrs. Perky Smith, Admin. Assistant,
Mrs. Shirley Schultz,
Drs Chester J. Schultz,
Richard G. Stevenson, III,
Joel M. Wagoner
TRUSTEES OF THE FOUNDERS' FUND
Dr. J. Martin Anderson 2009, Chairperson
Dr. Kenneth J. Buechele 2007, Vice-Chairman
Dr. William E. Morris 2008, Secretary-Treasurer
Drs. Anna T. Hampel 2011,
Leo Fleckenstein 2010,
Dr. Joel M. Wagoner, Ex Officio
WEBMASTER
Dr. Richard G. Stevenson III
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