Kramer Award

Last night we were able to attend a dinner and reception honoring senior students at the UNLV Dental School who made the "Dean's List" and who were being inducted into the Omega Chapter of Omicron Kappa Upsilon. In addition, on this night each dental school selects one junior student every year to be awarded with the "William S. Kramer Award of Excellence." I obviously wouldn't be writing this post if John hadn't been selected as this year's recipient. This award is a huge honor and I am so proud of him and all that he has accomplished in school. He has incredible grades, his faculty love him, and his patients keep coming back so I guess they don't think he's too bad either. He works so hard to excel in everything that he does and it is really nice when other people recognize those efforts as well. Way to go babe, you deserved it!

Here is what the program said regarding this award:

The Supreme Chapter of Omicron Kappa Upsilon at its annual business meeting in Washington, D.C. on March 9, 1986, approved the creation of the "Dr. William S. Kramer Award of Excellence" to honor a man who served Omicron Kappa Upsilon in an exemplary manner for over 25 years, the last 17 of those years as an officer of the Supreme Chapter.

The purpose of the "Dr. William S. Kramer Award of Excellence" is to recognize a rising junior dental student at each Component Chapter school who has demonstrated scholarship, character, and the potential promise for advancement of dentistry and service to humanity as shown by Dr. William S. Kramer's dedication to his profession, his specialty, and the principles and ideals of Omicron Kappa Upsilon.

This award is presented by the Supreme Chapter in honor of William S. Kramer, B.Sc., D.D.S., M.S., who served the Supreme Chapter of Omicron Kappa Upsilon as Secretary-Treasurer (1971-1986), the longest term of office since the founding of the Society in 1914. Dr. Kramer's career was primarily in dental education where he served as Chairman of the Department of Pedodontics at the University of Nebraska. His activities in Pediatric Dentistry included service on the American Board of Pedodontics as an examiner (1962-1969) and as Executive Secretary (1973-1982). He served the American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry on the Board of Directors (1971-1974), (1977-1981) , and as President (1978-1979). He published many articles and has lectured extensively in the United States, Canada, Mexico, and Europe. Dr. Kramer retired from the University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Dentistry in 1988.

Each component chapter elects one student each year for the Kramer Award of Excellence. The student to be eligible must have completed the second year of dental education. The student will be selected on the basis of scholarship at the completion of two full years of academic dental study, character, and potential promise for future advancement of the profession of dentistry and service to humanity as embodied by the dedication and service of Dr. William S. Kramer. A two-thirds affirmative vote of the faculty members of the Component Chapter will be necessary for selection.