Thomas Evans Achievement Award
The Thomas Evans Achievement Award, Penn Dental Medicine Alumni Society’s highest award of recognition, honors alumni who have shown innovation, excellence and leadership in the profession of oral health care nationally and internationally.
Thomas R. Tempel, DDS, MsEd, Maj. Gen. USA, Ret (D’63)
Upon Graduating from Penn Dental Medicine in 1963, Dr. Thomas R. Tempel entered the U.S. Army Dental Corps as a Captain. He served as the division dental surgeon for the 8th Infantry Division and Clinic Chief, Colman Dental Clinic between 1964-1967. In 1971, he completed his residency at Walter Reed Army Medical Center as a clinical periodontist and guest scientist at the National Institutes of Health. Advancing through the grades, he was ultimately promoted to Major General in 1990 and shortly thereafter appointed to the position of Chief of the U.S. Army Dental Corps from 1990 to 1994. From 1994 through his retirement in 1996, he also served as Deputy Surgeon General (the first non-physician to fill this position) under the U.S. Army Medical Command. In total, Dr. Tempel provided more than 33 years of leadership, during which he had the opportunity to work with the Office of the Surgeon General Staff, the Department of Army, the Department of Defense, and the civilian community in the U.S. and abroad in Germany.
During his military professional career, Dr. Tempel was recognized as an accomplished clinician, educator, administrator, and dental scientist. He contributed numerous articles to various professional journals and gave many presentations on sensory physiology of teeth, immunological aspects of inflammatory disease, periodontal disease pathology, clinical periodontics, preventative dentistry, professional fitness, military topics, and leadership.
“I believe we received a first class education in the art and science of dentistry at Penn Dental Medicine. I loved and appreciated my classmates, teachers, instructors, administrators, clinical staff, maintenance staff, and my clinical and research mentors,” shared Dr. Tempel. “I met Elaine Gardner (DH’62), a dental hygiene student, my second year, and we were married two days after I graduated; we soon will celebrate 60 years together. I never felt I ever did anything by myself; it was always a team effort with my family and classmates. I am happy and proud to receive this award.”
| 2023 Thomas R. Tempel, D’63 |
2022 Anne Koch, D’77 GD’93 |
| 2021 Myron Allukian, Jr., D’64 |
2020 Daniel Fine, D’65 |
| 2019 Peter D. Quinn, D’74, GD’78 |
2018 David Garber, GD’78, D’81 |
| 2017 Adam Stabholz, GD’78 |
2016 Robert J. Genco, GD’67, GR’67 |
| 2015 Robert Schattner, D’48 |
2014 Thomas Sollecito, D’89, GD’91 |
| 2006 Jay S. Seibert, D’53 |
2000 James L. Ackerman, D’60 |
| 1998 J. Daniel Subtelny, D’47 |
1997 Harold E. Boyer, D’52 GD’58 |
| 1994 D. Walter Cohen, C’47 D’50 |
1993 Morton Amsterdam, C’45 D’45 |
Alumni Award of Merit
The Alumni Award of Merit recognizes love for and loyalty to the School of Dental Medicine, excellence in the profession of dentistry, and community involvement. The award is given annually by the Penn Dental Medicine Alumni Society to those graduates who have maintained their ties with the School through their support of alumni activities, demonstrated leadership in the dental profession, and fostered and maintained the ideals that the School of Dental Medicine has stood for since its founding.
