ALUMNIHIGHLIGHTS
Alpha Omega Beta Chapter
The Alpha Omega (AO) Beta Chapter congratulates the AO Class of 2015: Wenting Guo, Debbie Schub, Marcelle Hefez, Miriam Ciner Friedman, Evan Eisler, Lindsey Rubino, Chris Kim, Steven Lin, Hillary Rosen, Prescott McWilliams, Yossi Davis, Amy Maletz, Jordan Seetner, Hien Huynh, Sam Fowler, Matt Pardisgarten, Yassman Hakakian, and Maetal Rozenberg Henig. Reconnect through AO Alumni Relations Chair Allie Brand at dental.ao@gmail.com.
Evans Collection White Coat Welcomes Class of 2019, Exhibition 8 Legacy Students Penn Dental Medicine welcomed the Class of 2019 to the study of dentistry with its annual white coat ceremony, held August 17. Among the 120-member freshman class, there are eight legacy students – men and women with relatives who also earned their dental degrees at Penn Dental Medicine. Those students and alumni include: Michael Ahdout, the nephew of Samuel Ahdout (D’88); Adrian Arreola, the son of Ramon Arreola (D’80); Arjun Kumar, the nephew of Emily Johnson ( D’09); Jin Hwang, the son of Ranah Kim (D’03, GD’07); Michael Mullany, the son of George Mullany (D’81); Naomi Orbach, the daughter of Gary Orbach (D’86); Alexa Schweitzer, the granddaughter of the late Robert Schweitzer, (D’55); and Edward Yao, the son of Zheng Yao (D’96).
The Evans Collection exhibition of art and artifacts from the School’s earliest benefactor, Thomas W. Evans, ran at Penn’s Arthur Ross Gallery July 18 – November 8.
By the Numbers: FY15 Giving & Engagement TOTAL GIVING
ANNUAL GIVING (UNRESTRICTED)
$6.469M total cumulative gifts 12.3% of alumni made gifts in FY15 103 were consecutive donors for 3 years 385 were consecutive donors for 5+ years
$554K gifts raised toward unrestricted annual funds 1,059 annual giving donors 75 Benjamin Franklin Society Members ENGAGEMENT
CAPITAL & ENDOWED GIVING (RESTRICTED)
504 alumni on Find a Penn Dentist to date
$1.136M raised toward capital & endowed funds
659 attended a Penn Dental alumni event in FY15
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Michael D. Yasner (C’79, D’83, GD’84, GD’86); Valerie E. Yasner (C’79, D’83, GD’86); Lee Durst-Roisman (D’83), Alumni Board President; Bernard W. Kurek (D’73, WMP’03, WEV’04); Alyssa Marlin Greenberger (D’02); Tiny Thomas Evans; Robert E. Weiner (C’72, D’79; and Jacklyn M. Gleber (DH’74).