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SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 202
BY SENATOR BISHOP
A RESOLUTION
To commend the LSU Health Sciences Center New Orleans School of Dentistry on its
fiftieth anniversary.
WHEREAS, the Louisiana Legislature authorized establishment of the LSU School
of Dentistry in 1968 to ensure the state maintained its ability to train the next generation of
dental health professionals; and
WHEREAS, the LSU School of Dentistry began classes during its inaugural year in
barracks on a 22-acre tract near New Orleans City Park that originally served as World War
II housing for the U.S. Navy; and
WHEREAS, the LSU School of Dentistry is unique among the 66 dental schools in
the United States in that it offers degrees in dentistry, dental hygiene, and dental laboratory
technology; and
WHEREAS, the LSU School of Dentistry has been instrumental in establishing,
promoting, and stabilizing the LSU Health Sciences Center New Orleans Center for
Interprofessional Education and Collaborative Practice (CIPECP), a program designed to
educate students from a wide range of health care disciplines in collaborative patient care;
and
WHEREAS, the LSU Health New Orleans School of Dentistry was awarded the 2018
Gies Award for Vision in Academic Dental Institutions on March 19, 2018, for its
development and commitment to interprofessional education; and
WHEREAS, the William J. Gies Awards for Vision, Innovation and Achievement
(Gies Awards) were established in 2007 and have become the preeminent recognition for
significant contributions to oral health and dental education; and
WHEREAS, nearly 6,000 dental professionals have been educated at the LSU School
of Dentistry since 1968 and today approximately 80 percent of the dental professionals in
Louisiana are graduates of the LSU School of Dentistry.
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THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Senate of the Legislature of Louisiana
does hereby commend the LSU School of Dentistry, as well as its faculty, staff, alumni, and
students on its fifty-year anniversary.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this Resolution be transmitted to
Dr. Henry Gremillion, Dean of the LSU Health New Orleans School of Dentistry.
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
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