| 2023 Howard P. Fraiman, D’911, GD’93, GD’94 Gail Schupak, D’83 |
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| 2022 Charlene Jennings Fenster, DH’75 Frank Smithgall, C’79 D’83 |
2021 Muralidhar Mupparapu, D’96 Scott DeRossi, D’95 GD’97 |
| 2020 Tony Saito, D’95 Eric Stoopler, D’99, GD’02 |
2019 Peter Greceo, D’79, GD’84 Najeed Saleh, D’94 |
| 2018 Lee Carrasco, GD’02 Heywood Kotch, D’77 Farideh Madani, GD’78, GD’80, D’84 Margrit Maggio, D’87 |
2017 Harold Baumgarten, D’77, GD’82 Robert Summers, C’61, D’65, GD’67 |
| 2016 Jeffrey S. Ingber, GD’71, GD’72 Ann Eshenaur Spolarich, DH’82 |
2015 Olivia Sheridan, D’90, GD’92 Robert Vanarsdall, Jr., GD’72 |
| 2014 David Shen, D’79, GD’81 David Tarica, D’83 |
2013 Bernie Kurek, D’73 Tara Sexton, D’88 |
| 2012 Lawrence M. Levin, D’87, GD’92 Louis I. Rossman, D’75, GD’77 |
2011 William W.M. Cheung, D’81, GD’82 |
| 2010 Joseph Foote, Jr. D’74, GD’80 Thomas Sollecito, D’89, GD’91 |
2009 Gerald Barrack, D’59 Adi A. Garfunkel, GD’74 Marshall J. Goldin, C’60, D’64 Heber T. Graver, D’56, GR’72 Adam Stabholz, GD’78 |
| 2008 Marc Ackerman, D’98 Leonard Cole, GD’57 Rowland Hutchinson, GD’58 |
2007 Stephen Brown, GD’69 Cecile A. Feldman, C’80 D’84 GD’85 WG’85 John C. Kois, D’77 Arnold B. Porges, D’59 Burton Rosan, D’57 GD’62 Harvey M. Rosen, D’71 M’73 FEL’79 Jonathan A. Ship, C’80 D’84 |
| 2006 Alan M. Atlas, D’86 H. Leslie Levine, GD’57 Karl A. Rose, GD’80 Neil L. Starr, GD’79 |
2005 Lawrence B. Caplin, D’90 Daniel B. Green, D’60 Louis F. Rose, GD’70 Edward F. Rossomando, D’64 Carl L. Tinkelman, D’65 Robert J. Tisot, GD’70 |
| 2004 Martin S. Greenberg, GD’68 Edward P. Henefer, D’54 Anna Kornbrot, D’79 GD’82 |
2003 J. Henry O’Hern, Jr., D’53 GD’55 Lewis E. Proffitt, D’73 WG’80 Robert I. Schattner, D’48 |
| 2002 Joseph R. Greenberg, D’72 GD’76 Louis H. Guernsey, D’47 GD’56 Robert J. Seltzer, D’72 GD’76 James S. Skinner, D’47 GD’48 |
2001 Peter Berthold, D’83 Laurence G. Chacker, D’85 Michael David Yasner, C’79 D’83 GD’84 GD’86 |
| 2000 Martin D. Levin, D’72 GD’74 Lawrence W. Loveland, D’55 |
1999 Kenneth C. Fieldston, D’74 Robert E. Weiner, C’72 D’79 |
| 1998 H. Martin Deranian, D’47 Jacob Harris, C’55 D’58 GD’60 Tom M. Limoli, C’46 D’48 |
1997 Edwin C. Horne, D’52 William J. McDonnel, C’53 D’57 Barry D. Wagenberg, D’72 |
| 1996 Vincent A. Callery, D’56 GD’59 Kenneth Allen Fetter, C’72 D’76 Jerome A. Urken, C’45 D’46 |
1995 Philip S. Caplan, D’60 Stephen F. Goodman, D’60 Lawrence Kessler, C’66 D’70 Reuben E. V. Miller, Jr., D’52 |
| 1994 Noah Chivian, D’59 Bal K. Goyal, D’81 GD’81 Max A. Listgarten, Professor Emeritus of Periodontics |
1993 Leonard Abrams, GD’59 Peter D. Quinn, D’74 GD’78 Mark B. Snyder, D’74 GD’77 Thomas O. Sweet, D’53 Thomas R. Tempel, D’63 |
| 1992 Robert J. Collins, D’71 Gershon A. Stern, C’52 D’54 J. David Stine, D’63 |
1991 Brendan J. Boylan, D’55 GD’57 George Feldman, D’49 Sig L. Seigel, D’55 |
| 1990 I. B. Bender, D’30 Joseph E. Gian-Grasso, C’67 D’71 Arthur B. Hattler, D’55 GD’57 John T. Ziegler, D’55 | 1989 Michael E. Fritz, D’63 GD’65 GR’67 Robert J. Genco, GR’67 Edwin R. McDevitt, Jr., C’50 D’53 |
| 1988 Robert W. Baker, Sr., D’52 H. Russell Bernd, Jr., D’53 Edwin H. Smith, Jr., C’38 D’40 George G. Stewart, D’44 |
1987 Myron Allukian Jr., D’64 James E. Kennedy, D’62 Samuel Seltzer, C’35 D’37 George A. Zurkow, C’37 D’39 |
| 1986 George Georgieff, GD’62 Saul Kamen, D’40 Jay S. Seibert, D’53 Poul H. J. Simonsen, D’19 |
