Richard Galeone
Dr . Richard Galeone Receives PDA Distinguished Service Award
Dr . George Bullock presented the PDA Distinguished Service Award to Dr . Richard J . Galeone on April 9 during the Second Meeting of the House of Delegates .
At this time it is my privilege to present the highest honor that the PDA can bestow upon an individual – the PDA Distinguished Service Award .
Each year , the PDA selects from among its members a dentist whose contribution of time and effort to the association has been exceptionally significant , whose achievements and high standards have been of such character as to have materially aided and advanced the science and art of dentistry ; or whose public life and activities have been of such a nature as to reflect great credit upon the dental profession . This year , the Awards Committee of the Pennsylvania Dental Association has selected Dr . Richard Galeone to receive this very prestigious award .
For more than 40 years since his graduation from Temple University School of Dentistry , Dr . Galeone has shared his extraordinary talents , perceptive insights and unfailing commitment to benefit the dental profession .
After graduating from dental school in 1968 , Dr . Galeone received his specialty training in the field of Pediatric Dentistry at the National Children ’ s Medical Center in Washington DC . He went on to serve in the Dental Corp of the United States Air Force . With the rank of Captain , he was put in charge of dental care at Loring Air Force Base in Maine . At the conclusion of his brief , but exemplary , military career he received the Air Force Commendation Medal for Meritorious Service . In 1972 he returned to Pennsylvania and founded North Penn Pediatric Dental Associates in Lansdale , the highly respected and successful practice that he still runs today .
In 1972 , in addition to opening his private practice , Dr . Galeone served as an educator and became involved in the
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