Dr. Patricia Blanton, Dallas, received the Lucy Hobbs Taylor Woman Dentist of the Year Award from the American Association of Women Dentists.
Dr. James Bryniarski, Riverside, Ill., received the F. William Towner Organized Dentistry Activity Award from the University of Illinois at Chicago Dental Alumni Association.
Dr. Mark Frazer, Dunkirk, Md., was appointed to the Maryland Higher Education Commission by Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley.
Dr. Antonia Kolokythas, Gurnee, Ill., is a professor in the Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Department at the University of Illinois at Chicago College of Dentistry.
