Fall 2002 AAOF Report

AAOF Awards

AAOF Award offerings for 2003 are as follows:

• Orthodontic Faculty Development Fellowship Awards – with no project to receive more than $15,000
  
  
• Biomedical Research Awards – with no project to receive more than $15,000 in funding (Applicant Defined Only, i.e., there is no Call for Proposal category for 2003)
  
  
• Center Awards – with no proposal to receive more than $25,000
  
  
• Educational Innovation Awards – a maximum of $25,000 for any award(s)
  
  
• Program Awards – a total of $5,000 for this funding category
  
  
• Research Aid Awards – a total of $5,000 for this funding category
  
  
• Gifts in Support of Orthodontic Education – each eligible graduate orthodontic residence program will receive funding for each second-year resident and an additional amount in general support for the program itself, with this amount to be determined by the Foundation Board at their meeting in the Fall of 2002
  
  
• GORP – a total of $5,000 in support of this annual gathering of orthodontic residents.

For more information, please call Robert Hazel, AAOF Executive Vice President, at 800-424-2841, ext.246. e-Mail: rhazel@aaortho.org

To date, the AAOF has funded $3.8 million in projects designed to benefit the specialty of orthodontics, its practitioners and the patients it serves.

AAOF Endowment Campaign Update

As of July first, the AAOF Endowment Campaign, A Case for the Future, has realized $19.3 million in pledges, of which $12.8 million has already been redeemed.

Nationally, the participation rate among AAO members is 28 percent; it is 22 percent in the PCSO.

Much of the credit for the campaign’s recent success can be attributed to individuals who have completed their initial pledges and have pledged at a higher level. In fact, 251 individuals have pledged at the Regent level ($25,000) or higher, and their combined pledges have accounted for more than one-third of the total amount pledged.

PCSO Regents

The PCSO Regents are: Thomas Bales (CA), David Bonham (AZ), Robert Boyd (CA), Dwight Damon (WA), Terry Dischinger (OR), Kevin Ensley (OR), Joseph Gray (CA), Cree Hamilton (NV), Harry Hatasaka (CA), Lili Horton (HI), Thomas Iverson (CA), Donald Joondeph (WA), Vincent Kokich (WA), Stephen McAuliff (CA), Terry McDonald (OR), Gerald Nelson (CA), George Payne (CA), Daniel Pearcy (AZ), Rebecca Polling (AK), Ronald Redmond (CA), Richard Savage (CA), Robert Scholz (CA), David Shen (CA), Gilbert Snow (CA), Thomas Veal (CA), and Charles Wear (CA).

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