Dr. Kevin Arce, Ft. Worth, Texas, is an assistant professor at Oregon Health and Sciences University School of Dentistry.
Dr. Alan B. Coleman, Beaumont, Texas, was elected to the City Council of Beaumont.
Dr. Howard Freeman, Canby, Ore., is an adjunct assistant professor at Oregon Health and Sciences University School of Dentistry.
Dr. Thomas Gabriel, Youngstown, Ohio, received the Achievement Award from the Ohio Dental Association.
Dr. Jennifer Jerome, Akron, Ohio, and Dr. Faisal A. Quereshy, Solon, Ohio, received the N. Wayne Hiatt Rising Star Award from the Ohio Dental Association.
Dr. J. Bernard Machen, Gainesville, Fla., received the Callahan Award from the Callahan Memorial Award Commission.
Dr. Keith A. Norwalk, Genoa, Ohio, received the Marvin Fisk Humanitarian Award from the Ohio Dental Association.
Dr. Theodore R. Pope, Englewood, Ohio, received the Distinguished Dentist Award from the Ohio Dental Association.
Dr. Dianne Rekow, New York City, a faculty member at New York University College of Dentistry, was named a special advisor to the NYU president and the provost on engineering.
Dr. Jeanne Sinkford, Washington, received the 2007 Trailblazer Award from the National Dental Association.
Wayne Stephens, New York City, was elected president of the American Student Dental Association. Other officers are Rhett Raum, Moody, Ala., vice president; Shamik Vakil, Carrboro, N.C., vice president; and Tim Levine, Farmington, Conn., speaker of the house.