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Penn Dental Medicine Welcomes Class of 2012

September 12, 2008

Penn Dental Medicine officially welcomed the Class of 2012 to the study of dental medicine with the School's White Coat Ceremony, held August 18 in the University's Zellerbach Theatre. Sponsored by the Penn Dental Medicine Alumni Society, this annual tradition holds symbolic significance for the incoming class as they receive a white coat and declare their commitment to assume the responsibilities of the dental profession.

This year's program included remarks by University Provost Ronald Daniels, Interim Dean Thomas P. Sollecito (D'89, GD'91), and Dr. Robert Collins (D'71), Chief of the Division of Community Oral Health; Dr. Spencer-Carl Saint-Cyr (D'97), President of the Penn Dental Medicine Alumni Society, served as the master of ceremonies.

Members of the Penn Dental Medicine Alumni Society Executive Committee (Drs. Ronald Gutman, D'74; Lawrence Levin, D'87, GD'92; and Dean Sophocles, D'87) and the School's Board of Overseers (Drs. Linda Gilliam, D'89; Martin Levin, D'72, GD'74; Lewis Proffitt, D'73, WG'80; and Louis Rossman, D'75, GD'77) presented the white coats along with family members of the class's legacy students.

The 115-member Class of 2012 has 12 students with relatives who are Penn Dental Medicine alumni. They include Wesley Citron, son of Albert Citron (D'68); Muhammadali Dinani, nephew of Aejaaz Issa (D'99); Karim Kanani, sister of Aly Kanani (D'03); Caitlin Kauffman, daughter of Margaret Kauffman (DH'70); Jeremy Kay, son of William Kay (D'80); Kathy Kim, sister of Yohan Kim (D'09;) Christopher Malloy, nephew of Drs. Anthony Quinn (D'70), Peter Quinn (D'74, GD'78), and Joseph Foote (D'74, GD'80); Justin Moses, son of Lawrence Moses (D'59); Raha Mozaffari, daughter of the late Eisa Mozaffari (GD'80, D'04); Stephen Phillips, son of Russell Phillips (D'75); Soleil Roberts, daughter of William Roberts (D'77) and Tanja deMarsche (DH'75, GD'81; and Michael Segall, nephew of Robert Segall (D'74).

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