1985 Stanley E. Goodman, D’58 Charles H. Kremer, D’24 Seymour Oliet, D’53 Arnold S. Weisgold, GD’65 |
| 1984 Laurence B. Brody, C’52 D’56 Frances B. Glenn, D’56 Charles R. Jerge, D’58 GR’61 Stanford E. Kane, C’53 D’56 Irving M. Rothstein, C’38 D’41 Arthur J. Sachsel, D’50 Anthony A. Vito, D’53 GD’66 |
1983 Clement C. Alpert, C’32 D’34 Reuben Feltman, D’30 Emanuel H. Malamed, C’41 D’43 James A. Tatoian, Jr., D’64 GD’65 |
| 1982 James A. English, D’36 G’48 Robert L. Heinze, D’23 Max Oppenheim, D’37 Robert D. Schweitzer, D’55 Jonathan A. Tenzer, D’66 GD’69 |
1981 Kenneth C. Fordham, D’53 |
| 1980 Harry B. Binder, D’34 Robert E. DeRevere, D’45 Morton E. Melman, C’43 D’44 Allan S. Shaw, C’56 D’59 GD’61 |
1979 Morton Crossman, D’29 Jacob Lewin-Epstein, D’44 Paul E. Farrell, D’51 George Kuttas, D’51 |
| 1978 D. Walter Cohen, C’47 D’50 Wilbur D. Johnston, C’31 D’33 Claude S. LaDow, Jr., D’42 GD’48 Milton Leof, C’27 D’28 |
1977 Irving E. Gruber, D’41 Paul H. Keyes, C’39 D’41 H. Milton Rode, D’33 |
| 1976 I. Lawrence Kerr, C’37 D’39 Barnet M. Levy, C’38 D’42 |
1975 Harrison M. Berry, Jr., D’43 GD’52 Ned B. Williams, D’38 |
| 1974 Louis J. Calisti, D’49 John P. Hellwege, C’56 D’59 Seymour J. Kreshover, D’38 H’67 |
1973 Donald S. Mayes, D’58 |
| 1972 Charles P. Egoville, D’35 Joseph V. Masino, C’31 D’33 |
1971 Norman R. Haig, D’19 Adrian R. Kristeller, D’24 Joseph P. Marnell, D’43 |
| 1970 H. Vernon Lapp, D’27 Francis F. E. Morse, D’45 |
1969 Morton Amsterdam, C’45 D’45 William C. Hudson, D’17 William C. Hudson, Jr., D’45 |
| 1968 Marvin M. Alderman, D’42 Pincus Coleman, D’23 Ford W. Stevens, D’32 |
1967 Abram Cohen, D’23 Geneva E. Groth, D’19 |
| 1966 Robert H. Ivy, D’01 M’07 Hebert Kabnick, D’26 James W. Lee, D’42 |
1965 H. Jay Ginns, C’29 D’33 Jacob A. Salzmann, D’23 |
| 1964 Louis I. Grossman, D’23 H’78 John H. Stine, D’34 |
1963 Victor H. Frank, D’21 Albert Goho, D’22 Reuben E. V. Miller, D’18 |
| 1962 Ellis Finkelman, C’32 D’34 William B. Smith, Jr., D’38 |
1961 Ralph S. Voorhees, Jr., D’24 GD’51 |
| 1960 Theodor Blum, D’09 Mary W. Kolb, Executive Secretary, Dental Alumni Society Leon Levy, D’15 H’73 |
1959 Lester W. Burket, C’29 D’32 H’78 Hamilton B. G. Robinson, C’32 D’34 |
| 1958 Thomas M. Meloy, Jr., D’32 |
1957 Charles H. Patton, D’19 |
| 1956 Malcolm W. Carr, D’22 |
1955 Bernhard W. Weinberger, D’08 |
| 1954 Paul E. Bomberger, D’15 James R. Cameron, D’14 Arthur E. Corby, D’17 Harry A. Mesjian, D’21 |
1953 James E. Aiguer, D’17 Leroy M. Ennis, D’16 Thomas P. Fox, D’26 Zachary T. Jackaway, D’98 Isidor S. Ravdin, Vice President of Medical Affairs, University of Pennsylvania |
| 1952 Herbert K. Cooper, D’19 |
1951 Morton J. Loeb, D’09 |
| 1950 Emerson R. Sausser, D’03 |
1949 Wilson Zerfing, D’94 |
| 1948 George A. Coleman, D’13 |
1947 William A. Allwood, D’97 |
| 1946 Clarence C. Bastian, D’17 |
1945 Edward C. Stillwell, D’10 |
| 1944 Henry Rainey, Secretary of the Thomas W. Evans Museum and Dental Institute and Recorder of the School |
Young Alumni Award of Merit
The Young Alumni Award of Merit recognizes Penn Dental Medicine alumni one to 15 years from graduation who have maintained their ties with the School through their support of alumni activities, demonstrated leadership in the dental profession, and fostered and maintained the ideals that the School of Dental Medicine has stood for since its founding.
