William Spruill
President William Spruill ’ s Address to the House of Delegates
Greetings and thank you in advance as you prepare for the 143 rd Annual Session of the Pennsylvania Dental Association . Thank you all for volunteering and for your active participation so that , together , we may guide our great profession and our Association . Usually the President ’ s Report is a review of the progress on the year ’ s initiatives and this will be a review to some extent . But I hope much of that information has been self evident because of our member communications through our award-winning Journal , Transitions , all of our other publications , our newly re-designed website , our Social Network at www . community . padental . org , e-Grams , newsletters , Capwiz alerts and even my blogs . I have written many and some are actually quite good ( opinion , mine ).
Special Thanks Several special thanks are due . First and foremost , my most gracious thanks goes to my loving and generous wife , my soul mate and partner in life , love and dental practice , the lovely and gracious , Dr . Lillian Wong . I have been strengthened by having her at my side on many occasions . We are all blessed by her seemingly unlimited forbearance . Even with an already limited office schedule she covered last minute changes so I could run to Harrisburg to give a speech or discuss a legislative issue . Thank you my love .
When I was elected President-elect I looked at our former presidents seated in the front row and said we stand on the broad shoulders of those who have gone before us and beside us . No President does this job alone . Many thanks to those heritage dentists , who have given us so much in the past , and to your Board of Trustees , who continue to serve .
Immediate Past President Andy Kwasny has shown the perfect balance of encouragement , guidance , support , assistance and letting go when I am on point .
July / August 2011 • Pennsylvania Dental Journal
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