The ADA Board of Trustees will award William Calnon, DDS, the ADA Distinguished Service Award this week at ADA 2018 in Honolulu. The Distinguished Service Award is the highest honor given by the ADA Board of Trustees.
“I hope it’s because I have made a difference. As a leader you never look for accolades, but just hope that your leadership style is effective,” said Calnon, a past president of the ADA and president and interim executive director of the ADA Foundation.
Also, Calnon is president of the Eastman Dental Center Foundation, an executive committee member of the National Dental Practice-Based Research Network, and a professor of dentistry at the University of Rochester. He opened his practice in Rochester in 1981.
“This award is the highest honor conferred by the ADA Board of Trustees, and I am proud that he is being recognized for his countless contributions to dentistry in this way,” said Joseph P. Crowley, DDS, ADA president.
“I can think of no one who deserves the Distinguished Service Award more than Bill Calnon,” said Gary Roberts, DDS, immediate past president of the ADA and a member of the ADA Foundation Board of Directors.
“Bill has been a shining beacon of what it means to be a leader because he leads through example. He undertakes every task with his whole heart, which inevitably leads to success. His leadership abilities are only exceeded by his humility and good humor,” Roberts said.
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