| 2023 Kari Hexem, D’15 |
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| 2022 Brian Ford, D’09 M’12 GD’15 Steven Wang, D’09 M’12 GD’15 |
2021 Stefani Cheung, C’08 D’11 |
| 2020 Maria Velasco, D’10 GED’10 |
2019 Mark Koup, D’04 Mana Mozaffarian, D’06 |
Dental Hygiene Alumni Special Achievement Award
The Dental Hygiene Alumni Special Achievement Award, given annually by the Penn Dental Medicine Dental Hygiene Alumni Association, recognizes the outstanding contributions of Dental Hygiene alumni to the growth and development of the profession of dental hygiene.
| 2020 Ann Robyn Watson, DH’69 |
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| 2019 Karen Combs Flickinger, DH’58 Elisabeth McClellan Peebles, DH’59 |
2018 Ann Sproule Hunnicutt, DH’53 |
| 2017 JoAnn Rigolizzo Gurenlian, GRD’ 91 |
2016 Kathleen S. McAdoo, DH ’84 |
| 2015 Charlene Jennings Fenster, DH’75 |
2014 Rosalie C. Di Ferdinand, DH’85 |
| 2013 Judith Nist, DH’69 |
2012 Cynthia Staman Kleiman, DH’77 |
| 2011 Judith Zack Bendit, DH’81 Samuel L. Yankell DH’81 |
2010 Beverly Bizup Hawkins, DH’75 |
| 2009 Joan I. Gluch, GR’92 Linda B. Moore, DH’63 |
2008 Betty Brussel Shamas, DH’63 |
| 2007 Sandra L. Mellinger, DH’82 |
2005 Lisa Solden Schildhorn, DH’75 |
| 2004 Jaclyn M. Gleber, DH’74 |
2003 Suzanne Linn Dietz, DH’59, ED’59 |
| 2002 Ann Eshenaur Spolarich, DH’82, GED’99 |
2001 Patricia Anne Cohen, DH’71 |
| 2000 R. Roberta Throne, DH’39, GED’67 |
1999 Maria Perno Goldie, DH’71 |
| 1998 Allene G. Donoho, DH’58 |
1997 Kathleen E. Morr, DH’60 |
| 1996 Robin S. Holmes, DH’75 |
1995 Eleanor H. Mily, DH’45 |
| 1994 Nancy “Chris” Roy Lange Miller, DH’54, ED’54 |
1993 Anne S. Follweiler, DH’58, G’65 |
Penn Alumni Award of Merit
The Penn Alumni Award of Merit, the highest award presented by Penn Alumni, is given in recognition of outstanding service to the University of Pennsylvania and selected by the Awards and Resolutions Committee of the Penn Alumni Board of Directors. Listed below are recipients who graduated from Penn Dental Medicine.
| 2019 William W.M.Cheung, D’81 GD’82 |
1997 Morton Amsterdam, C’43 D’45 |
| 1994 Joseph E. Gian-Grasso, C’67 D’71 |
1993 Abram Cohen, D’23 D. Walter Cohen, C’47 D’50 |
| 1980 William K. Conrad, D’30 Thomas H. Newmann, C’53 D’55 |
1976 Allan S. Shaw, C’56 D’59 GD’61 |
| 1975 John P. Hellwege, C’56 D’59 |
1971 Victor H. Frank, D’21 Leon Levy, D’15 H’73 |
| 1968 James W. Lee, D’42 |
1963 Louis I. Grossman, D’23 H’78 |
| 1960 Albert Goho, D’22 |
1959 Charles H. Patton, D’19 |
| 1958 Edward C. Stillwell, D’10 |
1957 LeRoy M. Ennis, D’16 |
| 1954 Thomas P. Fox, D’26 |
1953 Joseph T. Appleton, D’14 |
| 1951 Alan G. Brodie, D’19 |
1950 George A. Coleman, D’13 |
| 1949 William M. Hollenback, D’08 |
1948 Arthur E. Corby, D’17 Robert H. Ivy, D’01 M’07 |
| 1946 Clay A. Boland, D’26 |
1945 Zachary T. Jackaway, D’98 |
| 1943 Mark D. Littig, D’94 |
1941 Oborn G. L. Lewis, D’04 |
Honorary Alumni
The honorary alumni awards are presented to individuals who are not graduates of Penn Dental Medicine but have demonstrated a strong commitment to Penn Dental Medicine through their service to and involvement with the School.
| 2023 Syngcuk Kim |
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| 2022 Joseph Fiorellini |
2021 Kenneth Kent |
| 2020 Marianne Contino |
2019 Markus Blatz |
| 2018 Joan Gluch Dennis F. Kinane Irving M. Shapiro |
2017 Beverly Crawford Gary H. Cohen Benjamin Hammond |
| 2015 Elliot Hersh |
2014 Arthur Kurperstein |
| 2013 Corky Cacas |
2011 Uri Hangorsky |
| 2010 Arthur Steinberg |
