Alumni news Koreans Form Own Alumni Association Over $500,000 Awarded from 1998-99 Dental Alumni Student Loan Fund NASDAD Officers for 1998-99 are all LLU Alumni Bi-annual Alumni Association Directory Available Now Koreans Form Own Alumni Association   Ho-Youl Chang, DDS, MSD, presents a donation to Charles J. Goodacre, SD'71, MSD, Dean of the School of Dentistry.   Ho-Youl Chang, DDS, MSD, a South Korean prosthodontist, has joined 12 other Korean alumni of School of Dentistry, and formed the first foreign alumni association for the School. Even in the wake of the Asian financial crash, where their currency was devalued by 250 percent at one point, they contributed US$5,000 to the School of Dentistry. Dr. Chang says, "We want to continue the relationship between alumni and the School. We received a lot from the School, and we want to help." The alumni are implant surgeons who studied in the Implant Dentistry advanced educational program. They meet several times a year to exchange information. Contributors were: Simon Choi; Seung-Kyoo Lee; Ho-Youl Chang; Hee Yong Son; Yong-Chang Choi; Sang Jun Park; Il-Soo Sohn; Chi-Won Lee; Chi-Bum Ok; and Yong-Kee Kim. Top Over $500,000 Awarded from 1998-99 Dental Alumni Student Loan Fund The Dental Alumni Student Loan Committee met in July to consider loan needs for dental students for the 1998-99 year. A total of $528,600 was awarded from this resource, providing loans for 60 seniors, 67 juniors and two sophomores. This brings the total to over $4.3 million that has been awarded to dental students at LLUSD since the loan fund was established in 1987. More than 600 students have benefitted from this fund, which was built with gifts from alumni, faculty and friends of the School of Dentistry to the Alumni Association Annual Fund campaigns. School of Dentistry Building Project - $35,000 Extramural Programs Vehicle - $40,000 Clinica de Valle de la Trinidad- $5,000 SD Scholarship Endowment Fund - $20,000 Dental Alumni Student Loan Fund - $20,000 These projects are funded entirely through donations from LLUSD alumni and friends. Top NASDAD Officers for 1998-99 are all LLU Alumni National Association of Seventh-day Adventist Dentists (NASDAD) elected officers at their annual session accompanying the ADA meeting in San Francisco: President, William Heisler, SD'59; President-elect, Dennis Starkey, SD'83, MS; Vice president, Larry Dunford, SD'82; Secretary-Treasurer, Ed Rouhe, SD'66; Editor, Donald Beglau, SD'62; Missions Chair, Peter Nelson, SD'70; and Historian, Judson Klooster, DDS, MMS, (emeritus dean of LLU School of Dentistry.) Top Bi-annual Alumni Association Directory Available Now Members of the Loma Linda University School of Dentistry Century Club have received their copies of the Alumni Association 1999-2000 Directory. Included in the directory are mailing and e-mail addresses, and telephone listings for School of Dentistry alumni, faculty, and students. If you are not a Century Club member, you may purchase a directory from the Dental Alumni Association. Please call (909) 558-4399, or contact <rJohn@sd.llu.edu> Top News Briefs contents University | Medical_Center | LLU&MC_home | Search | Employment | News_&_events | Academics | Our_mission | Admissions | Registration | Research | Alumni | Student_resources All contents copyright © 2001 Loma Linda University. All rights reserved. Revised March 1, 2001 Send comments and questions to webmaster@univ.llu.edu  URL: http://www.llu.edu