DAA Medal of Honor
The UCSF Dental Alumni Association (DAA) Medal of Honor is the most prestigious award the DAA can bestow upon its living alumni.
Established in 1981, the award is presented annually at the UCSF DAA Scientific Session Luncheon and Awards Ceremony to an individual or individuals who have demonstrated exceptional dedication, service, and contributions in roles related to the Dental Alumni Association, the UCSF School of Dentistry, the dental or dental hygiene professions, and to community service.
Medal of Honor Recipients
2023
LaJuan Hall, DDS ’94
Ted Wong DDS ’84
2022
Yvonne Kapila, DDS ’90, PhD ’97
Elena Ortega, MS ’12, RDH
2021
Daniel Ramos, DDS ’88, PhD ’94
2020
Carmen T. Hipona, DDS ’96, FACD
2019
Robert Ho, DDS ’91
2018
Susan Jordan Lopez, RDH, BS ’72
2017
Jeffory Eaton, DDS ’83
Antonio Ragadio DDS ’80
2016
Michael J. Lopez, DDS ’74
Mark Kirkland, DDS ’83
2015
Milton Robert Wirthlin Jr., DDS ’56, MS ’68
Mary Porteous, RDH ’75, MS ’11
2014
Stephen Abbott, DDS ’82
Nelson Artiga-Diaz, DDs ’75
2013
Harvey Brody, ’63
Po-Ping Wong, ’65
2012
Ted Camaisa, ’89
Peter Milgrom, ’72
2011
Alan W. Budenz, ’82
Troy E. Daniels, ’67
2010
Pamela A. Alston, ’82
2009
John Beumer III, ’67
Katie L. Dawson, ’76
Richard T. Kao, ’82, ’91
Denis P. Lynch, ’76
2007
Steven Cavagnolo, ’73
Mark Dellinges, ’81, ’87
Greg Goddard, ’67
Frank Grimaldi, ’81
2006
Henry Chinn, ’57
Margaret Walsh, ’69
2005
Allen (Jim) Green, ’62
Brian Swann, ’75
2004
William Comport, ’69
David A. Graham, ’71
2003
Norma Francisco, ’67
Annie Chin Siu, ’54
2002
Donald Martin, ’63
Norma Solarz, ’80
2001
George Castañeda, ’73
Phoenix Sinclair, ’76
2000
Richard Gaebel, ’62
Thomas Wood, Jr., ’58
1999
Gordon Douglass, ’63
Kenneth Soelberg, ’57
1998
Charles McNeill, ’60
John Schmidt, Jr., ’68
1997
Benjamin Braly, ’58
Benjamin Dienstein, ’41
Marsha Mayer, ’65
Robert Rouda, ’57
1996
Marcus Shimoff, ’40
Vern M. Tueller, ’60
1995
Ronald J. Nicholson, ’55
William Ware, ’54
1994
Robert Brigante, ’46
Harold Nielsen, ’46
1993
Berthal Hartman, ’50
Nguyen T. Nguyen, ’55
1992
Grace Anderson, ’31
Warren Kitchen, ’52
1991
Brad Giles, ’52
Jean Poupard, ’59
1990
Albert V. Allen, ’52
Richard H. Leggett, ’52
1989
William G. Hazlett, ’26
Elbert H. Smith, ’30
1988
John William Creech, ’27
Ernest F. Soderstrom, ’24
1987
Walter Harrison, ’28
C. Stanley Lawrence, ’40
1986
Raymond M. Curtner, ’34
Albert Wasserman, ’43
1985
Stanley F. Erpf, ’34
1984
Ellsworth K. Kelly, ’34
Albert Wasserman, ’43
1983
E. William Ferber, ’33
Bertram L. Wolfsohn, ’27
1982
C. Carlos Cabrera, ’52
Theodore C. Lee, ’26
1981
Charles A. Dodge, ’40
Edwin J. Hyman, ’38
Arthur L. Lundblad, ’38
Leon W. Marshall, ’18
Ben W. Pavone, ’45
Dalzell J. Potter, ’30
Lauro R. Quiros, ’45
Robert W. Rule, ’31
Clarence E. Rutledge, ’28
John S. Sapone, ’53
Joseph A. Sciutto, ’28
Sol Silverman, Jr., ’54
Marvin M. Stark, ’52